STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR HEAVY RAIN IN NEW ENGLAND
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
500 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN BUFFETING NEW ENGLAND...

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF MAINE...NEW HAMPSHIRE...VERMONT...NEW
YORK...CONNECTICUT...AND RHODE ISLAND.

DEEP ONSHORE FLOW FROM EAST OF BERMUDA HAS DEVELOPED INTO MUCH OF
NEW ENGLAND.  THIS DEEP MOISTURE FEED COUPLED WITH OROGRAPHIC
LIFTING DUE TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN NEW ENGLAND HAS CAUSED
COPIOUS RAINFALL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.  THE SURFACE LOW
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR 40.8 NORTH
LATITUDE AND 70.4 WEST LONGITUDE OR ABOUT 100 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS.

RADAR TRENDS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS HAVE SHOWN THE HEAVIEST
RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING OVER MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE.  THE ONSHORE FLOW SHOULD CONTINUE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND
INTO TOMORROW BEFORE A LARGE UPPER LOW FROM THE GREAT LAKES SLOWLY
MEANDERS TO THE SOUTHEAST CREATING A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL FLOW UP
THE EAST COAST...FINALLY KICKING THE SYSTEM CAUSING THE RAINFALL
IN NEW ENGLAND OUT TO SEA.

...SELECTED STORM RAIN TOTALS THROUGH 4 PM EDT IN INCHES...

CONNECTICUT              
  
BAKERSVILLE                           5.48
BULLS BRIDGE                          4.43
NORWICH                               4.38
STEVENSON                             4.11
HARTFORD/BRADLEY INTL ARPT            3.19
GROTON/NEW LONDON                     2.95
NEW HAVEN/TWEED                       2.89

MASSACHUSETTS            

ANDOVER                              10.50
WAKEFIELD                             9.30
GLOUCESTER                            9.01
IPSWICH                               8.80
MANCHESTER                            8.61
PEABODY                               8.55  
BEVERLY MUNI ARPT                     7.83
LAWRENCE MUNI ARPT                    6.92
NEWBURYPORT                           6.69
BOSTON/LOGAN                          6.60

MAINE                    
  
WEST BUXTON                           5.65
KENNEBUNKPORT                         5.60
PORTLAND INTL JET                     3.70
NORTH SEBAGO                          3.28

NEW HAMSHIRE             
  
SALISBURY                             7.63
MANCHESTER AIRPARK                    7.49
NORTH HAMPTON                         7.47
ALEXANDRIA                            7.19
PEASE AFB/PORTSMOUTH                  6.92
CONCORD MUNI ARPT                     6.86

RHODE ISLAND             
  
NEWPORT                               4.45
PROVIDENCE                            4.10
WESTERLY STATE ARPT                   3.63
PAWTUCKET                             3.34
WOONSOCKET                            2.86

VERMONT                  
  
THETFORD                              3.08
WOODSTOCK                             2.97
BETHEL                                2.65
WEST WORDSBORO                        2.65
BARRE/MONTPELIER                      2.06

NEW YORK                 
  
BRIDGEHAMPTON                         2.81
HADLEY                                2.47
PHOENICIA                             2.47
GLENS FALLS/WARREN CO. ARPT           2.45
BALLSTON SPA                          2.44
ALBANY CO. ARPT                       1.94

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY FOR THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 11 PM BY
THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER.  PLEASE REFER TO
STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM.

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