STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR SOUTHEAST US HEAVY RAIN EVENT
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 PM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
 
...A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL
BRING WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN TO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES THROUGH
FRIDAY...
 
...FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THE
SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE GULF COAST STATES AND INTO THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS.  HIGH WIND WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 900 PM EST...A 1003 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LOCATED OVER THE
NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AROUND 27.5N 93.5W WITH A DEVELOPING
WARM FRONT EXTENDING EASTWARD TOWARDS FLORIDA. WIDESPREAD MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAIN IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO OVERSPREAD MUCH OF EAST
CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE GULF COAST STATES.
THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AND MOVE TOWARDS THE EAST
NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS...BRINGING HEAVY RAINFALL
ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST UNITED
STATES...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS BEING POSSIBLE. THERE MAY
ALSO BE SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WARM SECTOR OF THIS LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM AS WARM AND HUMID AIR MOVES NORTHWARD FROM THE
GULF OF MEXICO. IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS...WINDS COULD GUST IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AS THE LOW
MOVES FURTHER NORTHWARD.


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
ARE SHOWING MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER AREAS SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 20 IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL STATES...AND THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS. THIS SHIELD OF RAIN WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AND EAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 AM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

HAMRICK