THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR MIDDLE ATLANTIC RAINSTORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1100 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008

...LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING AWAY FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST...

COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORIES 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 FURTHER
OFFSHORE. AT 1100 PM EDT...THE 990 MB LOW WAS ESTIMATED TO BE
ABOUT 300 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF WALLOPS ISLAND VIRGINIA...AND
WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT AROUND 22 MPH. AT 1100 PM EDT...NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED
AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN MOVING GENERALLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS PARTS OF THE
NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC STATES. THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THE
RAIN HAD BEEN STEADILY DECREASING.

...SELECTED STORM RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EDT SUN
MAY 11 UP TO 1000 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                2.84  


...VIRGINIA...

ALEXANDRIA                           6.84
FREDERICKSBURG 4.5 ENE               6.00
LOVETTSVILLE                         5.18
LEESBURG                             5.09
WOODBRIDGE 2.6 SSW                   4.86  
RANDOLPH                             4.55
LAKE RIDGE 1.7 SW                    4.43  
WARRENTON 3.5 SE                     4.35  
WASHINGTON/DULLES AIRPORT            4.33 
BURKE 1.6 NE                         3.65  


...WASHINGTON DC...

WASHINGTON/NATIONAL AIRPORT          3.95  
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             5.07  
WALDORF 3.6 SSE                      4.52  
CAMP SPRINGS 0.1 ESE                 4.40  
DEALE 2.3 SSW                        4.30    
BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON INTL ARPT       3.69


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD
AWAY FROM THE MID- ATLANTIC COAST. THE REMAINING RAIN CURRENTLY
OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF
OVERNIGHT.

THE WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER ON THIS EVENT. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.

KONG





  







Last Updated: 1046 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2008