THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 6 FOR MID-ATLANTIC HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
500 PM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016

...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN
CAROLINAS...THE MID-ATLANTIC...THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...OHIO
VALLEY AND THE GREAT LAKES... 

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES...FLOOD WARNINGS...AND FLOOD ADVISORIES REMAIN
IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MID-ATLANTIC...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN.

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

AT 400 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF AN ANOMALOUS UPPER-LEVEL LOW HAD
BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY OVER KENTUCKY. TO THE EAST OF THE
UPPER-LEVEL LOW...MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN CONTINUES TO
STREAM NORTHWARD ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC...THE OHIO VALLEY AND
INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. AT THE SURFACE...A LOW PRESSURE
CENTER OF 1013 MB...29.91 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHWESTERN
VIRGINIA WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH OF THE LOW
CENTER ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FRONT HAS STALLED ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. A WARM FRONT WAS ALSO DRAPED ACROSS
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED CLUSTERS OF
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA...IN ADDITION TO SOUTHERN VIRGINIA. MEANWHILE...BANDS OF
SHOWERS WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING FROM CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS NORTH AND NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY...GREAT
LAKES...AND PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. IN
ADDITION...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS OBSERVED ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST AND COASTAL NEW ENGLAND. WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 35 MPH
WERE ALONG SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 500 PM EDT WED SEP
28 THROUGH 400 PM EDT FRI SEP 30...

...DELAWARE...
HARBESON                             11.30                    
MILLSBORO 1.3 W                       8.69                    
GEORGETOWN/SUSSEX CO. ARPT            8.48                    
STOCKLEY                              8.38                    
MILTON 4 SSE                          7.44                    
SEAFORD 2.3 SSE                       6.75                    
SUSSEX COUNTY AIRPORT                 6.25                    
MILFORD 1.5 W                         5.70                    
DAGSBORO 7.1 ENE                      5.58                    
SELBYVILLE 7.1 E                      5.53                    
DOVER AFB                             5.47                    
LEWES 3.9 SW                          5.34                    
DELMAR 4.3 E                          4.85                    
ELLENDALE 3.4 ENE                     4.84                    
WOODSIDE 1.1 E                        4.80                    
WILMINGTON ARPT                       3.42                    

...MARYLAND...
ALLEN 2 N                             8.27                    
SALISBURY RGNL AIRPORT                8.27                    
PRINCESS ANNE 2.1 SSW                 6.79                    
HEBRON 2 S                            6.56                    
OCEAN PINES 0.9 SSW                   6.52                    
PRINCE FREDERICK 1.4 W                6.37                    
WESTOVER 2.6 WNW                      6.12                    
PARSONSBURG 1.6 WNW                   5.88                    
BISHOPVILLE 3.1 E                     5.85                    
DELMAR 0.2 NE                         4.88                    
CHARLOTTE HALL 3.6 ENE                4.85                    
EAST NEW MARKET                       4.76                    
BERLIN 6.5 SSE                        4.69                    
OCEAN CITY MUNI ARPT                  4.65                    
SNOW HILL 0.4 S                       4.54                    
BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON INTL ARPT        2.49                    
ANNAPOLIS - US NAVAL ACADEMY          1.35                    

...MICHIGAN...
DETROIT CITY AIRPORT                  5.20                    
DOWNTOWN DETROIT 6 NNE                4.71                    
DEARBORN 4 NE                         4.34                    
ROYAL OAK                             3.34                    
ROMULUS                               3.08                    
WARREN                                2.96                    
WIXOM 3 N                             2.89                    
LIVONIA                               2.85                    
NOVI 2 SSW                            2.81                    
WEST BLOOMFIELD                       2.75                    
CANTON 2 N                            2.61                    
WESTLAND                              2.60                    
COMMERCE                              2.46                    
FARMINGTON                            2.45                    
GOETZVILLE 11 SE                      2.25                    
ANN ARBOR                             2.17                    
LANSING/CAPITAL CITY ARPT             1.36                    

...NORTH CAROLINA...
FAYETTEVILLE 4 NNE                   10.53                    
LINDEN 4.2 S                         10.50                    
RAEFORD 7.1 NE                        9.95                    
ROCKFISH 5 NW                         9.95                    
POPE AFB/FAYETTEVILLE                 9.84                    
LUMBER BRIDGHE 4.0 N                  9.71                    
VASS 5.3 ESE                          9.05                    
BONNIE DOONE 2 SW                     8.60                    
GODWIN 2.1 SW                         8.41                    
FORT BRAGG                            7.30                    
HOPE MILLS 1.7 NE                     7.01                    
WHISPERING PINES 1.0 SW               5.61                    
CAMERON 7.6 E                         5.03                    
HILLSBOROUGH 7.4 NW                   4.43                    
SOUTHERN PINES/MOORE CO. ARPT         4.00                    
HOFFMAN/MACKALL AAF                   2.86                    

