STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR SOUTHEAST US HEAVY RAIN
EVENT...CORRECTED
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 AM EST WED DEC 02 2009
 
...A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO IS
BRING WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN TO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES...
 
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 300 AM EST...A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH MINIMUM
PRESSURE OF 997 MB WAS LOCATED NEAR THE COAST OF LOUISIANA.
MULTIPLE SMALL SCALE LOW PRESSURE CENTERS FORMED OVER THE PAST FEW
HOURS AND MOVED INTO SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
HAD ALREADY OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST AHEAD OF A WARM
FRONT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION...A VIGOROUS UPPER-LEVEL LOW
CENTERED OVER TEXAS WAS ACCOMPANIED WITH A COMMA-SHAPED BAND OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN THAT WAS ROTATING COUNTERCLOCKWISE ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN LOUISIANA WHILE LIGHT RAIN WAS
OCCURRING IN OKLAHOMA...AND LIGHT SNOW WAS OBSERVED IN
NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST TUE DEC
01 THROUGH 300 AM EST TUE DEC 02...

...ALABAMA...
MOBILE/BATES FIELD                    1.44                     
MOBILE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT               1.36                     
DOTHAN MUNI ARPT                      1.07                     
CAIRNS AAF/OZARK                      1.03                     

...FLORIDA...
TYNDALL AFB/PANAMA CITY               1.97                     
PANAMA CITY/BAY CO. ARPT              1.85                     
MARIANNA MUNI ARPT                    1.53                     
APALACHICOLA MUNI ARPT                1.33                     
DESTIN AIRPORT                        1.21                     
VALPARAISO/EGLIN AFB                  1.16                     

...LOUISIANA...
NEW ORLEANS/MOISANT                   2.42                     
BOOTHVILLE                            2.01                     
SLIDELL                               1.85                     
NEW ORLEANS/LAKEFRONT                 1.45                     
LAKE CHARLES MUNI ARPT                1.22                     
LAFAYETTE RGNL ARPT                   1.01                     

...MISSISSIPPI...
PASCAGOULA                            1.95                     
KEESLER AFB/BILOXI                    1.60                     
HATTIESBURG/CHAIN MUNI ARPT           1.39                     
GULFPORT-BILOXI                       1.27                     

...TEXAS...
HOUSTON/WILL HOBBY                    2.71                     
CORPUS CHRISTI NAS                    1.74                     
BROWNSVILLE INTL ARPT                 1.70                     
VICTORIA RGNL ARPT                    1.39                     
HOUSTON/INTERCONTINENTAL              1.38                     
GALVESTON/SCHOLES                     1.29                     
CORPUS CHRISTI INTL ARPT              1.21                     
COLLEGE STATION/EASTERWOOD FLD        1.18                     
CONROE-MONTGOMERY CO. ARPT            1.17                     
AUSTIN CITY                           1.05                     


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BECOME MORE CONSOLIDATED AS
IT MOVES INLAND ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND STRENGTHENS OVER THE NEXT
24 TO 48 HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN
BE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES...WITH
LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...WINDS COULD GUST
IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AS THE LOW MOVES FURTHER NORTHWARD.

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

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