STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 6 FOR HEAVY RAINFALL OVER FLORIDA
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD         
 
1100 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2009
 
...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO IMPACT FLORIDA...
 
FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS CONTINUE TO BE IN EFFECT ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN FLORIDA.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 1000 PM EDT...A 1007 MB (29.73 INCHES) SURFACE LOW...LOCATED
OFF THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF FLORIDA...WAS DRIFTING TOWARDS THE
WEST.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS MOVING
WESTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA. IN ADDITION...BANDS OF
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE
STATE EXTENDING INTO ADJACENT WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND
GULF OF MEXICO.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EDT MON MAY
18 THROUGH 1000 PM 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                     
SANFORD/ORLANDO                      11.20                     
DE LAND 5.7 NW                       10.83                     
ST. AUGUSTINE SOUTH 2.1 SSW          10.78                     
DELTONA 2.9 SE                       10.77                     
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                     
LEESBURG MUNI ARPT                    7.90                     
NASA SHUTTLE FACILITY                 7.90                     
SUMMERFIELD 4.9 SE                    7.84                     
LADY LAKE 1.2 W                       7.79                     
THE VILLAGES 2.7 NNW                  7.41                     
MIDDLEBURG 6.3 NNE                    7.29                     
MELBOURNE WFO                         7.13                     
BELLEVIEW 6.0 SSE                     6.99                     
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS 7.6 ENE              6.87                     
HASTING                               6.54                     
PATRICK AFB/COCOA BEACH               6.44                     
APOPKA                                6.23                     
OKAHUMPKA                             6.21                     
ORLANDO/JETPORT                       5.62                     
NEW SMYRNA BEACH 1.5 E                5.47                     
HOMESTEAD AFB                         4.17                     
VERO BEACH MUNI ARPT                  4.12                     
BROOKSVILLE 1.2 E                     3.97                     
FORT PIERCE/ST LUCIE                  3.93                     
DOVER                                 3.74                     
MIAMI 4.1 SE                          3.73                     


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 ASSOCIATED BANDS OF HEAVY
RAIN...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO MOVE
WESTWARD ACROSS FLORIDA THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER DAY 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.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 500 AM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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