THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 07 FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS TO MID-ATLANTIC HEAVY
PRECIPITATION EVENT
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
400 AM CDT MON MAY 04 2009
 
...HEAVIEST RAIN NOW MOVING OUT FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO
SOUTHERN OHIO VALLEY...WHILE HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE GULF COAST
 
FLOOD WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIAN.  FLASH FLOOD WARNING ARE ALSO IN EFFECT ACROSS
PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAIN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE OHIO VALLEY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS
OBSERVED ACROSS THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC STATES. THE ENTIRE AREA
OF RAIN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A 1006 MB (29.71 INCHES OF MERCURY)
LOW CENTERED IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND A NEARLY STATIONARY
FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN HAD DEVELOPED IN THE
INTERIOR SECTION OF THE GULF COAST STATES IN ASSOCIATION WITH A
BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE WARM AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND COOLER
AIR INLAND.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM CDT FRI MAY
01 THROUGH 300 AM CDT MON MAY 04...

...ALABAMA...
HUNTSVILLE                            7.68                     
OWENS CROSSRAODS 4.7 WNW              6.74                     
DECATUR-PRYOR FIELD                   6.57                     
MADISON 2.6 SSE                       6.34                     
HAMPTON COVE 5.8 WSW                  6.06                     
ROGERSVILLE 2.8 NNW                   6.02                     
WOODVILLE 8.0 NNE                     5.53                     
UNION GROVE 7.2 WNW                   5.42                     
WHITESBURG                            5.41                     
HUNTSVILLE/MADISON CO. ARPT           5.38                     
BLOUNTSVILLE 1.3 NW                   5.26                     
HARVEST 4.8 SSW                       5.08                     
ATHENS 3.9 NW                         5.05                     
KILLEN 7.8 N                          4.99                     
ANDERSON                              4.95                     
GADSDEN MUNI ARPT                     3.46                     

...ARKANSAS...
CLARENDON                             8.25                     
DAMASCUS 2 NNE                        6.01                     
MAYFLOWER 0.3 WNW                     5.74                     
RUSSELLVILLE 7.3 ENE                  5.57                     
HATTIEVILLE                           5.12                     
AUSTIN 2.5 SSE                        5.05                     
RUSSELLVILLE                          4.93                     
LITTLE ROCK AFB                       4.83                     
STUTTGART MUNI ARPT                   4.50                     
MONTICELLO AIRPORT                    4.22                     
FORDYCE 6.6 NNW                       4.20                     
DOVER 5.1                             4.14                     
SHERWOOD 1.0 SSW                      4.05                     
STUTTGART MUNI ARPT                   3.90                     
EL DORADO/GOODWIN FIELD               3.73                     
CONWAY 10.9 E                         3.72                     
PINE BLUFF/GRIDER FIELD               3.69                     
EUREKA SPRINGS 0.5 N                  3.54                     
LAFAYETTE 5 SW                        3.50                     
FAYETTEVILLE/SPRINGDALE               2.94                     
HOT SPRINGS/MEMORIAL FIELD            2.92                     
TEXARKANA RGNL ARPT                   2.82                     
HARRISON/BOONE CO. ARPT               2.46                     
BATESVILLE RGNL ARPT                  2.44                     
SILOAM SPRINGS/SMITH FIELD            2.44                     
BENTONVILLE                           2.37                     
SEARCY MUNI AIRPORT                   2.35                     
FORT SMITH MUNI ARPT                  2.21                     
DE QUEEN                              2.19                     

...GEORGIA...
TRENTON 5.8 S                         4.06                     
RESACA 2.8 WSW                        3.87                     
ELLIJAY 9.9 NW                        3.76                     
LYERLY 4.8 SSE                        3.20                     
MCCAYSVILLE 5.7 WSW                   2.96                     
BLUE RIDGE 9.4 WNW                    2.90                     
ROME/RUSSELL FIELD                    2.89                     
SUMMERVILLE 2.6 NW                    2.64                     

...KENTUCKY...
LONDON-CORBIN ARPT                    3.12                     
CADIZ 2 NNW                           2.63                     
SCOTTSVILLE 5.5 NE                    2.57                     
JACKSON/J. CARROLL                    2.56                     
OAK GROVE 2.3 SE                      2.49                     
GUTHRIE 0.8 WNW                       2.31                     
CANTON                                2.19                     

...LOUISIANA...
FARMERVILLE 1 SSE                     5.55                     
SHREVEPORT 6.2 S                      5.25                     
SOUTHERN HILLS                        5.07                     
ARCADIA                               4.57                     
PLAIN DEALING                         4.31                     
BASTROP 3.2 NNE                       3.58                     
MONROE RGNL ARPT                      3.40                     
HOSSTON                               3.28                     
SHREVEPORT RGNL ARPT                  3.21                     
BARKSDALE AFB/BOSSIER CITY            3.16                     
HOMER 1.2 N                           2.94                     
SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWN ARPT              2.21                     

