STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR MIDDLE ATLANTIC RAINSTORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
500 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008

...SLOW-MOVING STORM BEGINNING TO EXIT THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST...

FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC REGION.  FOR DETAILS OF THE CURRENT
WEATHER HAZARDS AND LOCAL WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB PAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

THE SMALL AND INTENSE LOW PRESSURE CENTER THAT RAPIDLY DEVELOPED
NEAR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY LAST NIGHT HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED
OFFSHORE. AT 500 PM EDT...THE 990 MB LOW WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT
170 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALLOPS ISLAND VIRGINIA...AND WAS MOVING
EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD AT AROUND 22 MPH. AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS CONTINUED
TO SHOW LIGHT TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC STATES INTO PENNSYLVANIA. A NEARLY STATIONARY BAND OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN STRECTHED FROM PHILADELPHIA SOUTHWARD
THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY INTO EASTERN DELAWARE AND EASTERN
MARYLAND.

...SELECTED STORM RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EDT SUN
MAY 11 UP TO 300 PM EDT MON MAY 12...


...NORTH CAROLINA...

HOLDEN BEACH 2.3 E                   3.81  
SWANSBORO 3.3 NW                     3.40  
WILMINGTON/NEW HANOVER CO. ARPT      2.51  
NEW RIVER MCAS                       2.28  


...WEST VIRGINIA...

SHEPHERDSTOWN                        3.20
MARTINSBURG RGNL ARPT                2.83  


...VIRGINIA...

WOODBRIDGE 2.6 SSW                   4.86  
LAKE RIDGE 1.7 SW                    4.43  
WARRENTON 3.5 SE                     4.35  
WASHINGTON/DULLES AIRPORT            4.33 
BURKE 1.6 NE                         3.65  
FORT BELVOIR/DAVISON AFB             3.62 
REMINGTON 5.5 NNE                    3.60  
FAIRFAX 1.7 S                        3.38  
FRANCONIA 1.3 SSE                    3.33  
LAKE BARCROFT 0.8 SSW                3.28  
MOUNT VERNON 0.5 NE                  3.25  


...WASHINGTON DC...

WASHINGTON/NATIONAL AIRPORT          3.82  
WASHINGTON 3ENE                      3.67


...MARYLAND...

NORTH BEACH 0.3 W                    7.07  
MARLTON 6.0 E                        6.30  
DUNKIRK 3.2 NNE                      6.14  
BRANDYWINE 6.7 ESE                   5.62  
PRINCE FREDERICK 1.4 W               5.24  
ANDREWS AFB/CAMP SPRINGS             4.95  
WALDORF 3.6 SSE                      4.52  
CAMP SPRINGS 0.1 ESE                 4.40  
DEALE 2.3 SSW                        4.30    
BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON INTL ARPT       3.51


...SELECTED MAXIMUM WIND GUST REPORTS FROM TODAY IN MILES PER
HOUR...


...NORTH CAROLINA...

WATAUGA CNTY HOSP HELIPORT             57
CHAPEL HILL/WILLIAMS ARPT              50
JEFFERSON/ASHE CO. AIRPORT             47
ANDREWS/MURPHY AIRPORT                 40


...WEST VIRGINIA...

BECKLEY MEMORIAL ARPT                  45


...VIRGINIA...

NORFOLK INTL ARPT                      45
SUFFOLK                                43
WISE/LONESOME PINE                     42
WALLOPS ISLAND                         40


...MARYLAND...

RIDGELY                                47
EASTON                                 45
PATUXENT RIVER NAS                     43
SALISBURY RGNL ARPT                    41


...DELAWARE...

BREAKWATER HARBOR                      65
BRANDYWINE LIGHT                       63
DOVER AFB                              58
GEORGETOWN/SUSSEX CO. ARPT             51
WILMINGTON ARPT                        48

...PENNSYLVANIA...

LATROBE/WESTMORLAND                    47
JOHNSTOWN/CAMBRIA CO. ARPT             41
PHILADELPHIA INTL ARPT                 40


...NEW JERSEY...

AVALON                                 62
CAPE MAY                               58 
HARVEY CEDARS                          58  
ATLANTIC CITY AIRPORT                  53 
BRANT BEACH                            52 


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD
AWAY FROM THE MID- ATLANTIC COAST. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS CURRENTLY OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION SHOULD BEGIN
TO TAPER OFF MONDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO
AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS MONDAY NIGHT.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1100 PM EDT MONDAY MAY 12. PLEASE REFER TO
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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