STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR HEAVY RAINFALL OVER FLORIDA
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD         

1100 AM EDT WED MAY 20 2009
 
...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO IMPACT FLORIDA...
 
FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS CONTINUE TO BE 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 1000 AM EDT...A 1007 MB (29.75 INCHES) SURFACE LOW...LOCATED
OFF THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF FLORIDA...WAS DRIFTING TOWARDS THE
WEST-NORTHWEST.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS
MOVING WESTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG AND OFF THE EAST COAST OF
FLORIDA AS WELL AS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO EAST OF THE
LOW CENTER.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EDT MON MAY
18 THROUGH 1000 AM EDT WED MAY 20...

...FLORIDA...
ORMOND BEACH                         14.90                     
DAYTONA BEACH 9.1 WSW                12.70                     
NW PALM COAST                        12.20                     
DE LEON SPRINGS 0.4 SE               12.03                     
NEW SMYRA BEACH                      11.45                     
DE LAND 5.7 NW                       10.83                     
ST. AUGUSTINE SOUTH 2.1 SSW          10.78                     
DELTONA 2.9 SE                       10.77                     
SANFORD/ORLANDO                      10.20                     
PIERSON                              10.17                     
ST. AUGUSTINE SHORES 0.7 ESE          9.92                     
MOUNT PLYMOUTH 0.2 WSW                9.37                     
UMATILLA                              9.24                     
WINDERMERE 1.3 NW                     9.24                     
PALM SHORES 1.4 W                     9.20                     
MELBOURNE 8.2 NW                      9.09                     
JACKSONVILLE 8.1 SSE                  8.01                     
SUMMERFIELD 4.9 SE                    7.84                     
LADY LAKE 1.2 W                       7.79                     
NASA SHUTTLE FACILITY                 7.72                     
THE VILLAGES 2.7 NNW                  7.41                     
MIDDLEBURG 6.3 NNE                    7.29                     
BELLEVIEW 6.0 SSE                     6.99                     
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS 7.6 ENE              6.87                     
HASTING                               6.54                     
APOPKA                                6.23                     
OKAHUMPKA                             6.21                     
MELBOURNE WFO                         6.12                     
LEESBURG MUNI ARPT                    5.57                     
PATRICK AFB/COCOA BEACH               5.57                     
NEW SMYRNA BEACH 1.5 E                5.47                     
HOMESTEAD AFB                         4.17                     
BROOKSVILLE 1.2 E                     3.97                     
DOVER                                 3.74                     
MIAMI 4.1 SE                          3.73                     
VERO BEACH MUNI ARPT                  3.37                     
FORT PIERCE/ST LUCIE                  3.27                     


FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...THE SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY OFF THE
SOUTHWEST COAST OF FLORIDA IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY PROGRESS WESTWARD
ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE ACCOMPANIED BANDS OF HEAVY
RAIN...THUNDERSTORMS...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO 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 OF THE STATE. 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 500 PM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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