STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR CENTRAL GULF STATES HEAVY RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 AM CDT TUES OCT 23 2007

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

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...EXTENDING EASTWARD INTO A LARGE
PORTION OF SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF
FLORIDA.

FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR ISOLATED AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.

FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS A LARGE AREA OF SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA...AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN TIP OF 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 300 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED A LARGE SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD INTO EASTERN ALABAMA. IN ADDITION...A LINE
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EASTWARD ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF
THE PRECIPITATION SWATH...PROMPTING THE ISSUANCE OF A  TORNADO
WATCH FROM SOUTHERN ALABAMA NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHWESTERN
GEORGIA. MANY OF THE AREAS CURRENTLY BEING AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY
RAIN HAVE RECEIVED FLOODING RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CDT OCT 21
THROUGH 300 AM CDT OCT 23...

...LOUISIANA...

NEW ORLEANS                           7.64
SLIDELL                               7.21
MIDLAKE                               7.10 
PEARL RIVER                           6.21 
NEW ORLEANS/MOISANT                   6.07
KENNER                                5.99 
BOGALUSA                              5.83 
BUSH                                  5.75 
NEW ORLEANS/LAKEFRONT                 5.51
HOLDEN                                5.02 
LITTLE WOODS                          5.01 
BELLE CHASSE                          4.53 
DEER RANGE                            4.14 
PORT VINCENT                          4.07 
BOOTHVILLE                            4.05

...MISSISSIPPI...
  
CAESAR                                8.70 
WIGGINS                               6.77 
NEW AUGUSTA                           4.59 
PASCAGOULA                            4.26
WALKIAH BLUFF                         4.18 
ETTA                                  4.16 
HATTIESBURG/CHAIN MUNI ARPT           4.02
SUNFLOWER                             3.72 
CALHOUN CITY                          3.41 
GULFPORT-BILOXI                       3.35
OXFORD                                3.34 
TUPELO/C.D. LEMONS                    2.69
KEESLER AFB/BILOXI                    2.20 

...FLORIDA...
  
MOLINO                                1.85
PENSACOLA RGNL ARPT                   1.03

...ALABAMA...
  
LAURENDINE                            3.65 
MOBILE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT               3.46
MUSCLE SHOALS RGNL ARPT               2.85
MOBILE/BATES FIELD                    2.79

THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE STEADILY EASTWARD THROUGH THE
CENTRAL GULF STATES...REACHING ALABAMA BY TUESDAY MORNING. IT WILL
THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND BECOME A LESS ACTIVE PRECIPITATION
PRODUCER. UNTIL THEN...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM WESTERN FLORIDA NORTHWARD INTO UPSTATE
NEW YORK THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

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

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