STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR CENTRAL GULF STATES HEAVY RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007

...HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF STATES...

FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF
FLORIDA.

COASTAL FLOOD WATCHES AND FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA.

THE COMBINATION OF A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OFF THE
EAST COAST OF THE U.S. AND AN APPROACHING STRONG COLD FRONT HAVE
RESULTED IN A STEADY INFLUX OF TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO THE CENTRAL
GULF COAST REGION. AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FLOOD WATCH AREAS. IN ADDITION...A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN LOUISIANA IN
ASSOCIATION WILL THE COLD FRONT. ALL PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING AT
AROUND 30 MPH.


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES SINCE 7 PM CDT OCT
21...

...LOUISIANA...

NEW ORLEANS                           5.25
BELLE CHASSE                          4.53
SLIDELL                               3.93
BOOTHVILLE                            3.22
NEW ORLEANS/MOISANT                   3.01
NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT         2.99

...MISSISSIPPI...
  
TUPELO/C.D. LEMONS                    2.11
PASCAGOULA                            1.02

...FLORIDA...
  
PENSACOLA RGNL ARPT                   1.14

...ALABAMA...
  
MUSCLE SHOALS RGNL ARPT               1.27
MOBILE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT               1.18

THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE STEADILY EASTWARD THROUGH THE
CENTRAL GULF STATES...REACHING ALABAMA TUESDAY MORNING. IT WILL
THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND BECOME A LESS ACTIVE PRECIPITATION
PRODUCER. UNTIL THEN...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...ACROSS
MISSISSIPPI...WESTERN ALABAMA...INTO CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND
KENTUCKY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS
APPROACHING TEN INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 10 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENTS.

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