STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR EASTERN U.S. HEAVY RAIN
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
500 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014

...WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN U.S.
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS... 

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WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 400 AM EDT...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1005
MB...29.67 INCHES...WAS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN
INDIANA...WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM THE SURFACE
LOW TO THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...AND A WARM/STATIONARY FRONT
EXTENDED NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE
AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING EASTWARD OUT TO ABOUT 200
MILES FROM THE COLD FRONT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED IN THE
INTERIOR SECTION OF THE SOUTHEAST WHERE ISOLATED TORNADOES WERE
REPORTED. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 PM EDT TUE MAY
13 THROUGH 400 AM EDT THU MAY 15...

...ALABAMA...
BREWTON                               5.13                    
MONTGOMERY/DANNELLY                   2.83                    
MAXWELL AFB/MONTGOMERY                2.82                    
SILVER HILL                           2.68                    
DOTHAN MUNI ARPT                      2.64                    
TROY MUNI ARPT                        2.64                    
CAMDEN                                2.44                    
ALEXANDER CITY                        1.77                    

...ARKANSAS...
MONTICELLO AIRPORT                    1.85                    
STUTTGART MUNI ARPT                   1.81                    
WALNUT RIDGE RGNL ARPT                1.51                    

...FLORIDA...
PENSACOLA RGNL ARPT                   2.41                    
PENSACOLA NAS                         1.83                    

...GEORGIA...
GARNERSVILLE 1 N                      2.75                    
TIFTON 2 ENE                          2.00                    

...ILLINOIS...
LAWRENCEVILLE-VINCENNES INTL AP       1.78                    

...INDIANA...
TELL CITY                             3.27                    
BANDON 2 W                            2.54                    

...KENTUCKY...
MURRAY                                2.61                    
GLENSBORO                             2.15                    
LEXINGTON/BLUE GRASS FIELD            2.14                    
CALHOUN                               2.12                    
FORT SPRING                           2.07                    
OWENSBORO/DAVIESS CO. APT             1.87                    
PADUCAH/BARKLEY                       1.41                    

...MISSOURI...
POPLAR BLUFF MUNI ARPT                1.77                    
CAPE GIRARDEAU MUNI ARPT              1.56                    

...NEW YORK...
PENN YAN AIRPORT                      2.90                    

...OHIO...
CINCINNATI                            1.51                    

...TENNESSEE...
JACKSON/MCKELLAR                      2.43                    
MURFREESBORO                          2.27                    
BOILING SPRINGS                       1.89                    
SMYRNA AIRPORT                        1.64                    
NASHVILLE METRO ARPT                  1.41                    

...WEST VIRGINIA...
PARSONS                               2.74                    


THE SURFACE LOW OVER THE OHIO VALLEY IS FORECAST TO MOVE STEADILY
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES TODAY AND INTO CANADA
TONIGHT. THE TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE RELATIVELY
SLOWLY EASTWARD. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTHEAST...CENTRAL/SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS...THE OHIO VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES TODAY...SPREADING
INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC TONIGHT. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
DAYS...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON
FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES INTO THE NORTHEAST. THE HEAVIEST RAIN
IS FORECAST TO FALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
AND FOOTHILLS...FROM THE CAROLINAS NORTHWARD TO WESTERN VIRGINIA
AND MARYLAND...WHERE UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED...POSING A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR. 

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

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