STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR MAJOR SPRING STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
4 AM EST FRI APR 1 2005

...EXCESSIVE RAINS OVER THE GULF COAST STATES WILL SPREAD INTO THE
MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES TODAY AND THE NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY...WHILE
THE THREAT FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL INCREASE OVER THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES REGION SATURDAY...

FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...GEORGIA...SOUTH CAROLINA...
VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...WEST VIRGINIA...PENNSYLVANIA...
NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK...CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...
MASSACHUSETTS...NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND VERMONT.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
STILL IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...GEORGIA...
MISSISSIPPI...LOUISIANA...GEORGIA...FLORIDA...SOUTH CAROLINA...
NORTH CAROLINA...PENNSYLVANIA...NEW YORK...CONNECTICUT...
MASSACHUSETTS...VERMONT...AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.

AT 4 AM EST...THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM WAS COMING TOGETHER OVER
NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...ALREADY SPREADING COPIOUS RAINFALL ALONG THE
COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO IN AREAS SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS
THIS WEEK.  THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PROGRESS NORTHEASTWARD UP
THE APPALACHIANS BRINGING WIDESPREAD AREAS OF TWO TO THREE INCH
RAINFALL THROUGH THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND. 


...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE 7 PM EST THURSDAY...


FLORIDA...
HULBURT AIR FORCE BASE.......4.50
FORT WALTON BEACH............4.28
PENSACOLA....................3.53
DESTIN.......................1.07
ST AUGUSTINE.................0.79

MISSISSIPPI...
GULFPORT.....................2.86
MCCOMB.......................1.36
NATCHEZ......................0.96

ALABAMA...
MOBILE DOWNTOWN..............2.72
MOBILE BATES FIELD...........1.65
MONTGOMERY...................1.22
BIRMINGHAM...................0.77


RADAR IMAGERY AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY AND ARE JUST NOW BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA
AS WELL.  WITH CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE SYSTEM
THROUGH THE MORNING...RAINS WILL OVERSPREAD MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST.
THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...AS THE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE MIDDLE
ATLANTIC REGION...HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE UP THE EAST COAST OF THE
COUNTRY AND INTO THE NORTHEAST BY TONIGHT.  COMBINING HEAVY
RAINFALL ON TOP OF RAPID SNOW MELT AND POSSIBLE ICE JAMS ON RIVERS
WILL CREATE A MAJOR FLOODING THREAT IN THE NORTHEAST AND NEW
ENGLAND.

AS THIS STORMS STRENGTHENS THIS WEEKEND AND MOVES INTO THE
NORTHEAST U.S. COLD AIR WILL FILTER SOUTH AND CHANGE RAIN TO SNOW
OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE.

THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SYSTEM BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER WILL BE ISSUED AT 10 AM EST.  PLEASE REFER TO
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR THE LATEST FLOOD
WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN YOUR AREA.

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