STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR SOUTHERN U.S. HEAVY RAINFALL
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 PM CDT TUE OCT 13 2009
 
...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTH...
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN
TEXAS...NORTHERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...
 
...FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTHEASTERN
TEXAS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF STATES TO PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA...
  
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WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 900 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL SPREADING
EAST FROM EASTERN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA INTO MISSISSIPPI AND
ALABAMA.   THIS RAINFALL IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A NEARLY STATIONARY
FRONTAL BOUNDARY.  LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT WILL
PUSH EAST ACROSS MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA ON WEDNESDAY.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CDT FRI OCT
13 THROUGH 700 PM CDT MON OCT 13...

...ARKANSAS...
ARKADELPHIA                           3.54                     
TEXARKANA                             2.73                     
LITTLE ROCK                           1.86                     

...LOUISIANA...
MONROE                                2.75                     
BARKSDALE                             2.04                     
SHREVEPORT                            1.75                     

...MISSISSIPPI...
GREENVILLE                            2.01                     
TUPELO                                1.41                     

...TEXAS...
TERRELL                               2.56                     
HILLSBORO                             2.55                     
MOUNT PLEASANT                        2.46                     
TYLER                                 1.75                     


UNSEASONABLY DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE GULF STATES WILL CONTINUE TO
FUEL AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT.  THE RAIN WILL PROGRESS
EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. 
THE GROUND THROUGH THIS REGION IS SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL
EVENTS AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN 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 400 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

HEDGE