THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 9 FOR CENTRAL/EASTERN U.S. MAJOR SPRING STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
500 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2007

...THUNDERSTORMS PROGRESSING THROUGH THE LOWER MID-ATLANTIC STATES
WHILE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW ADVANCES INTO NEW ENGLAND...

FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS EXTEND ALONG A LARGE SECTION OF THE
EAST COAST INCLUDING PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA...PARTS OF CENTRAL
AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA...DELAWARE...SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NEW
JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK...MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...AND EASTERN
NEW HAMPSHIRE. IN ADDITION...FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS CONTINUE
TO REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE...AND
COASTAL SECTIONS OF NEW YORK...CONNECTICUT...RHODE
ISLAND...MASSACHUSETTS...NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND MAINE.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN
NEW YORK...NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...VERMONT...NORTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHWESTERN MAINE...AND THE HIGH TERRAIN OF WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
AND EASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN AND EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND...SOUTHEASTERN
CONNECTICUT...SOUTHERN VERMONT...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE.

A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
KENTUCKY...EXTREME SOUTHERN WESTERN VIRGINIA...PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN
TENNESSEE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CAROLINA AS
WELL AS SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

AT 400 PM EDT...A 983 MB...29.03 INCHES...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...JUST WEST OF ROCKY
MOUNT-WILSON NORTH CAROLINA. AN ACCOMPANYING COLD FRONT WAS
PASSING THROUGH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA. RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED FROM CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
STRETCHING EASTWARD TOWARD THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA. A
STEADY RAIN WAS OBSERVED NORTHWARD INTO THE NORTHEAST U.S. WITH
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING AT HIGHER ELEVATION STATIONS. THE
SURFACE LOW IS FORECAST TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY INTO A MAJOR
NOR'EASTER AS IT MOVES OFFSHORE LATER TODAY. IT WILL BRING A
VARIETY OF WEATHER TO THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES THROUGH
TUESDAY INCLUDING HEAVY RAIN...SNOW...AND STRONG WINDS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES AS OF 400
PM EDT...

...COLORADO...

ANTONITO                            18.0 
LA VETA                             18.0 
N LA VETA                           15.5 
COLORADO CITY                       14.0 
COLORADO CITY 15 E                  13.0 
RED MOUNTAIN                        13.0 
WESTCLIFFE 8.0 W                    12.1 
CUCHARA 1 S                         12.0
COAL BANK                           12.0 
PRITCHETT 14 NNW                    11.0 
SOUTH FORK 4 WSW                    11.0
RYE                                 11.0 
AGUILAR 5 NNW                       10.5 
BEULAH                              10.0 
CUCHARA                             10.0 
SHERIDAN LAKE                       10.0

...NEW MEXICO...

CUBA 20 ESE                         16.0 
JEMEZ SPRINGS 9 N                   10.0 
UTE PARK                             9.0 
CAPULIN                              8.0 
LOS ALAMOS 6 W                       7.0 
TAOS                                 5.0 

...OKLAHOMA...

BOISE CITY                           5.5 
GUYMON                               3.5 
BEAVER                               3.0 

...TEXAS...

BORGER                               6.6 
PAMPA                                6.0 
HARTLEY                              5.5 
CHANNING                             5.0 
DALHART                              4.5 
MIAMI                                4.5 
BOYS RANCH                           4.0 
STRATFORD                            4.0 
DUMAS                                4.0 
VALLEY DEL ORO                       4.0 
AMARILLO NWS                         0.8  

...KANSAS...

LEOTI 1 SE                          14.5 
JOHNSON CITY                        13.0 
ULYSSES 14 ENE                      12.0 
LEOTI                               11.0 
SYRACUSE                            10.5 
DODGE CITY NWS                      10.0
LIBERAL 15 NNW                       7.0 
NEWTON                               7.0 
TRIBUNE                              6.0 
HILLSBORO                            6.0 
ULYSSES 3 NE                         5.7
HEALY                                5.0 
GOODLAND                             4.4 
DODGE CITY                           4.0 
EMPORIA                              3.0 

...MISSOURI...

HARRISONVILLE                        3.0 
RAYMORE                              2.3 
GREENWOOD                            2.0

...NEW YORK...

WESTERLO                             8.5 
EAST BERNE                           8.0 
KNOX                                 7.5 
HAINES FALLS                         6.8 
CHARLESTON                           6.0 
DUANESBURG                           6.0 
SOUTH WESTERLO                       5.0 
ARIETTA                              5.0 
MEDUSA                               3.0 

...MASSACHUSETTS...

FLORIDA                              6.0 
SAVOY                                6.0 
GOSHEN                               6.0 
WORTHINGTON                          5.5 
COLRAIN                              5.0 
CHESTER                              5.0 
NORTH OTIS                           4.0 

...VERMONT...

