THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS TO EAST COAST WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014
...FREEZING RAIN SPREADING INTO THE CAROLINAS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED IN THE INTERIOR MID-ATLANTIC STATES TONIGHT
INTO THURSDAY...
ICE STORM WARNINGS AND FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM EASTERN ARKANSAS EASTWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR SECTION OF
SOUTHEASTERN STATES AND ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD
INCLUDING THE APPALACHIANS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK AS WELL AS ALONG THE
WESTERN SLOPES OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS.
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 ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
OF 1009 MB...29.79 INCHES...WAS LOCATED NEAR THE WESTERN
PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA. COLD AIR REMAINED IN PLACE OVER THE EASTERN
U.S. TO THE NORTH OF A STATIONARY FRONT JUST OFF THE GULF COAST
AND ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED SNOW WAS BEGINNING TO SPREAD
NORTHWARD INTO NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINA. BUT FARTHER
SOUTH...SNOW HAD CHANGED OVER TO FREEZING RAIN FROM WILMINGTON
NORTH CAROLINA WESTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...INTO
NORTHERN-CENTRAL GEORGIA AND NORTHERN ALABAMA. THE BACK EDGE OF
THE WINTRY MIXED PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING THROUGH MISSISSIPPI.
MEANWHILE...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS
THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA AND INTO SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST TUE FEB 11
THROUGH 300 PM EST WED FEB 12...
...LOUISIANA...
FARMERVILLE 1.00
BASTROP 0.15
OAK GROVE 0.10
...NORTH CAROLINA...
HAMPSTEAD 2 NNW 0.50
...SOUTH CAROLINA...
FOREST ACRES 2 SSE 3.00
AIKEN 2.00
BISHOPVILLE 2.00
BAMBERG 1.00
FORK 1 E 0.30
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
700 AM EST TUE FEB 11 THROUGH 300 PM EST WED FEB 12...
...ARKANSAS...
BRADLEY 0.25
...GEORGIA...
AUGUSTA 0.50
MARIETTA 0.50
PORTAL 0.50
THOMSON 0.50
MARTINEZ 0.30
LINCOLNTON 0.20
FLOWERY BRANCH 1 SSE 0.10
...LOUISIANA...
TALLULAH 1.00
BOSSIER CITY 0.30
SHONGALOO 5 N 0.30
WEST MONROE 0.30
BRADLEY 0.25
HOMER 1 N 0.25
PINE PRAIRIE 0.25
SHREVEPORT 0.25
WINNSBORO 0.25
KEACHI 8 ESE 0.20
ESLER REGIONAL ARPT 0.14
CLARKSVILLE CITY 0.10
COLUMBIA 5 NNW 0.10
LONGVIEW 0.10
RUSTON 7 NW 0.10
SHREVEPORT 10 SSW 0.10
...MISSISSIPPI...
CARROLLTON 0.20
VICKSBURG 0.20
ACKERMAN 0.10
CLINTON 4 S 0.10
HAZLEHURST 0.10
LOUISE 0.10
MAYERSVILLE 0.10
NATCHEZ 0.10
ROLLING FORK 0.10
ROXIE 0.10
YAZOO CITY 0.10
...NORTH CAROLINA...
CASTLE HAYNE 3 SSW 0.25
WILMINGTON 0.20
HAMPSTEAD 0.10
MASONBORO 0.10
...SOUTH CAROLINA...
AIKEN 0.70
BARNWELL 0.70
COLUMBIA 0.50
ORANGEBURG 0.50
SAINT MATTHEWS 0.50
SUMMERVILLE 1 S 0.50
SUMTER 0.30
FLORENCE 1 S 0.25
BAMBERG 0.20
GREEN SEA 0.20
LADSON 0.20
LEXINGTON 0.20
SPRINGDALE 1 SW 0.13
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST TUE FEB
11 THROUGH 300 PM EST WED FEB 12...
...GEORGIA...
ELBERTON 4.0
CLAYTON 3.8
CARNESVILLE 3.5
TOCCOA 3.0
...NORTH CAROLINA...
SMITHFIELD 7.5
ANDERSON CREEK 6.0
DUBLIN 2 ESE 5.8
FARNER 5.0
FLOWERS 2 N 5.0
LUMBERTON 5.0
STANFIELD 5.0
SANFORD 4.0
TROY 4.0
HARTSVILLE 1 NE 3.5
...SOUTH CAROLINA...
BETHUNE 6.0
LANCASTER MILL 6.0
NEWBERRY 6.0
WINNSBORO 6.0
GREENWOOD 3 N 5.5
CHESTERFIELD 4.0
LEXINGTON 4.0
SENECA 4.0
CHESTER 3.5
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT
HAS ENDED...
...TEXAS...
BULLARD 7 WNW 0.25
CHRISTOVAL 4 WSW 0.20
APPLEBY 0.12
CLARKSVILLE CITY 0.10
LONGVIEW 0.10
SAN ANGELO 4 W 0.10
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND WILL BEGIN TO
MOVE NORTHEASTWARD UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE NEAR THE GROUND WHILE WARM AIR ALOFT
BEING DRAWN INTO THE INTENSIFYING STORM FROM THE
ATLANTIC...CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER ONE
INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
SOUTH CAROLINA...WITH A LITTLE OVER HALF AN INCH OF ICE OVER
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. MEANWHILE...SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE
NORTHERN EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD TONIGHT ACROSS EXTREME
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND GEORGIA AS WELL AS TENNESSEE
WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD
NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
10 TO 14 INCHES EXPECTED FROM EXTREME NORTHERN GEORGIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA NORTHWARD ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF
THE APPALACHIANS IN NORTH CAROLINA...TENNESSEE...AND SOUTHERN
VIRGINIA BY THIS EVENING. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MID
ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST THIS EVENING AND THURSDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE. CLOSER TO THE
COAST...WARMER AIR FROM THE ATLANTIC IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE THE
SNOW TO A WINTRY MIX OR ALL RAIN.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 1000 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
KREKELER
Last Updated: 531 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014