STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR DEEP SOUTH TO MID-ATLANTIC WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM EST THU JAN 17 2013

...WINTER STORM BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON
FROM THE DEEP SOUTH INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...  

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA AND NORTHERN GEORGIA
NORTHEASTWARD TO COASTAL DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

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

AT 300 PM EST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1006
MB...29.71 INCHES WAS CENTERED OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
A SECOND SURFACE LOW WAS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA.
THIS SURFACE LOW HAD A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED
A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDING FROM ALABAMA AND GEORGIA
NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. AS COLD AIR WRAPS
AROUND THE BACK OF THIS STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM...RAIN HAS
CHANGED TO SNOW ACROSS ALABAMA AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF
TENNESSEE...KENTUCKY...VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. HEAVY SNOW WAS
REPORTED AT TIMES ACROSS PORTIONS OF ALABAMA. FARTHER EAST...RAIN
WAS FALLING ACROSS GEORGIA INTO THE CAROLINAS AND SOUTHERN
VIRGINIA. HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED AT TIMES ACROSS THE CAROLINAS
AND VIRGINIA.       

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST WED JAN
16 THROUGH 300 PM EST THU JAN 17...

...ALABAMA...
CULLMAN 2 SSE                         4.0                    
BERRY                                 3.0                    
WILBURN 2 N                           3.0                    
CARROLLTON                            2.1                    
ADDISON                               2.0                    
SUMITON                               2.0                    
WEST POINT 1 NW                       2.0                    
OAKMAN                                1.5                    
VESTAVIA HILLS                        1.5                    
PINSON                                1.0                    
TUSCALOOSA                            1.0                    

...KENTUCKY...
CLEAR SREEK SPRINGS                   3.0                    

...TENNESSEE...
PENNINGTON GAP 1 S                    3.0                    
MAYNARDVILLE                          2.0                    
LA FOLLETTE 2 N                       1.0                    

...VIRGINIA...
GRUNDY 5 WNW                          3.0                    
HAYSI 2 SE                            3.0                    
CLINTWOOD 4 SW                        2.0                    

...WEST VIRGINIA...
ATHENS                                4.5                    
LILLY GROVE                           3.9                    
JOLO                                  1.0                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST WED JAN 16
THROUGH 300 PM EST THU JAN 17...

...ALABAMA...
ROGERSVILLE                           1.50                    
MORGAN CITY 3 NW                      0.50                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST WED JAN
16 THROUGH 300 PM EST THU JAN 17...

...ALABAMA...
ADAMSVILLE                            1.50                    

...FLORIDA...
GONZALEZ 2.5 NNW                      1.55                    

...GEORGIA...
ATHENS MUNI ARPT                      1.78                    
FORSYTH 1.1 W                         1.62                    
GREENSBORO 11.2 S                     1.60                    
BARNESVILLE 3.6 S                     1.53                    

...NORTH CAROLINA...
SHELBY MUNI ARPT                      1.61                    

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...NORTH CAROLINA...
MURPHY 10 SW                          60                    

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

...MISSISSIPPI...
ACKERMAN                              4.0                    
EUPORA                                4.0                    
HARPERVILLE                           4.0                    
MATHISON                              4.0                    
PHILADELPHIA 5.4 E                    3.8                    
LITTLE ROCK                           3.5                    
MADISON                               3.5                    
NOXAPATER                             3.5                    
STAR                                  3.5                    
BENTONIA                              3.0                    
COLUMBUS 4 NE                         3.0                    
CRYSTAL SPRINGS 4 NE                  3.0                    
FLORENCE                              3.0                    
PEARL                                 3.0                    
RICHLAND                              2.5                    


THE STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH
TONIGHT...WITH THE SURFACE LOWS MOVING OFFSHORE DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TO
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...THIS EVENING ACROSS AREAS FROM NORTHERN
GEORGIA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE THROUGH THE WESTERN CAROLINAS...MUCH
OF VIRGINIA AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ALABAMA...NORTHERN GEORGIA AND EASTERN
TENNESSEE. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN
KENTUCKY INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA. FARTHER
EAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE DELMARVA REGION...1 TO 3 INCHES OF
SNOW IS POSSIBLE. SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END ACROSS THE
MID-ATLANTIC STATES BY FRIDAY MORNING.  

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.

RYAN