STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR EASTERN U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
1000 AM EST SUN MAR 01 2009
 
...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN
U.S...AND SPREADING UP THE EAST COAST LATER TODAY...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE INTERIOR
CAROLINAS...AND EXTENDING UP THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST AND INTO THE
NEW ENGLAND STATES. 
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 930 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS DEPICTED A LARGE COMPLEX OF PRECIPITATION
STRETCHING FROM ALABAMA AND STRETCHING NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE
NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER. ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE
SYSTEM...UNDERNEATH THE CLOSED UPPER LOW...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW
WAS FALLING ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. WITHIN THE COLDER
AIR MASS TO THE NORTHEAST...A CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO FREEZING
RAIN AND SNOW WAS TAKING PLACE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
MEANWHILE...IN THE MILDER AIR ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST AND DOWN
INTO FLORIDA...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FIRING ALONG THE
COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS
BEING REPORTED AROUND THE PRIMARY SURFACE LOW CENTER WHICH WAS
LOCATED JUST NORTH OF SAVANNAH...GEORGIA AND WAS MEASURED AT
APPROXIMATELY 1001 MILLIBARS. 


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 PM EST SAT FEB
28 THROUGH 1000 AM EST SUN MAR 01...

...TENNESSEE...
MAURY CITY                           18.5
JACKSON 4 SE                         12.5
BEMIS                                12.5                     
ATOKA                                12.4                     
COVINGTON 6 SE                       12.0                     
OAKLAND 1.3 NE                       12.0
ELLENDALE                            11.5                     
GILT EDGE                            11.0                  
ARLINGTON                            10.0                     
RIPLEY 5 E                           10.0                     
WARTRACE                             10.0                     
PARKERS CROSS ROADS                   9.0                     
BARTLETT 3.6 N                        8.9
DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS 6 SE                 3.0 

...ALABAMA...
W. FAYETTVILLE                        3.0
ATHENS                                2.5
BILLINGSLEY                           2.0
UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE 2 W             1.5
TUSCUMBIA                             1.5
HAMILTON                              1.5
DOUBLE SPRINGS                        1.5
        

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...ARKANSAS...
WILSON                               12.0 
BLYTHEVILLE 1 E                      12.0                     
BEMIS                                11.0                     
WALCOTT 4 SSW                         9.2                     
BIGGERS                               5.0                     

...MISSOURI...
KENNETT                              16.0                     
COLE CAMP 3.5 WNW                     8.5                     
MOUNTAIN VIEW 7.0 NE                  8.5                     
CLINTON 3 SE                          8.0                     
GIDEON 2.1 SSW                        8.0                     
SALEM 4.3 S                           8.0                     
TIGHTWAD                              6.0                     
NEELYVILLE                            5.8                     
TIPTON                                5.5                     
ELLINGTON                             5.0                     
ROLLA                                 4.0                     


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE ATLANTIC
COAST...MOVING OFFSHORE ACROSS THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA
VERY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.  AS THE STORM MOVES UP THE COAST...THE
PRECIPITATION WILL ALSO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE EAST COAST
SPREADING INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION BY THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY
EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE TO BE EXPECTED
WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN A FOOT POSSIBLE. BY LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THE WINTER STORM WILL
BEGIN TO IMPACT THE NEW ENGLAND STATES.

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

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