Storm Summary Number 3 for South Central to Southeast U.S. Heavy
Rainfall Event
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
1000 AM CDT Thu Apr 11 2024

...Heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms continue across the
Southeast coast... 

A Tornado Watch is in effect through this afternoon for portions
of Central and North Florida and southeastern Georgia.

Flood Warnings are in effect for many streams and rivers in the
Lower Mississippi Valley and Southeast.

Wind Advisories are in effect across much of the Lower Mississippi
Valley and Southeast.

For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 900 AM CDT...An occluded low pressure system was swinging
across the Southeast with a trailing cold front positioned across
the eastern Alabama and the Florida panhandle and a warm front
positioned across central Georgia into South Carolina. Regional
radar mosaic and surface observations depict a complex of heavy
thunderstorms which were gradually translating eastward across
portions of Florida, southeastern Georgia, and eastern South
Carolina in the warm sector of the system, ahead of the
approaching cold front and behind the warm front. A separate area
of widespread shower activity was noted along a draped stationary
front across the Middle Mississippi Valley and Ohio River Valley.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Rainfall in inches from 700 AM
CDT Tue Apr 09 through 900 AM CDT Thu Apr 11...

...ALABAMA...
REHOBETH 2.1 SSW                     5.01                    
RED LEVEL 0.3 SW                     4.97                    
NATURE CENTER-GULF SHORES 3.6 E      4.94                    
DOTHAN 5.9 SSE                       4.87                    
MURDER CREEK AT HIGHWAY 41           4.64                    
BREWTON 5.8 NNE                      4.39                    
LOXLEY 0.4 SSW                       4.21                    
HARTFORD 0.9 SSW                     4.19                    
FISH RIVER NEAR SILVERHALL 3W        3.76                    

...ARKANSAS...
MONTICELLS 1.6 WNW                   8.37                    
CROSSETT 4.2 E                       7.32                    
HAMPTON 6.8 SE                       7.02                    
SCOTT 2.6 ENE                        6.81                    
LOUANN 3.4 ENE                       6.38                    
FOUKE 2.6 N                          5.78                    
BUCKNER 0.8 NNW                      5.46                    
ARKADELPHIA 8.5 ESE                  5.05                    

...FLORIDA...
TALLAHASSEE 5.2 E                   10.49                    
MONTICELLO 4.3 ENE                   9.69                    
AUCILLA                              8.09                    
DRIFTON 1 N                          7.00                    
WEWAHITCHKA 1 ESE                    6.35                    
QUINCY 7.5 SSW                       5.67                    
BONIFAY 1.9 NE                       5.15                    
CRAWFORDVILLE 1 S                    4.59                    
BLUE SPRINGS 6 N                     4.37                    
PORT ST JOE 4.8 S                    4.05                    
PANAMA CITY 1.9 SE                   4.02                    
DESTIN                               3.29                    

...GEORGIA...
VALDOSTA 1.9 N                       7.25                    
STATENVILLE                          7.21                    
LAKE PARK 2.8 W                      7.11                    
PELHAM 10.8 W                        5.60                    
MOULTRIE 9.1 NW                      5.24                    
THOMASVILLE 5.1 ESE                  5.12                    
BAINBRIDGE 2.3 ESE                   5.05                    
CAIRO 9.2 NNW                        4.97                    
TIFTON 2 ENE                         4.78                    
PEARSON 3.5 NE                       4.74                    
ALBANY 7.3 W                         4.37                    

...MISSISSIPPI...
PASCAGOULA 1.2 SSE                   8.90                    
BIG SUNFLOWER RIVER AT HOLLY BLUFF   8.12                    
EUPORA 6.4 W                         8.06                    
VAIDEN 4.8 WNW                       7.80                    
FLOWOOD 2.9 NE                       7.46                    
BRANDON 9 N                          7.10                    
FLORA 2.3 S                          7.09                    
PEARL 2 W                            6.97                    
JACKSON 2.8 E                        6.66                    
TUPELO 3.3 WNW                       6.49                    

...SOUTH CAROLINA...
OKATIE 7.6 NE                        3.98                    
BLUFFTON 0.7 NNW                     3.46                    
BEAUFORT 4.6 N                       3.34                    
HILTON HEAD ISLAND 4.7 NW            3.10                    
PARRIS ISLAND 1.7 N                  2.96                    
CHARLESTON 3.8 NW                    2.15                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Rainfall in inches where the
event has ended...

...LOUISIANA...
LEESVILLE 7.1 SSW                   10.52                    
BOSSIER CITY 4 S                    10.18                    
SHREVEPORT 4 S                       9.43                    
JONESVILLE 6.8 N                     9.40                    
SWARTZ 2 SSW                         9.07                    
KEITHVILLE 1.5 NNW                   8.98                    
MONROE 1.9 NNW                       8.79                    
OAK GROVE 1.9 NNW                    8.64                    
BIG BRANCH NWR                       7.83                    
NEW ORLEANS 5 N                      7.62                    

...TEXAS...
KIRBYVILLE 6.9 NNW                  13.01                    
WOODVILLE 5.3 WSW                   12.45                    
SPURGER 6.2 S                       12.13                    
FRED 0.3 S                          11.34                    
KILGORE 1.7 SSW                     11.29                    
COLMESNEIL 11.6 ESE                 11.18                    
HENDERSON 6.9 WNW                    9.88                    
MARSHALL 9.7 SE                      9.84                    
BELTON 3.9 N                         8.82                    


The low pressure system is forecast to track northwards today and
tomorrow. The trailing cold front will push offshore of the
Southeast overnight tonight, bringing an end to heavy rainfall in
the Southeast. Some locally heavy rainfall will remain possible in
the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast through Friday as the storm
progresses. There are Slight Risks of Excessive Rainfall in effect
for portions of North Florida, southeastern Georgia, the
Mid-Atlantic, and the Ohio River Valley today, and for the
portions of Maine and New Hampshire on Friday. For more
information regarding the Excessive Rainfall forecast, visit
www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov.

This will be the last Storm Summary issued by the Weather
Prediction Center for this event. Please refer to your local
National Weather service office for additional information.

Dolan