WOODFORD                             8.0 
WILLAMSVILLE                         4.3 
WALDEN                               4.0 
EAST DUMMERSTON                      2.0 

...NEW HAMPSHIRE...

JAFFREY                              5.0 
WASHINGTON                           5.0 
SURRY                                4.0 
NELSON                               3.0 
PETERBOROUGH                         3.0 


...SELECTED STORM RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 400 PM EDT...

...KANSAS...

MOLINE 7.9 S                         2.72 
CENTERVILLE                          2.48 
INGALLS 15 WSW                       2.35 
SCOTT CITY 10 SE                     2.29 
MEDICINE LODGE AMOS                  2.29  
IOLA 2.7 SSE                         2.22 
CALDWELL 0.2 SSE                     2.16 
MINNEOLA 4.1 SSE                     2.01 
HUTCHINSON 2.2 NNE                   2.00 

...OKLAHOMA...

TONKAWA 0.4 SSW                      2.75 
BILLINGS 4.1 SSE                     2.39 
GARBER 7.9 ESE                       2.25 
HUNTER 6.0 NNE                       2.21 
PONCA CITY                           2.12 
COVINGTON 3.9 ENE                    2.03

...ARKANSAS...

MONTICELLO AIRPORT                   2.00 

...MISSOURI...

DREXEL 5.6 E                         2.50 
BUFFALO 8.6 SSW                      2.32 
FORT LEONARDWOOD 10.1 S              2.18 
SUMMERSVILLE 6.1 NNW                 2.16
LICKING 2.6 NW                       2.10 
CONWAY 8.9 SW                        2.10 
IRON GATES 0.9 S                     2.09 
EVERTON 0.2 NNW                      2.04

...MISSISSIPPI...

CHAIN MUNICIPAL ARPT                 2.61 
HATTIESBURG                          2.61 

...ALABAMA...

TROY MUNI ARPT                       3.35 
EVERGREEN                            2.96 
HUNTSVILLE                           2.81 
BRANTLEY                             2.79 
DECATUR 16 SW                        2.22 
ATHENS 5 NE                          2.08 
DECATUR                              2.06 

...GEORGIA...

FORT BENNING                         4.67 
FLINT RIVER                          4.11 
OAKFIELD                             4.09
DAWSON                               3.81
FRANKLIN                             3.19
COLUMBUS METRO ARPT                  2.51
ALBANY                               2.11  

...FLORIDA...

CRESTVIEW                            2.31 

...SOUTH CAROLINA...

ORANGEBURG                           3.32 
SUMTER                               2.55 

...NORTH CAROLINA...

NEW RIVER NCAS                       3.39
WHITEHALL                            3.34
SEYMOUR-JOHNSON AFB                  3.25 
GRIFTON                              3.05 
NEW BERN/CRAVEN CO. AIRPORT          2.91
JACKSONVILLE/ELLIS AIRPORT           2.55

...TENNESSEE...

HARRIMAN 4 NNE                       2.47 
ROCKWOOD 1 WSW                       2.44 

...WEST VIRGINIA...

CHARLESTON                           2.37 
BECKLEY                              2.20 

...DELAWARE...

WILMINGTON AIRPORT                   3.49 
DOVER AFB                            2.12

...PENNSYLVANIA...

AMBLER                               3.07 
NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT       2.92
PHILADELPHIA INTL AIRPORT            2.88
DOYLESTOWN AIRPORT                   2.61
POTTSTOWN LIMERICK AIRPORT           2.60

...NEW YORK...

NEW YORK/LA GUARDIA                  2.54
NEW YORK CITY                        2.38

...MARYLAND...

BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON INTL ARPT       2.53
ANNAPOLIS                            2.46
BALTIMORE SCIENCE CENTER             2.34

...DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...

WASHINGTON NATIONAL                  2.36

...NEW JERSEY...

TRENTON/MERCER CO. AIRPORT           2.43
NEWARK INTL AIRPORT                  2.33
MOUNT HOLLY                          2.24
TETERBORO AIRPORT                    2.22
MCGUIRE AFB                          2.19


...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR AS OF 500 PM EDT...

...SOUTH CAROLINA...

CHARLESTON/RAVENEL BRIDGE            71 MPH
EDISTO BEACH                         60 MPH
SULLIVANS ISLAND                     60 MPH
CHARLESTON HARBOR                    58 MPH
FOLLY BEACH                          56 MPH
NORTH CHARLESTON                     53 MPH

...GEORGIA...

NAVY TOWER R2                        60 MPH


AS THE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES...SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE
ACROSS THE NORTHERN APPALACHIANS AND INTO NEW ENGLAND. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND...AWAY FROM THE
COAST...IS FORECAST TO REACH ONE TO TWO FEET IN SOME LOCATIONS.
TOTAL RAINFALL OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS
OF NEW ENGLAND INTO THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC REGION. FURTHER
SOUTH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH
OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST THIS EVENING. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 11 PM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

RUBIN-OSTER




Last Updated: 456 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2007