STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR SOUTHEAST WINTRY MIX
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 AM EST THU JAN 17 2008

...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE
INTERIOR OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES...

SNOW ADVISORIES...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR AREAS IN AND AROUND THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. IN ADDITION...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR A SMALL PORTION OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

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

AT 930 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES AND EASTERN
PART OF THE OHIO VALLEY. PRECIPITATION WAS IN THE FORM OF FREEZING
RAIN AND SNOW WELL INLAND WHILE RAIN WAS FALLING CLOSER TO THE
COAST. THE CURRENT RAIN AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED JUST WEST OF TALLAHASSEE
FLORIDA WITH CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1010 MB.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 100 PM
EST WED JAN 16 THROUGH 1000 AM EST WED JAN 17...

...VIRGINIA...
BLACKSBURG - BRUSH MOUNTAIN           6.0
BLACKSBURG - NWS                      4.0
BLAND                                 4.0
CERES                                 4.0
ROCKY GAP                             4.0
FAIRLAWN                              4.0
PULASKI                               4.0
BENT MOUNTAIN                         4.0
FAIRWOOD                              3.0
FLOYD                                 3.0
STAUNTON                              2.5
HILLSVILLE                            2.0
BUENA VISTA                           2.0
LYNCHBURG                             1.0
COVINGTON                             1.0

...WEST VIRGINIA...
BLUEFIELD                             2.0
UNION                                 1.0

...NORTH CAROLINA...
JONESVILLE                            5.0
LAKE TOXAWY                           4.3
ELKVILLE                              4.0
ROBBINSVILLE                          3.0
HAYS                                  3.0
SPARTA                                3.0
WAYNESVILLE                           2.1
MURPHY                                2.0

...SOUTH CAROLINA...
TIGERVILLE                            4.0
MARIETTA                              3.0
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG ARPT           2.7
BOILING SPRINGS                       2.4
CHESTERFIELD                          2 TO 3
LANCASTER                             2 TO 3
KERSHAW                               2.0
LONGTOWN                              1.5
LAURENS                               1.0 

...GEORGIA...
TALLULAH FALLS                        3.5
ROCKMART 4 SE                         3.0 
HIAWASSEE                             2.0 
CANTON                                2.0 
CORNELIA                              1.5 
CLEVELAND                             1.5 
WOODSTOCK                             1.5 
TALLULAH FALLS                        1.4
CLAYTON                               1.2 
CUMMING                               1.0 
BALL GROUND                           1.0 
DACULA                                1.0 
ATLANTA                               0.4 

...TENNESSEE...
COLUMBIA 6 E                          1.5 
LAWRENCEBURG                          1.2 
CENTERVILLE 13 W                      1.0 
ST. JOSEPH                            1.0 
TELLICO                               1.0 

...SELECTED ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 100 PM EST WED JAN 16
THROUGH 300 AM EST JAN 17...

...GEORGIA...
ATLANTA (MIDTOWN AND VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS)         0.25


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ALONG
THE SOUTHEAST COAST TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST BY THURSDAY
EVENING AND TO NEAR THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST BY FRIDAY
MORNING. SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND INTO THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
THURSDAY NIGHT. WARM AIR SHOULD KEEP THE PRECIPITATION AS RAIN IN
THE COASTAL SECTIONS AND MAY CHANGE SOME OF THE WINTRY MIX TO RAIN
IN THE INTERIOR.

WHILE THE STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY RAPIDLY...IT WILL
STILL BRING A FEW TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS
OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH FROM NORTHERN GEORGIA NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS THE NATION'S CAPITAL. CONDITIONS WILL THEN IMPROVE RAPIDLY
ONCE THE STORM SYSTEM PASSES TO THE NORTHEAST.

AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND
COAST ON FRIDAY...SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COASTLINE FROM NEW JERSEY TO NEW ENGLAND...LIKELY SPARING THESE
LOCATIONS ANY HEAVY SNOWFALL. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 PM EST THU JAN 17. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ON THIS EVENT.

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