STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR MAJOR SPRING STORM NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 10 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...NORTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...DELAWARE...WEST VIRGINIA...PENNSYLVANIA...OHIO...NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK...CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...MASSACHUSETTS...NEW HAMPSHIRE...VERMONT...AND MAINE. FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL ARE STILL IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...MISSISSIPPI...LOUISIANA...GEORGIA...FLORIDA...SOUTH CAROLINA...NORTH CAROLINA...PENNSYLVANIA...NEW YORK...CONNECTICUT...MASSACHUSETTS...VERMONT...AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. AS OF 10 AM EST...THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED NEAR 32.2 NORTH LATITUDE AND 90.3 WEST LONGITUDE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI. CENTRAL PRESSURE OF THE SYSTEM WAS 1008 MILLIBARS OR 29.77 INCHES. ...SELECTED 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE 7 AM EST THURSDAY... FLORIDA... PENSACOLA..............10.67 HURLBURT FIELD..........8.75 CRESTVIEW...............5.85 PANAMA CITY.............1.65 TYNDALL AFB.............0.96 ALABAMA... MOBILE..................7.41 EVERGREEN...............3.14 MAXWELL AFB.............2.66 OZARK...................2.14 HENRY...................2.04 MISSISSIPPI... PASCAGOULA..............7.30 BROOKLYN................7.28 GULFPORT-BILOXI.........6.23 CHAIN...................4.81 PINE BELT...............3.77 NATCHEZ.................1.95 LOUISIANA... SLIDELL.................2.04 GEORGIA... BARTLETS FERRY..........2.05 BITSY GRANT.............2.00 DEKALB..................1.86 ATHENS..................1.53 ATLANTA.................1.36 RADAR IMAGERY AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OCCURRING ALONG THE GULF COAST IN ALABAMA AND FLORIDA. WIDESPREAD VERY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD REACHING NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND BY SATURDAY MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 5 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. FOR TOMORROW, THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC UP THROUGH NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND...WHERE WIDESPREAD 2-3 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. HEAVY RAINFALL...ALONG WITH A RAPID SNOW MELT AND POSSIBLE ICE JAMS ON RIVERS...MEANS THAT THERE IS A MAJOR FLOODING THREAT IN THE NORTHEAST AND NEW ENGLAND. IN ADDITION...SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES. AS THIS STORMS STRENGTHENS THIS WEEKEND AND MOVES INTO THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. COLD AIR WILL FILTER SOUTH AND CHANGE RAIN INTO SNOW OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 4 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR THE LATEST FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN YOUR AREA. HALBACH