STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR EASTERN U.S. MIXED PRECIPITATION EVENT
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM EDT THU DEC 11 2008

...LATE FALL PRECIPITATION EVENT BRINGS SNOW TO THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...SNOW AND ICE HAS BEGUN TO ACCUMULATE IN THE
NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND STATES

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA AND EXTEND NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE
APPALACHIANS TO THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC STATES...AND THEN 
THROUGH THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN
EFFECT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED
STATES...NORTH OF GEORGIA. TORNADO WATCHES ARE OUT FOR THE
CAROLINAS.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 0400 PM EDT...A 999 MB LOW WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA AND MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED MOSTLY LIGHT
SNOW FALLING WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE STATIONARY FRONT...WHICH
STRETCHES EAST NORTHEASTWARD FROM GEORGIA TO THE ATLANTIC
COAST...IN NEW YORK AND THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE NEW ENGLAND
STATES. ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS
FALLING. FREEZING RAIN IS FALLING IN A TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN THE
RAIN AND THE SNOW...IN WEST VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA.  

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES THROUGH
400 PM EDT THU DEC 11...

...LOUISIANA...
LIVINGSTON                               5.5
WASHINGTON                               5.0
ST. HELENA                               4.0
EAST BATON ROUGE                         3.0
EUNICE                                   3.0
OAKDALE                                  3.0

...MISSISSIPPI...
BOGUE CHITTO                             8.0
OMA                                      4.0
HILLSBORO                                4.0
BRAXTON                                  4.0

...TEXAS...
JEFFERSON                                4.0
WEST BEAUMONT CITY                       4.0
WOODVILLE                                3.0 



THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER ALABAMA WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE ATLANTIC COAST. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN
EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND
STATES AND PORTIONS OF NEW YORK OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FREEZING
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL IN THE TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN THE
AREAS OF RAIN AND THE SNOW.  

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 10PM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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