STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR MAJOR SPRING STORM NOAA NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 4 PM EST FRI APR 1 2005 ...EXCESSIVE RAINS OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL SPREAD INTO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES TONIGHT AND THE NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY...WHILE THE THREAT FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL INCREASE OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION SATURDAY... A TORNADO WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA AND GEORGIA UNTIL 7 PM EST ON FRIDAY. ALSO...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND TENNESSEE UNTIL 6 PM CST ON FRIDAY. FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...GEORGIA...TENNESSEE...KENTUCKY...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 4 PM EST...THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED NEAR 35.1 NORTH LATITUDE AND 87.2 WEST LONGITUDE...OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA. CENTRAL PRESSURE OF THE SYSTEM WAS 1002 MILLIBARS OR 29.59 INCHES. ...SELECTED 30 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH 1PM EST FRIDAY... FLORIDA... PENSACOLA..............13.96 HURLBURT FIELD.........12.93 VALPARAISO..............9.86 CRESTVIEW...............8.40 TYNDALL AFB.............3.74 PANAMA CITY.............2.83 ALABAMA... SILVERHILL.............14.19 MOBILE..................8.30 MAXWELL AFB.............4.52 EVERGREEN...............3.95 MONTGOMERY..............3.15 OZARK...................3.07 MISSISSIPPI... PASCAGOULA..............8.80 LUCEDALE................8.80 BROOKLYN................7.28 GULFPORT................7.25 CHAIN...................4.93 PINE BELT...............3.84 BILOXI..................2.21 NATCHEZ.................1.95 LOUISIANA... SLIDELL.................2.24 GEORGIA... DEKALB..................2.39 BARTLETS FERRY..........2.05 BITSY GRANT.............2.00 ATLANTA.................1.87 MACON...................1.81 ATHENS..................1.78 RADAR IMAGERY AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA NORTHWARD ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA. ANOTHER BAND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE COLD FRONT FROM EASTERN MISSISSIPPI NORTHWARD THROUGH ALABAMA...TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY. 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 SYSTEM 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 10 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR THE LATEST FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN YOUR AREA. HALBACH