STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST U.S. HEAVY
RAIN EVENT
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
500 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2011

...STRONG FALL-LIKE STORM SYSTEM BRINGING HEAVY RAINS TO MUCH OF
THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES AND NORTHEAST U.S...   
 
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR AREAS
FROM NORTHERN VIRGINIA NORTHEASTWARD INTO PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 400 PM EDT...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1007
MB...29.74 INCHES...WAS MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS...WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO
THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE OCCURRING FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST NORTHEASTWARD INTO
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED AT SOME
LOCATIONS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EDT SAT AUG
13 THROUGH 200 PM EDT SUN AUG 14...

...CONNECTICUT...
BRIDGEPORT                            2.05
NEW HAVEN/TWEED ARPT                  1.55
MERIDEN/MARKHAM MUNI ARPT             1.45
DANBURY MUNI ARPT                     1.22
  
...DELAWARE...
MIDDLETOWN                            6.00
WILMINGTON ARPT                       3.14
DOVER AFB                             1.16
  
...MARYLAND...
MILLINGTON                            7.30
BALTIMORE SCIENCE CENTER              2.64
SALISBURY RGNL ARPT                   1.43
ANNAPOLIS - US NAVAL ACADEMY          1.40
  
...NEW JERSEY...
ELMER                                 9.64
MALAGA                                6.92
NEWARK INTL ARPT                      4.08
BELMAR/FARMINGDALE                    3.88
TRENTON/MERCER CO. ARPT               3.61
SOMERVILLE                            3.21
MCGUIRE AFB/WRIGHTSTOWN               3.19
ANDOVER/AEROFLEX ARPT                 2.32
TETERBORO AIRPORT                     2.23
CALDWELL/ESSEX CO. ARPT               1.81

...NEW YORK...  
LIDO BEACH                           10.20
NEW YORK/JFK                          7.02
NEW YORK/LA GUARDIA                   5.19
NEW YORK CITY                         4.16
ISLIP/MACARTHUR                       3.68
WHITE PLAINS/WESTCHESTER CO. APT      2.39
SHIRLEY/BROOKHAVEN ARPT               1.88
FARMINGDALE/REPUBLIC ARPT             1.87
WESTHAMPTON BEACH/SUFFOLK CO. AP      1.45
  
...PENNSYLVANIA...
PHILADELPHIA INTL ARPT                4.29
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM                   4.04
DOYLESTOWN ARPT                       2.74
MOUNT POCONO MUNI ARPT                1.67

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF
THE MID-ATLANTIC THROUGH TONIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE
TONIGHT. ACROSS THE NORTHEAST U.S...SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH
OF THE NORTHEAST U.S. THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. RAIN ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST U.S. WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY.

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

RYAN