STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR GULF COAST AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY HEAVY RAINFALL
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD 
900 AM CST THU JAN 10 2013

...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF
LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...AND ARKANSAS.       

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH
OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF
ARKANSAS AND EASTERN TEXAS.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 800 AM CST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1011
MB...29.85 INCHES WAS CENTERED NEAR FREDERICK OKLAHOMA. A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY EXTENDED EAST AND SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE SURFACE LOW TO
THE LOUISIANA GULF COAST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A SQUALL LINE LOCATED IN THE
VICINITY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ACROSS LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI
AND MOVING EASTWARD. BEHIND THE SQUALL LINE A LARGE AREA OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL COVERED AREAS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND
MUCH OF LOUISIANA. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING 2 INCHES
PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING IN THIS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX.             
      

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM CST TUE JAN
08 THROUGH 800 AM CST THU JAN 10...

...ARKANSAS...
MCGEEHEE 0.6 N                        2.66                    
EUDORA                                2.52                    
WINCHESTER 0.2 SSW                    2.34                    
MONTICELLO AIRPORT                    2.29                    
CROSSETT 2.5 NNE                      2.07                    
LITTLE ROCK AFB                       1.54                    

...LOUISIANA...
BUNKIE 0.3 WSW                        8.68                    
KAPLAN 1.6 SSE                        8.13                    
CLEARWATER                            7.67                    
ALEXANDRIA/ESLER                      7.66                    
GONZALES 1.9 NE                       7.45                    
FERRIDAY 1.1 NNW                      7.30                    
WELSH 0.7 W                           7.26                    
DENHAM SPRINGS 4.1 NE                 7.03                    
BATON ROUGE 4.3 S                     6.72                    
INNISWOLD 2.8 S                       6.34                    
MONTICELLO 3.0 ENE                    6.07                    
PRAIRIEVILLE 1.8 NW                   5.91                    
SHREVEPORT                            5.74                    
LAKE CHARLES MUNI ARPT                5.01                    
NEW IBERIA/ACADIANA                   4.98                    
LAFAYETTE RGNL ARPT                   4.55                    

...MISSISSIPPI...
NATCHEZ 8.8 S                         6.07                    
VICKSBURG 17.0 NW                     5.62                    
LELAND 3.3 ENE                        3.68                    
INDIANOLA 1.1 N                       3.35                    
BATESVILLE 2.2 SSE                    3.05                    
MCCOMB/LEWIS FIELD                    2.99                    
JAYESS 5.6 SW                         2.63                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...TEXAS...
UTOPIA                                5.70                    
NURSERY 0.4 NNW                       5.61                    
MART 7.5 NNW                          5.50                    
LEXINGTON 9.4 W                       5.15                    
MCGREGOR                              4.90                    
WACO-MADISON COOPER                   4.70                    
BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR                  4.57                    
JARRELL 0.3 S                         4.51                    
MOUNTAIN HOME                         4.50                    
AQUILLA 1.3 NNE                       4.32                    
ORANGE                                4.16                    
COLLEGE STATION/EASTERWOOD FLD        4.11                    
SUN CITY                              4.10                    
VICTORIA 9.5 WSW                      4.10                    
WACO 6.8 NW                           4.07                    
CORSICANA/CAMPBELL FIELD              3.86                    
DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTL ARPT           3.51                    
HOUSTON/D.W. HOOKS                    3.32                    


THE SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT...WHILE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL
DRIFT SLOWLY EASTWARD TO NEAR NEW ORLEANS BY FRIDAY MORNING. DUE
TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF
COAST AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3
INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...WITH FLASH FLOODING
CONTINUING TO POSE A THREAT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THIS
REGION SHOULD BECOME SCATTERED IN NATURE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEGINS TO WEAKEN.       

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 300 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

RYAN