STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR CENTRAL U.S. TO MID-ATLANTIC WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
500 PM EDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...SNOW BEGINNING TO SPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS INTO
THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION... 

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO RIVER VALLEYS. WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE
MID-ATLANTIC REGION.

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

AT 400 PM EDT...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1000
MB...29.53 INCHES...WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. A
COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM THE LOW TO THE GULF COAST AND A
WARM FRONT EXTENDED EASTWARD FROM THE LOW ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN
STATES. NORTH OF THE SURFACE LOW...AN ADDITIONAL FRONTAL
BOUNDARY...THE LEADING EDGE OF MUCH COLDER AIR...EXTENDED FROM THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE SHIELD OF
PRECIPITATION EXTENDING FROM THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...AND BEGINNING TO ENTER THE
MID-ATLANTIC STATES. ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...PRECIPITATION WAS
FALLING AS A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET..AND SNOW. ACROSS THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING...WITH A FEW
REPORTS OF HEAVY SNOW.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EDT SAT MAR
15 THROUGH 400 PM EDT SUN MAR 16...

...IOWA...
W CANTRIL                             5.5                    
DANVILLE                              5.0                    
FORT MADISON 2 NE                     5.0                    
SALEM                                 4.5                    
BURLINGTON 2 SSE                      4.0                    

...MISSOURI...
DOWNING 4 NNE                         4.6                    
CONCEPTION JUNCTION 0.3 SE            3.0                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
700 AM EDT SAT MAR 15 THROUGH 400 PM EDT SUN MAR 16...

...MISSOURI...
POTOSI                                0.10                    


SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES
THROUGH THIS EVENING AND WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY MORNING...BEFORE
BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN A BAND FROM WEST VIRGINIA
EASTWARD ACROSS VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...DELAWARE...AND SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY. LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. AREAS OF
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF
THE SNOW AREA...ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE RELATIVELY
LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 1100 PM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

RYAN