STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR SIGNIFICANT EAST COAST WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 AM EST SAT FEB 11 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM BEGINNING TO IMPACT THE EASTERN U.S...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS/WATCHES AND/OR HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY NORTHEASTWARD
INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INCLUDING
SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHWEST SOUTH
CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...MUCH OF VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN
AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...DELAWARE...WASHINGTON
DC...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NEW JERSEY..SOUTHEASTERN
NEW YORK...CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN
VERMONT..SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE.


SNOW ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...EXTREME SOUTHERN
OHIO...EASTERN KENTUCKY...EASTERN TENNESSEE...EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NORTH CAROLINA...AND EASTERN VIRGINIA.

A BLIZZARD WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.  BLIZZARD
WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND
AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.

AT 9 AM EST A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MACON GEORGIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.
THE CURRENT CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1008 MILLIBARS IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE SLOWLY FALLING THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE NIGHT.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS SHOWING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW
BEGINNING TO SPREAD THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION AND HAS
REACHED WESTERN VIRGINIA...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MARYLAND AND WEST
VIRGINIA.  RAIN IS CURRENTLY FALLING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST AND HAS
STARTED TO SPREAD UP ALONG THE COAST INTO THE DELMARVA REGION.


...SELECTED STORM SNOWFALL TOTALS THROUGH 7AM EST SATURDAY...

ARKANSAS...

NEWTON COUNTY..............2.5 INCHES
POPE COUNTY................TRACE TO 3 INCHES
VAN BUREN COUNTY...........2.0 INCHES
SEARCY COUNTY..............1.5 INCHES
STONE COUNTY...............1.5 INCHES
CLEBURNE COUNTY............1 INCH
JACKSON COUNTY.............1 INCH
WOODRUFF COUNTY............1 INCH
IZARD COUNTY...............1 INCH

GEORGIA...

MOUNTAIN CITY.............5 INCHES
CLAYTON...................1 INCH

KENTUCKY...

PRICEVILLE................3 TO 4 INCHES
WATER VALLEY..............3.5 INCHES
FULTON....................3 INCHES
LEXINGTON.................3 INCHES
HODGENVILLE...............2 TO 3 INCHES
BOWLING GREEN.............2 TO 3 INCHES
FRANKLIN..................2 INCHES
GLENDALE..................2.5 INCHES
GEORGETOWN................2 INCHES
EDMONTON..................1.5 INCHES

MISSISSIPPI...

OLIVE BRANCH...............3 INCHES
TUNICA.....................3 INCHES

NORTH CAROLINA...

BALSAM....................5 INCHES
HIGHLANDS.................5 INCHES
MORGANTON WATERSHED.......3 INCHES
ROBBINSVILLE..............3 INCHES
MAGGIE VALLEY.............3 INCHES
SYLVA.....................3 INCHES
BRYSON CITY...............3 INCHES
NEWLAND...................2 INCHES

TENNESSEE...

ATOKA......................6 INCHES
ARLINGTON..................5 INCHES
SOMERVILLE.................4.5 INCHES
UNION CITY.................4 INCHES
MEMPHIS....................3 INCHES
EAST BARTLETT..............3 INCHES


THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES
TOWARD THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST LATE TODAY...BEFORE MOVING MORE
SLOWLY NORTHWARD PARALLEL TO THE COAST TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. AS
THIS OCCURS..SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE AHEAD OF THE
LOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID ATLANTIC REGION
NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. AT THIS TIME IT WOULD
APPEAR THAT SOME OF THE MAJOR I-95 CORRIDOR CITIES FROM WASHINGTON
D.C. NORTHEASTWARD TO BOSTON COULD RECEIVE SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH ALONG WITH THE INCREASING WINDS SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...COULD BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PARTS OF
THOSE REGIONS.

ALL INTERESTS NEAR AND WITHIN THE WATCH/WARNING AREAS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS
DEVELOPING STORM.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 4 PM EST SAT FEB 11.

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