THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 7 FOR HEAVY RAINFALL OVER FLORIDA
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD         
 
500 AM EDT THU MAY 21 2009
 
...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO IMPACT FLORIDA...
 
FLOOD WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND ADVISORIES ARE 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 500 AM EDT...A 1006 MB (29.71 INCHES) SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED
OFF THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF FLORIDA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF
FLORIDA. EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS SWATH OF PRECIPITATION WERE REGIONS
OF HEAVIER RAIN...WHICH WERE FOCUSED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE STATE.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EDT MON MAY
18 THROUGH 500 AM EDT THU MAY 21...

...FLORIDA...
ORMOND BEACH                         14.90                     
DAYTONA BEACH 9.1 WSW                12.70                     
PIERSON                              12.42                     
SANFORD/ORLANDO                      12.22                     
NW PALM COAST                        12.20                     
DE LEON SPRINGS 0.4 SE               12.03                     
UMATILLA                             11.98                     
HASTINGS                             11.97                     
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                     
AVALON                               10.28                     
ST. AUGUSTINE SHORES 0.7 ESE          9.92                     
MOUNT PLYMOUTH 0.2 WSW                9.37                     
WINDERMERE 1.3 NW                     9.24                     
PALM SHORES 1.4 W                     9.20                     
MELBOURNE 8.2 NW                      9.09                     
LEESBURG MUNI ARPT                    8.98                     
NASA SHUTTLE FACILITY                 8.64                     
JACKSONVILLE 8.1 SSE                  8.01                     
OKAHUMPKA                             7.94                     
SUMMERFIELD 4.9 SE                    7.84                     
LADY LAKE 1.2 W                       7.79                     
APOPKA                                7.62                     
THE VILLAGES 2.7 NNW                  7.41                     
MELBOURNE WFO                         7.38                     
MIDDLEBURG 6.3 NNE                    7.29                     
BELLEVIEW 6.0 SSE                     6.99                     
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS 7.6 ENE              6.87                     
ORLANDO/JETPORT                       6.74                     
PATRICK AFB/COCOA BEACH               6.58                     
NEW SMYRNA BEACH 1.5 E                5.47                     
HOMESTEAD AFB                         4.17                     
VERO BEACH MUNI ARPT                  4.12                     
DOVER                                 4.11                     
BROOKSVILLE 1.2 E                     3.97                     
FORT PIERCE/ST LUCIE                  3.93                     
MIAMI 4.1 SE                          3.73                     

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...FLORIDA...
VIRGINIA KEY                            52                     
MARATHON                                51                     
BOOT KEY 5 S                            46                     


FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...THE SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY LOCATED OFF
THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF FLORIDA IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY PROGRESS
WESTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE ACCOMPANIED BANDS
OF HEAVY RAIN...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
ALSO MOVE WESTWARD ACROSS FLORIDA THROUGHOUT THIS 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 1100 AM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

KOST
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Last Updated: 509 AM EDT THU MAY 21 2009