THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR NORTHWEST GULF COAST HEAVY RAINFALL
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD 
900 PM CST WED JAN 09 2013

...HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF TEXAS AND LOUISIANA...      

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME EASTERN TEXAS...AND
SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA.

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR EAST TEXAS...THE MAJORITY OF
LOUISIANA...AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR THE BIG BEND REGION

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

AT 800 PM CST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1012
MB...29.88 IN...WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 80 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST
OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS.  AN OCCLUSION FORMED FROM THE LOW AND EXTENDS
DOWN TOWARDS THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST WITH STATIONARY FRONTS
ATTACHED TO IT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A LARGE
AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION ACROSS MOST OF LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. A SQUALL LINE IS ALSO EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS
LARGE PRECIPITATION FIELD IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. TO THE WEST OF
THE LOW...ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WITH MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL IS FALLING IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS AND SOUTH
TOWARDS THE BIG BEND REGION.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM CST TUE JAN
08 THROUGH 600 PM CST WED JAN 09...

...LOUISIANA...
GONZALES 1.9 NE                       6.25                    
BATON ROUGE 4.3 S                     6.15                    
MONTICELLO 3.0 ENE                    6.07                    
PRAIRIEVILLE 1.8 NW                   5.91                    
INNISWOLD 2.8 S                       5.77                    

...TEXAS...
UTOPIA                                5.70                    
NURSERY 0.4 NNW                       5.61                    
LEXINGTON 9.4 W                       5.15                    
JARRELL 0.3 S                         4.51                    
MOUNTAIN HOME                         4.50                    
AQUILLA 1.3 NNE                       4.32                    
SUN CITY                              4.10                    
VICTORIA 9.5 WSW                      4.10                    
WACO 6.8 NW                           4.07                    
LEMING 0.1 E                          4.00                    
CANYON LAKE DAM 9 W                   3.80                    
POTEET 5 W                            3.80                    
INGRAM 10 NW                          3.40                    
FORT WORTH 2.5 W                      3.31                    
GOLIAD 4 NW                           3.13                    
FREDERICKSBURG 4 W                    2.80                    
PORT ARTHUR                           2.73                    
GEORGETOWN 2 SSW                      2.60                    


THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH AND EAST...WITH A
COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.  AN
ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS EASTERN
TEXAS...LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...AND MISSISSIPPI.  SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS IN THE BIG BEND REGION WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO EIGHT INCHES
OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.  

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

FANNING




Last Updated: 926 PM EST WED JAN 09 2013