...MISSOURI...
ALLEY SPRINGS                         5.44                     
SPRINGFIELD MUNI APRT                 5.02                     
BERTRAND 0.5 W                        4.62                     
CHAIN-O-LAKES 2.0 NE                  4.28                     
ROCKAWAY BEACH 1.3 NNW                4.20                     
STRAFFORD 2.4 SSW                     4.08                     
EAGLE ROCK 1.5 SW                     3.97                     
BLOOMFIELD 2.9 S                      3.87                     
CARUTHERSVILLE                        3.69                     
SIKESTON 2N                           3.57                     
SHELL KNOB 5.6 ESE                    3.56                     
ALLEY SPRINGS                         3.41                     
PURDY 4.8 SSW                         3.36                     
SHOAL CREEK ESTATES 0.2 SE            3.33                     
ASH GROVE                             3.30                     

...MISSISSIPPI...
BELZONI                               5.32                     
LITTLE CALLAN LNDG                    4.79                     
SLEDGE 2 N                            4.68                     
WEST 4.3 SSE                          4.00                     
KILMICHAEL 10.7 S                     3.94                     
SARAH 3 SE                            3.93                     
TUNICA                                3.68                     
ACKERMAN 4.9 W                        3.45                     
SENATOBIA 1.5 S                       3.26                     
GREENWOOD/LEFLORE                     3.01                     
ABBEVILLE 8.2 SE                      2.92                     
STARKVILLE 7.2 SW                     2.80                     
SOUTHAVEN 4.8 SE                      2.78                     
GREENVILLE MUNI ARPT                  2.56                     
SMITHVILLE 0.8 WSW                    2.33                     
COLUMBUS AFB                          2.25                     
TUPELO/C.D. LEMONS                    2.06                     

...OKLAHOMA...
TULSA INTL ARPT                       3.34                     

...TENNESSEE...
SPRING HILL 4.4 SW                    8.24                     
CENTERVILLE 10.4 SE                   8.07                     
KENTON                                8.02                     
CLARKSBURG 5.6 E                      8.01                     
COLUMBIA 2.2 NE                       7.89                     
UNIONVILLE 0.2 SW                     7.78                     
ALTAMONT 3.9 NW                       7.30                     
WARTRACE 6.3 ENE                      6.96                     
TULLAHOMA 1.2 E                       6.87                     
SHELBYVILLE 5.5 N                     6.83                     
TREZAVANT 4.2 NNW                     6.25                     
LOBELVILLE                            6.21                     
HOHENWALD 4.0                         6.07                     
CROSSVILLE MEMORIAL ARPT              5.09                     
NASHVILLE METRO ARPT                  3.82                     
MEMPHIS INTL ARPT                     2.76                     

...TEXAS...
DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTL ARPT           2.89                     
JASPER COUNTY-BELL FIELD ARPT         2.86                     
SULPHUR SPRINGS MUNI ARPT             2.41                     
CLARKSVILLE                           2.33                     
DENTON MUNI ARPT                      2.09                     
DALLAS/LOVE FIELD                     2.04                     
ARLINGTON MUNI ARPT                   2.03                     

...VIRGINIA...
RICHMOND                              1.57                     

...WEST VIRGINIA...
ELKINS/RANDOLPH FIELD                 1.63                     
BECKLEY MEMORIAL ARPT                 1.42                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...OKLAHOMA...
PRYOR 5 NE                            7.94                     
CLAREMORE 1.2 W                       7.72                     
MARKHAM FERRY DAM                     6.38                     
COMMERCE 5 W                          5.98                     
LANGLEY 0.5 NNE                       5.13                     
SPAVINAW                              5.06                     
KANSAS 1 ESE                          4.85                     
MIAMI 2 NE                            3.99                     
INOLA 3 SSE                           3.89                     
TULSA INTL ARPT                       3.61                     
NEW EUCHA 5 W                         3.09                     
COPAN 3 ENE                           2.82                     

...TEXAS...
POINT 3.7 ESE                         6.74                     
ATLANTA                               6.05                     
WINDTHORST 7.1 SSE                    5.82                     
LINDEN                                5.35                     
COOPER                                5.05                     
GILMER 2 W                            4.81                     
SHADY SHORES 3.9 N                    4.38                     
DE KALB 0.1 SSW                       4.33                     
CELINA 4.4 WSW                        4.19                     
CUMBY 5.6 SSE                         3.91                     
PLANO 2.4 WSW                         3.86                     
ROWLETT 2.3 NW                        3.61                     
DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTL ARPT           2.45                     
CLARKSVILLE                           2.24                     
SULPHUR SPRINGS MUNI ARPT             2.11                     
DENTON MUNI ARPT                      2.09                     


WITH THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN WEST VIRGINIA CONTINUING TO
DEVELOP...THE ENTIRE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE
PROGRESSIVE. HEAVY RAIN CURRENTLY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE INTO NEW ENGLAND MONDAY NIGHT. HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO
LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS THE GULF COASTAL STATES ON MONDAY. 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 2 INCHES LOCALLY
IN THESE AREAS.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

KONG




Last Updated: 505 AM EDT MON MAY 04 2009