STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR CENTRAL GULF STATES HEAVY RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007

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

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND HAVE BEEN  SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE LATE MONDAY EVENING.

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.

FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

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 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED A LARGE SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. IN ADDITION...A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EASTWARD ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE
PRECIPITATION SWATH...PROMPTING THE ISSUANCE OF TORNADO WATCH FROM
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF
FLORIDA. ALL PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING AT AROUND 35 MPH.


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

...LOUISIANA...

NEW ORLEANS                           5.83
SLIDELL                               5.58
BELLE CHASSE                          4.53
NEW ORLEANS/MOISANT                   5.12
NEW ORLEANS/LAKEFRONT                 3.97
BOOTHVILLE                            3.24

...MISSISSIPPI...
  
PASCAGOULA                            3.10
TUPELO/C.D. LEMONS                    2.23
HATTIESBURG/CHAIN MUNI ARPT           2.13
GULFPORT-BILOXI                       1.24

...FLORIDA...
  
PENSACOLA RGNL ARPT                   1.03

...ALABAMA...
  
MOBILE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT               2.75
MUSCLE SHOALS RGNL ARPT               2.75
MOBILE/BATES FIELD                    1.93

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 4 AM CDT TUESDAY. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENTS.

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