STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR EASTERN U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD   
600 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
 
...MAJOR WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES INTO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...SNOW MEASURED IN FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME
AREAS...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM TENNESSEE AND NORTH
CAROLINA TO THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STATES. WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES SURROUND THE WARNINGS. 
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 500 PM EST...A 997 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR
ALMA...GEORGIA WITH A COLD FRONT THROUGH FLORIDA. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A VERY
LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER THE STATES BORDERING THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING THROUGH
GEORGIA AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST FRI DEC
18 THROUGH 500 PM EST FRI DEC 18...

...NORTH CAROLINA  ...
LEICESTER                             8.8                     
CANTON                                7.5                     
ASHEVILLE                             7.0                     
FLETCHER                              7.0                     
WEAVERVILLE                           7.0                     
NORTH WILKESBORO                      6.5                     
BOONE                                 4.0                     

...VIRGINIA...
BANDY                                 6.0                     
WYTHEVILLE                            5.0                     
STEWARTSVILLE                         4.0                     
GALAX                                 3.0                     
MERRIMAC                              3.0                     
TERRYS FORD                           3.0                     


THE SURFACE LOW WILL INTENSIFY FRIDAY NIGHT AS IT MOVES ALONG THE
GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS TO THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH
CAROLINA BY SATURDAY MORNING. A LARGE SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO EXPAND TO THE WEST OF THE SURFACE LOW WITH
ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT LIKELY OVER A LARGE
AREA...INCLUDING THE I-95 CORRIDOR FROM RICHMOND...VIRGINIA
THROUGH WASHINGTON D.C....BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA. HEAVY
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS
OF GEORGIA...SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

ECKERT