THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 05 FOR EASTERN U.S. MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016
...A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS UNDERWAY OVER THE EASTERN U.S AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTHEASTERN
VIRGINIA...ACROSS MARYLAND...NORTHERN DELAWARE...SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...MUCH OF NEW JERSEY...AND INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY
AND LONG ISLAND.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR A LARGE AREA OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...ACROSS THE INTERIOR
SOUTHEASTERN U.S AND MUCH OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES...SOUTHERN
PART OF THE OHIO VALLEY...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...AND
INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...AND WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM VIRGINIA TO MASSACHUSETTS.
HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA
EASTERN SHORES.
GALE AND STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NEW
ENGLAND COASTAL WATERS.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 900 PM EST...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
994 MB...29.35 INCHES...WAS LOCATED JUST OFF THE COAST OF NORTH
CAROLINA TO THE SOUTHEAST OF WILMINGTON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAD
DEVELOPED AND PERSISTED ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE
PAST FEW HOURS ASSOCIATED WITH A RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING WARM FRONT.
FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND WEST...AN EXPANSIVE AREA OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW COVERED MUCH OF THE INTERIOR
EASTERN U.S. AND CONTINUED TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY TOWARD SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1100 PM EST THU
JAN 21 THROUGH 900 PM EST FRI JAN 22...
...ALABAMA...
CROSSVILLE 1 NNE 2.5
MADISON 1.4
MERIDIANVILLE 1.2
HUNTSVILLE 4 ENE 1.0
HARVEST 4 ENE 0.8
HUNTSVILLE 0.3
...WASHINGTON DC...
THE MALL 3.5
NATIONAL ZOO 1 WSW 3.1
NATIONAL ZOO 1 SW 0.4
...DELAWARE...
W DOVER 2.5
ELLENDALE 1.6
...GEORGIA...
MACEDONIA 6.0
CLEVELAND 2.0
WALESKA 5 ENE 1.0
...KENTUCKY...
BEATTYVILLE 3 W 16.0
CENTER 15.0
EGLON 3 S 15.0
MOUNT VERNON 14.5
FRENCHBURG 14.0
UNO 2 ENE 14.0
COLUMBIA 13.0
PRESTONSBURG 12.5
LIBERTY 12.0
LAWSON 11.3
BOWLING GREEN 11.0
...MARYLAND...
FROSTBURG 8.0
REDHOUSE 8.0
HUNTINGTOWN 2 SW 5.0
LONACONING 5.0
WASHINGTON GROVE 1 NNE 4.2
E MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK 3.5
GERMANTOWN 2 NW 2.5
...MISSISSIPPI...
MYRTLE 2.0
OXFORD 2.0
CLARKSDALE 1.0
...NORTH CAROLINA...
OLD FORT 14.0
FAIRVIEW 12.0
LINVILLE 12.0
CELO 11.0
CRUSO 5 ENE 11.0
MARSHALL 10.0
SCALY 10.0
WAYNESVILLE 3 NNW 9.0
ASHEVILLE 2 W 8.0
ETOWAH 1.9 NW 8.0
CANTON 1 S 7.0
WAYNESVILLE 7.0
WOODFIN 7.0
SKYLAND 1 SSE 6.0
CULLOWHEE 5.0
TWIN OAKS 4.5
BOOMER 4.0
HIGHLANDS 1.0
...NEW JERSEY...
DELANCO 2.0
CAPE MAY 1.0
...OHIO...
IRONTON 9.5
WOODSFIELD 1 NE 8.0
SCIOTOVILLE 6.0
STOCKPORT 5.0
ATHENS 4.0
...PENNSYLVANIA...
CHAMPION 6.0
JENNERSTOWN 6.0
NEW SALEM-BUFFINGTO 6.0
WAYNESBURG 5.0
...SOUTH CAROLINA...
CHESNEE 7.0
LANDRUM 6.0
TRAVELERS REST 8.9 N 5.5
CHESNEE 3.9 SW 3.5
GREER 5 NW 3.0
TAYLORS 6.1 NNW 2.8
LYMAN 5.3 WNW 2.5
...TENNESSEE...
