STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR HEAVY RAINFALL OVER FLORIDA
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD         
500 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2009
 
...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO IMPACT FLORIDA...
 
FLOOD WATCHES AND ADVISORIES CURRENTLY ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS
PORTIONS OF EASTERN FLORIDA.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 500 AM EDT...A 1007 MB (29.75 INCHES) SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED
OFF THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF FLORIDA...BETWEEN THE EVERGLADES
NATIONAL PARK AND THE FLORIDA KEYS.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN WAS MOVING WESTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF FLORIDA...WITH EMBEDDED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN BEING
REPORTED OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE.  ALSO...SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WERE OBSERVED ALONG THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC
COAST OF FLORIDA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EDT MON MAY
18 THROUGH 500 AM EDT WED MAY 20...

...FLORIDA...
NW PALM COAST                        12.20                     
PIERSON                              10.17                     
UMATILLA                              9.24                     
DAYTONA BEACH 9.1 WSW                 9.06                     
ORMOND BEACH 3.5 SE                   8.76                     
DE LEON SPRINGS 0.4 SE                8.07                     
ST. AUGUSTINE SOUTH 2.1 SSW           7.87                     
ST. AUGUSTINE SHORES 0.7 ESE          7.65                     
SANFORD/ORLANDO                       7.10                     
DE LAND 5.7 NW                        7.06                     
HASTING                               6.54                     
APOPKA                                6.23                     
OKAHUMPKA                             6.21                     
DELTONA 2.9 SE                        5.71                     
NEW SMYRNA BEACH 1.5 E                5.47                     
MELBOURNE 8.2 NW                      5.27                     
PALM SHORES 1.4 W                     5.18                     
HOMESTEAD AFB                         4.17                     
LEESBURG MUNI ARPT                    3.98                     
DOVER                                 3.74                     
BROOKSVILLE                           3.68                     
VERO BEACH MUNI ARPT                  3.37                     
FORT PIERCE/ST LUCIE                  3.27                     
MIAMI 4.1 SE                          3.06                     


FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...THE SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY OFF THE
SOUTHWEST COAST OF FLORIDA WILL SLOWLY PROGRESS WESTWARD INTO THE
GULF OF MEXICO.  THE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN...THUNDERSTORMS...AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD ACROSS FLORIDA
THROUGHOUT TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING.  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF FLORIDA...AND
BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC
COAST.  SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD SEE RAINFALL TOTALS GREATER
THAN 15 INCHES BY THE TIME THIS EVENT IS OVER.  IN ADDITION...THE
CONTINUOUS ONSHORE FLOW WILL CAUSE POSSIBLE BEACH EROSION AND
DANGEROUS MARINE CONDITIONS ALONG THE NORTH ATLANTIC COAST OF
FLORIDA.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1100 AM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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