STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR MID-ATLANTIC WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 AM EST FRI FEB 05 2010
 
...HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT ICING EXPECTED ACROSS THE
MID-ATLANTIC...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC AND
OHIO RIVER VALLEY WITH WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES BOUNDING THE
REGION TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH. IN ADDITION...BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE
IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST FROM DELAWARE NORTH TO CENTRAL NEW
JERSEY.
 
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FROM EAST CENTRAL
GEORGIA NORTHEASTWARD TO SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA. FLOOD WARNINGS ARE
IN EFFECT ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COAST FROM GEORGIA TO NORTH
CAROLINA.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 900 AM EST...BASED ON CURRENT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...A 1003 MB
(29.62 INCHES) LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LOCATED NORTH OF
EVERGREEN...ALABAMA AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 19 MPH. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE BREAKING OUT ALONG THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
WHICH WAS POSITIONED ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING NORTH OF A WARM FRONT WHICH EXTENDED
THROUGH SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA AND OFFSHORE. WITHIN THIS
AXIS OF PRECIPITATION...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS
EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN/CENTRAL VIRGINIA
INTO NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. FREEZING RAIN WAS REPORTED ALONG
THE SPINE OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS IN NORTH CAROLINA. IN
ADDITION...ANOTHER AREA OF FREEZING RAIN WAS REPORTED ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA. SOUTH OF THE AXIS OF WINTRY
WEATHER...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE
SOUTHEASTERN U.S. AND INTO THE EASTERN GULF COAST.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM EST THU FEB
04 THROUGH 900 AM EST FRI FEB 05...

...NORTH CAROLINA  ...
BLOWING ROCK 2.8 ENE                  8.0                     
FOSCOE 1.2 WSW                        7.0                     
BOONE 0.3 NNW                         6.0                     
MEAT CAMP 2.2 S                       6.0                     
MILLERS CREEK 8.6 N                   6.0                     
TODD 1.5 E                            5.2                     
CASHIERS                              5.0                     
LAKE TOXAWAY                          5.0                     
LINVILLE FALLS 0.5 SW                 4.8                     
BREVARD 1.2 NNW                       4.5                     
MARION 2.1 NNW                        4.1                     
NORTH WILKESBORO 15 NW                4.0                     

...VIRGINIA...
INDEPENDENCE 2.2 E                    3.5                     
ELK CREEK                             3.0 SNOW/SLEET MIX      


AS A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL LOW MOVES INTO THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY
THIS EVENING...THE SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF COAST WILL
RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE CAROLINA
COAST. BY SATURDAY MORNING...THE LOW CENTER IS FORECAST TO BE
OFFSHORE OF THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA. LIGHT TO MODERATE
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID-ATLANTIC
STATES AND EASTERN OHIO RIVER VALLEY TODAY. BY TONIGHT...THE
STRENGTHENING SURFACE LOW WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH
NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THE DELAWARE/NEW JERSEY COAST
WESTWARD THROUGH THE D.C. METROPOLITAN AREA AND INTO EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA. WITHIN THIS BAND OF HEAVY SNOW...WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SURROUNDING THIS
AREA...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE COMMONPLACE. ALONG THE SPINE
OF THE SOUTHERN AND LOWER CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...FROM NORTH
CARLINA TO CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A
QUARTER TO A HALF INCH POSSIBLE. MEANWHILE...MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST NORTHWARD TO
SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED.
LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.

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.

RYAN/RUBIN-OSTER