STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR EASTERN U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD    
1000 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
 
...MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT AN AREA FROM THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...
 
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LONG ISLAND. A BLIZZARD WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FOR CAPE COD AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM TENNESSEE AND NORTH
CAROLINA TO THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STATES. WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES SURROUND THE WARNINGS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. A WINTER
STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND
 

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

AT 900 PM EST...A 996 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR
SAVANNAH...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 PORTIONS OF
KENTUCKY AND WEST VIRGINIA EASTWARD INTO NORTH CAROLINA AND
VIRGINIA. HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH
AND NORTH CAROLINA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST FRI DEC
18 THROUGH 900 PM EST FRI DEC 18...

...KENTUCKY...
PINEVILLE                             6.0                     
DORTON                                3.0                     

...NORTH CAROLINA  ...
BOONE                                16.0                     
WEST ASHEVILLE                       15.0                     
FLEETWOOD                            14.0                     
WAYNESVILLE                          13.8                     
WOODLAWN                             13.0                     
GLENDALE SPRINGS                     12.5                     
FLETCHER                             12.0                     
MORGANTON                            11.0                     
WEST JEFFERSON                       10.0                     
ASHEVILLE                             7.0                     

...VIRGINIA...
BLUEFIELD                            13.0                     
BANDY                                10.0                     
LAKE MONTICELLO                       9.0                     
COVESVILLE 2SSE                       8.5                     
COLUMBIA                              7.0                     
ELK CREEK                             7.0                     
ROANOKE                               7.0                     
GREENVILLE 3E                         6.5                     
BANDY                                 6.0                     
RICHMOND                              3.0                     
CHARLOTTESVILLE                       2.2                     

...WEST VIRGINIA...
SPANISHBURG                           8.5                     
RAINELLE                              8.0                     
LEWISBURG                             7.8                     
ATHENS                                7.0                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST FRI DEC
18 THROUGH 900 PM EST FRI DEC 18...

...SOUTH CAROLINA...
MOUNT PLEASANT 1NE                    5.38                     
ISLE OF PALMS                         4.79                     
CHARLESTON                            3.93                     
FORT JOHNSON                          3.51                     


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 400 AM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

ECKERT/SOLTOW