CROSS PLAINS 11.0
WHITE HOUSE 7 ESE 10.0
GOODLETTSVILLE 9.5
NASHVILLE 5 NE 9.0
SAMBURG 9.0
DRESDEN 8.5
GREENBRIER 2 S 8.5
NASHVILLE 4 SW 7.1
DYERSBURG 5.5
UNION CITY 5.0
HUMBOLDT 4.0
TREZEVANT 4.0
BELLE MEADE 3.5
MEDINA 3.5
TRENTON 3.0
...VIRGINIA...
INDEPENDENCE 18.0
PULASKI 12.5
WYTHEVILLE 1 NNW 12.4
MC COY 11.0
BLACKSBURG 2 NW 10.0
CAVE SPRING 10.0
COLEMAN STORE 4 NNW 9.0
NEWCASTLE 1 NE 8.5
WYTHEVILLE 8.1
ROCKY MOUNT 2 NE 8.0
BLACKSBURG 7.0
PEARISBURG 1 ENE 7.0
WISE 3 S 7.0
NEWPORT 3 WNW 6.0
ROANOKE 6.0
COPPER HILL 5.0
RADFORD 5.0
BRISTOL 4.5
LYNCHBURG CITY 1 SE 3.5
RICHMOND 2.0
DULLES AIRPORT 1.0
...WEST VIRGINIA...
TEAYS VALLEY 2 SE 15.5
CROSS LANES 15.0
CHARLESTON 6 WSW 14.0
ST. ALBANS 1 W 14.0
GAP MILLS 13.0
ST. ALBANS 11.0
DINGESS 10.0
RED SULPHUR SPRINGS 2 SSW 10.0
CHARLESTON 9.0
MAN 9.0
HAMLIN 8.0
LOGAN 8.0
BECKLEY 6.5
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
1100 PM EST THU JAN 21 THROUGH 900 PM EST FRI JAN 22...
...KENTUCKY...
MOZELLE 0.30
MONTICELLO 0.25
W CORBIN 0.25
BOWLING GREEN 0.22
WHITLEY CITY 0.20
WILLIAMSBURG 0.20
...NORTH CAROLINA...
CARRBORO 0.25
GARNER 3 SSE 0.25
HARRISBURG 5 S 0.20
SNOW HILL 0.20
ASHEBORO 1 S 0.10
DANBURY 2 NW 0.10
...SOUTH CAROLINA...
FORT MILL 2 WNW 0.50
JEFFERSON 4 N 0.25
LANCASTER 0.25
DARLINGTON 0.20
CLINTON 0.10
RIDGEWAY 8 ENE 0.10
FLORENCE 0.05
...TENNESSEE...
CLARKSVILLE 6 NW 0.23
WESTMORELAND 5 SE 0.15
WHITE HOUSE 0.10
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 1100 PM EST THU JAN
21 THROUGH 900 PM EST FRI JAN 22...
...KENTUCKY...
MADISONVILLE 0.25
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...ARKANSAS...
NORTH LITTLE ROCK 2.6 NNE 8.0
AUSTIN 7.0
SHERWOOD 1 NNW 7.0
WEST LITTLE ROCK 7.0
EAST END 6.5
N LITTLE ROCK ARPT 6.2
HENSLEY 6.0
POWHATAN 5.5
...LOUISIANA...
HOMER 1.0
THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST WILL
CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD JUST OFF THE
MID-ATLANTIC COAST. AS THE INTENSIFYING STORM INGESTS MOISTURE
FROM THE ATLANTIC AND DUMPS IT INTO THE ARCTIC AIR TO THE NORTH
AND WEST...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT AND
WINDS WILL BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN IN THE INTERIOR MID-ATLANTIC REGION
WHERE HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY.
FARTHER NORTH...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY.
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN TO STORM FORCE
NEAR THE COAST. TOTAL SNOWFALL BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET IS EXPECTED
FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY TO NEW JERSEY. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF
2 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
AND MID-ATLANTIC...INCLUDING THE WASHINGTON D.C. AND BALTIMORE
METROPOLITAN AREAS WITH 1 FOOT TO 2 FEET FARTHER WEST TOWARD WEST
VIRGINIA AND FARTHER NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. AS
THE LOW RAPIDLY STRENGTHENS...STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HEAVY
SNOW TO PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. IN
ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT ICING IS LIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF THE INLAND
CAROLINAS WHERE ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING HALF AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE. HIGH STORM SURGE AND SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING WILL
ALSO BE A CONCERN ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL REGIONS.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 400 AM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
KONG
Last Updated: 1018 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016