REMNANTS OF LEE ADVISORY NUMBER 15 NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD AL132011 400 AM CDT MON SEP 05 2011 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION LEE BECOMES EXTRATROPICAL IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA... SUMMARY OF 400 AM CDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...30.2N 90.8W ABOUT 35 MILES...55 KM...WNW OF NEW ORLEANS/MOISANT LOUISIANA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...E OR 090 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB...29.36 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EASTWARD INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. WIND ADVISORIES ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FROM THE LOWER AND MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WESTWARD INTO EASTERN TEXAS. FOR INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 400 AM CDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF LEE WAS RELOCATED TO NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH...AND LONGITUDE 90.8 WEST. LEE HAS BECOME EXTRATROPICAL OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AS IT HAS MERGED WITH A FRONTAL ZONE WITH COOL AND DRY AIR INFILTRATING THE CIRCULATION CENTER FROM THE NORTH AND WEST. THE EXTRATROPICAL LOW CENTER IS EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST...BRINGING THE CENTER INTO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TODAY AND INTO ALABAMA ON TUESDAY. TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF LEE WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH THE FRONTAL ZONE...AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN LOCATIONS WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE CIRCULATION CENTER. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.36 INCHES. HAZARDS ------- RAINFALL...THE REMNANTS OF LEE ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY...WHERE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS MAY CAUSE LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES. RAINFALL TOTALS --------------- SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES THROUGH 3 AM CDT ...ALABAMA... MOBILE/BATES FIELD 9.80 MUSCLE SHOALS RGNL ARPT 2.52 CAIRNS AAF/OZARK 1.55 EVERGREEN 1.47 ...FLORIDA... DESTIN AIRPORT 5.78 MILTON/WHITING FIELD NAS 5.25 HURLBURT FIELD AWS 5.24 PENSACOLA RGNL ARPT 4.37 APALACHICOLA MUNI ARPT 4.25 VALPARAISO/EGLIN AFB 4.24 TYNDALL AFB/PANAMA CITY 3.36 PENSACOLA NAS 3.29 ...KENTUCKY... HENDERSON CITY 0.95 BOWLING GREEN-WARREN CO. ARPT 0.84 FORT KNOX AAF 0.43 ...LOUISIANA... NEW ORLEANS/MOISANT 10.91 NEW ORLEANS/LAKEFRONT 9.85 BOOTHVILLE 8.64 BATON ROUGE/RYAN MUNI ARPT 8.20 SLIDELL 6.07 NEW IBERIA/ACADIANA 6.01 ALEXANDRIA/ESLER 5.90 LAFAYETTE RGNL ARPT 5.65 ...MISSISSIPPI... PASCAGOULA 10.43 KEESLER AFB/BILOXI 9.79 GULFPORT-BILOXI 9.16 MCCOMB/LEWIS FIELD 6.35 HATTIESBURG/LAUREL 6.04 HATTIESBURG/CHAIN MUNI ARPT 6.00 JACKSON WFO 5.43 ...TENNESSEE... CLARKSVILLE/OUTLAW FIELD 1.68 OAK RIDGE (ASOS) 1.58 CROSSVILLE MEMORIAL ARPT 1.46 KNOXVILLE MUNI ARPT 1.02 NASHVILLE METRO ARPT 1.00 ...TEXAS... BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR 3.20 NEXT ADVISORY ------------- THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED AT 1000 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS STORM. FORECASTER KONG FORECAST POSITIONS ------------------ INITIAL 05/0900Z 30.2N 90.8W 12HR VT 05/1800Z 31.9N 89.7W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP 24HR VT 06/0600Z 32.9N 88.2W...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP