STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 6 FOR SIGNIFICANT EAST COAST WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
4 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE EASTERN U.S...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS/WATCHES AND/OR HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS INTO THE
MID ATLANTIC STATES AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INCLUDING EXTREME
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
VERMONT...EASTERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN WEST
VIRGINIA...EASTERN KENTUCKY...EASTERN TENNESSEE...PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...AND EASTERN VIRGINIA.

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR NEW YORK CITY...LONG
ISLAND...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...AND PORTIONS OF DOWNEAST MAINE.  

AT 3 AM EST...A RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW OF 991 MB WAS LOCATED ABOUT
90 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY. THE ENTIRE SYSTEM
HAS BEEN MOVING NORTH NORTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 20 MPH OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL HOURS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS SHOWING AN AREA
OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHERN MID
ATLANTIC STATES NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. 


...SELECTED STORM SNOWFALL TOTALS THROUGH 2 AM EST SUNDAY...

ARKANSAS...

ST. FRANCIS COUNTY.........4 TO 5 INCHES
POINSETT COUNTY............4 INCHES 
CRITTENDEN COUNTY..........3 TO 4 INCHES
LEE COUNTY.................3 TO 4 INCHES  
NEWTON COUNTY..............2.5 INCHES
POPE COUNTY................TRACE TO 3 INCHES
VAN BUREN COUNTY...........2 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

TENNESSEE...

ATOKA......................6 INCHES
ARLINGTON..................5 INCHES
TIPTON COUNTY..............4 TO 5 INCHES
SOMERVILLE.................4.5 INCHES
OBION COUNTY...............4 INCHES
UNION CITY.................4 INCHES
MEMPHIS....................3 INCHES
EAST BARTLETT..............3 INCHES

KENTUCKY...

JACKSON...................4.4 INCHES
LEXINGTON.................3 TO 4 INCHES
PRICEVILLE................3 TO 4 INCHES
WATER VALLEY..............3.5 INCHES
FULTON....................3 INCHES
GEORGETOWN................3 INCHES
HODGENVILLE...............2 TO 3 INCHES
BOWLING GREEN.............2 TO 3 INCHES
GLENDALE..................2.5 INCHES
FRANKLIN..................2 INCHES
EDMONTON..................1.5 INCHES

MISSISSIPPI...

DESOTO.....................4 INCHES
MARSHALL COUNTY............3 INCHES
OLIVE BRANCH...............3 INCHES
TUNICA.....................3 INCHES
BENTON COUNTY..............2 INCHES   

NORTH CAROLINA...

ROBBINSVILLE..............7.5 INCHES
NEWLAND...................5 INCHES
BULADEAN..................5 INCHES

WEST VIRGINIA...

RAINELLE..................8 INCHES
LEHEW.....................6 INCHES
PRINCETON.................6 INCHES
UNION.....................6 INCHES
HEDGESVILLE...............5.5 INCHES

VIRGINIA...

LINDEN....................9.8 INCHES
BARBOURSVILLE.............8.1 INCHES
ELKTON....................7.5 INCHES
BLACKSBURG................7 INCHES
LEESBURG..................7 INCHES
BERRYVILLE................7 INCHES
CHURCHVILLE...............6.5 INCHES
TREVILIANS................6 INCHES
ROANOKE...................5 INCHES
DULLES INTL AIRPORT.......3.7 INCHES

MARYLAND...

JACKSONVILLE..............9 INCHES
MILLERS...................9 INCHES
FALLSTON..................9 INCHES
HUNT VALLEY...............7 INCHES
FROSTBURG.................5.5 INCHES
FREDERICK.................5 INCHES
BALT/WASH INTL AIRPORT....3.5 INCHES

DELAWARE...

WILMINGTON................3.5 INCHES

PENNSYLVANIA...

WARMINSTER................8.5 INCHES
GLEN ROCK.................8 INCHES
MILLERSVILLE..............8 INCHES
COLUMBIA..................7 INCHES
WYNNEWOOD.................7 INCHES
FELTON....................6.5 INCHES
YORK......................6.5 INCHES
PHILADELPHIA..............1.7 INCHES

NEW JERSEY...

BELLE MEAD................5 INCHES
TABERNACLE................4.5 INCHES
EAST BRUNSWICK............4.3 INCHES
ELIZABETH.................4.3 INCHES
NEWARK....................3.5 INCHES

NEW YORK...

GARDEN CITY...............4.8 INCHES
ISLIP.....................4.2 INCHES
NYC/CENTRAL PARK..........3.8 INCHES

CONNECTICUT...

NEW CANAAN................3 INCHES

THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEEPENING AS IT
MOVES UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD TONIGHT. AS THIS OCCURS...SNOWFALL
WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND. THE MAJOR I-95 CORRIDOR CITIES FROM
WASHINGTON D.C. TO BOSTON SHOULD RECEIVE SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS. INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY COULD BRING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO SOME AREAS ALONG THE COAST FROM LONG ISLAND
TO DOWNEAST MAINE.  

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 STORM.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 10 AM EST SUN FEB 12.

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