...NEW JERSEY...
WILDWOOD CREST 0.1 WSW                3.52                    
MIDDLE TWP 4.2 NNW                    3.15                    
MILLVILLE MUNI ARPT                   3.07                    
SEA ISLE CITY 3.4 WNW                 2.96                    
DENNIS TWP 2.5 S                      2.87                    
SALEM 0.6 ENE                         2.69                    
ATLANTIC CITY INTL ARPT               2.32                    
WOODBINE 5.1 NE                       2.20                    
OCEAN CITY 1.6 SW                     1.81                    
UPPER DEERFIELD TWP 1.7 SW            1.15                    
PENNSVILLE TWP 2.0 NNW                1.01                    

...PENNSYLVANIA...
UNIONVILLE 2.2 NE                     3.10                    
CADIZ                                 2.94                    
FAIRMONT                              2.91                    
STILLWATER 3 SSE                      2.90                    
ORRTANNA 3.2 NNW                      2.83                    
WEST MIDDLETOWN 2 NNE                 2.80                    
WICKERTON 0.4 NW                      2.75                    
WEST GROVE 2.6 W                      2.72                    
KENNETT SQUARE 4.1 NNE                2.68                    
CAMERON                               2.66                    
WEST CHESTER 1.8 SE                   2.65                    
BARRACKVILLE                          2.58                    
FAIRFIELD 1.8 NNW                     2.55                    
OPEKISKA DAM                          2.45                    
BIGLERVILLE 2.0 WSW                   2.44                    

...SOUTH CAROLINA...
SALUDA 1 NNE                          5.02                    
HILTON HEAD ISLAND 4.0 N              4.90                    
PLUM BRANCH 8 NE                      3.12                    
CHARLESTON 1.7 SE                     2.04                    

...VIRGINIA...
BEACH 4 NW                            8.55                    
MONTROSE 4.7 SSE                      7.83                    
WALLOPS ISLAND                        7.38                    
VARINA 1 N                            7.34                    
BENSLEY 0.8 SSE                       6.46                    
SANDSTON 6.6 ESE                      6.09                    
QUINTON 3.5 WSW                       5.90                    
MOLLUSK 1 SSE                         5.75                    
URBANNA 6.2 NNE                       5.70                    
RICHMOND/BYRD FIELD                   5.44                    
CHINCOTEAGUE 2 SW                     5.35                    
KILMARNOCK 7.1 NNE                    5.10                    
MEADOWVILLE 3 SSW                     4.88                    
FREDERICKSBURG 7.6 ESE                4.59                    
REMLIK 1 N                            4.44                    
VIRGINIA TECH ARPT                    4.00                    
RAPPAHANNOCK ACADEMY 2 N              3.95                    
QUANTICO MCAF                         3.19                    
WEST POINT                            2.97                    
FORT BELVOIR/DAVISON AFB              1.90                    
ROANOKE MUNI ARPT                     1.90                    

...WEST VIRGINIA...
ELKINS/RANDOLPH FIELD                 4.03                    
MARTINSBURG RGNL ARPT                 3.05                    
GRANT COUNTY AIRPORT                  1.96                    
FALLING WATERS 2.4 NW                 1.59                    
WHEELING/OHIO CO. ARPT                1.56                    
HUNTINGTON/TRI-STATE ARPT             1.51                    
MORGANTOWN/HART FIELD                 1.42                    
CHARLESTON/YEARGER ARPT               1.12                    


THE ANOMALOUS UPPER-LEVEL LOW CENTERED OVER KENTUCKY IS FORECAST
TO RETROGRADE NORTHWARD DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MOISTURE FROM
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC
OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY...AND BY SUNDAY BE CONFINED TO THE COASTAL
REGIONS FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC TO NEW ENGLAND. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
TOTALS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH
FROM THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TO THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY.
COASTAL NEW ENGLAND CAN EXPECT A LITTLE OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN. BY
SUNDAY...LESS THAN HALF AN INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE
GREAT LAKES...WHILE MOST OF THE RAINFALL WILL BE OFFSHORE FROM THE
CAROLINAS TO NEW ENGLAND. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A
CONCERN FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 

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

FANNING




Last Updated: 433 PM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016