Storm Summary Number 1 for Gulf Coast Heavy Rain
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
400 PM CDT Wed Jun 05 2019

...Moderate to heavy rain ongoing along the Gulf Coast and Lower
Mississippi Valley...

Flash Flood Watches and Flood Warnings are in effect along the
Gulf Coast in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 300 PM CDT...A low pressure wave with an estimated central
pressure of 1005 mb was located on the Texas Coast approximately
80 miles SSW of Houston, Texas. National Weather Service radars
and surface observations indicated a broad area of moderate to
heavy rainfall streaming northward over a surface trough oriented
zonally across the Gulf coast from Texas to the Florida Panhandle.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Rainfall in inches from 100 AM
CDT Wed Jun 05 through 300 PM CDT Wed Jun 05...

...LOUISIANA...
BIG BRANCH                            2.06                    
SABINE                                1.97                    
NATCHITOCHES                          1.89                    
VIDALIA CONCORDIA PARISH              1.88                    
SOUTHLAND FIELD                       1.73                    
LAKE CHARLES                          1.51                    

...TEXAS...
MIDFIELD                             14.06                    
LANE CITY/COLORADO RIVER             11.92                    
WHARTON REGIONAL APRT                 8.59                    
DAMON 1 NNW                           8.38                    
PALACIOS MUNICIPAL APT                8.29                    


This surface low is expected to begin propagating northward along
eastern Texas this evening into Thursday before it develops
frontal structure and moves into the Lower Mississippi Valley.
Rain should spread out ahead of the system across the Southeast
with 1 to 3 inches likely along the Gulf Coast, and locally higher
amounts potentially reaching 5 inches by Saturday. 1 to 2 inches
likely elsewhere from the Southern Appalachians and Southeast.

The next storm summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
Center at 1000 PM CDT. Please refer to your local National Weather
Service office for additional information on this event.

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