STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR SOUTHERN U.S. HEAVY RAINFALL
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009
 
...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES FROM EAST TEXAS TO THE GULF STATES
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...
 
...FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTHEASTERN
TEXAS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF STATES TO NORTHERN GEORGIA...
  
...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN
TEXAS AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...AS WELL AS PARTS OF NORTHERN
LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 400 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM
NORTHEAST TEXAS TO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN TENNESSEE. 
THIS RAINFALL IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A WARM FRONT THAT IS MOVING
NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.  LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ACROSS
TEXAS WILL PUSH EAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY THIS EVENING AND MOVE
THROUGH MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA ON WEDNESDAY.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CDT TUE OCT
13 THROUGH 100 PM CDT TUE OCT 13...

...ARKANSAS...
ARKADELPHIA                           3.09                     
TEXARKANA                             2.47                     
NEWPORT                               1.78                     
LITTLE ROCK                           1.53                     

...TEXAS...
TERRELL                               2.45                     
HILLSBORO                             2.25                     
PARIS                                 1.23                     


UNSEASONABLY DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE GULF STATES WILL CONTINUE TO
FUEL AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT.  THE RAIN WILL MOVE EAST
TONIGHT ACROSS THE GULF STATES AND INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. ON
WEDNESDAY.  THE GROUND THROUGH THIS REGION IS SATURATED FROM
PREVIOUS RAINFALL EVENTS AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT
IN MORE FLOODING.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
FROM LOUISIANA TO SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH ISOLATED
TOTALS IN EXCESS OF FIVE INCHES.

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

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