STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS TO SOUTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM EST WED FEB 25 2015

...WINTER STORM SPREADING SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES...WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC STATES TONIGHT... 

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR A LARGE AREA FROM PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC STATES.

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

AT 300 PM EST...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPING IN THE
NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A SURFACE LOW
WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES...WAS CENTERED
APPROXIMATELY 60 MILES SOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI COAST AND MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS AREAS
FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. ALONG
THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THIS PRECIPITATION...SNOW WAS FALLING FROM
ARKANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS EASTWARD TO PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
GEORGIA. FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
GEORGIA...RAIN WAS FALLING. AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WERE
OCCASIONALLY REPORTED IN THE TRANSITION ZONE FROM SNOW TO RAIN. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 AM EST WED
FEB 25 THROUGH 300 PM EST WED FEB 25...

...ALABAMA...
HANCEVILLE                            3.5                    
SMITH DAM 1S S                        2.5                    
CRANE HILL 4 SSW                      2.0                    
RED BAY                               2.0                    
ONEONTA                               1.8                    
CULLMAN 4 SSW                         1.5                    

...ARKANSAS...
LEWISVILLE 6 N                        6.0                    
FORDYCE                               5.5                    
GRAPEVINE                             4.0                    
HOPE                                  4.0                    
NASHVILLE                             4.0                    
STAR CITY                             3.5                    
WHITE HALL                            3.5                    
STUTTGART                             3.2                    
OKOLONA                               3.1                    
ARKADELPHIA                           3.0                    
BEARDEN                               3.0                    
CURTIS                                3.0                    
ENGLAND                               3.0                    
GURDON                                3.0                    
MURFREESBORO                          2.0                    

...LOUISIANA...
SHREVEPORT                            3.0                    
HAUGHTON 6 N                          2.5                    
N MINDEN                              2.5                    
BASTROP                               2.0                    
BOSSIER CITY 2 N                      2.0                    

...MISSISSIPPI...
GOLDEN                                3.0                    
INDIANOLA                             2.0                    
SALTILLO                              2.0                    
TUPELO                                1.0                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
1200 AM EST WED FEB 25 THROUGH 300 PM EST WED FEB 25...

...ALABAMA...
DETROIT                               0.50                    

...LOUISIANA...
HAUGHTON 6 N                          0.10                    

...MISSISSIPPI...
STARKVILLE                            0.25                    
ANNANDALE                             0.10                    
JACKSON                               0.10                    
LEXINGTON                             0.10                    
CLEVELAND                             0.05                    
EUPORA                                0.05                    
GRENADA                               0.05                    
MAYERSVILLE                           0.05                    
PHEBA                                 0.05                    
ROLLING FORK                          0.05                    
VICKSBURG                             0.05                    
YAZOO CITY                            0.05                    

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

...OKLAHOMA...
FORT TOWSON                           2.0                    
SAWYER                                1.5                    

...TEXAS...
LONGVIEW 1 N                          6.0                    
GLADEWATER                            4.0                    
HEMPHILL                              4.0                    
TALCO                                 4.0                    
BLOOMING GROVE                        3.5                    
BOYCE                                 3.0                    
CANTON                                3.0                    
EMORY                                 3.0                    
PITTSBURG                             3.0                    
SULPHUR SPRINGS                       3.0                    
WAXAHACHIE                            3.0                    
ATLANTA                               2.6                    
FAIRFIELD                             2.0                    
GRANBURY 4 NW                         2.0                    
PARIS                                 2.0                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET AMOUNTS IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT
HAS ENDED...

...TEXAS...
FORT WORTH 8 NE                       0.40                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT
HAS ENDED...

...TEXAS...
HAWKINS 4 NW                          0.10                    
LONGVIEW 3 ENE                        0.10                    
MARSHALL                              0.10                    


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO IS FORECAST
TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TONIGHT...REACHING A POSITION OFF THE COAST
OF THE CAROLINAS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD
NORTHEASTWARD AS WELL...INTO THE SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC STATES
OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY LATE THIS EVENING AND ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES
THURSDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED IN A BAND FROM
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO NORTHERN
GEORGIA. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA...MUCH OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA. LIGHTER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1
TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM WEST VIRGINIA EASTWARD INTO THE
DELMARVA REGION. ADDITIONALLY...FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF
A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. 

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.

RYAN