STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR SOUTHEAST US HEAVY RAIN EVENT
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 AM EST WED DEC 02 2009
 
...A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEAST IS BRING
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN TO THE SOUTHEAST AND MID ATLANTIC STATES...
 
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
FOR THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE GULF COAST STATES...THE NORTH AND
SOUTH CAROLINA COASTLINE...AND INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. 
HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 900 AM EST...AT 900 AM EST...A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH
MINIMUM PRESSURE OF 997 MB WAS CENTERED OVER WESTERN MISSISSIPPI
AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST...WITH A SECONDARY LOW CENTERED OVER
SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAD ALREADY SPREAD
OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST AND MID ATLANTIC STATES AHEAD OF A WARM
FRONT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA. IN ADDITION...A VIGOROUS
UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED OVER TEXAS WAS PRODUCING A BAND OF
MODERATE RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...WHILE SNOW WAS BEING OBSERVED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST TUE DEC
01 THROUGH 900 AM EST WED DEC 02...

...ALABAMA...
FOLEY 0.5 ESE                         3.42                    
MOBILE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT               2.27                     
BIRMINGHAM MUNI ARPT                  1.61                     
EVERGREEN                             1.61                     
CAIRNS AAF/OZARK                      1.47                     
ALABASTER/SHELBY CO. ARPT             1.42                     
DOTHAN MUNI ARPT                      1.21                     
TUSCALOOSA MUNI ARPT                  1.18                     
MAXWELL AFB/MONTGOMERY                1.09                     

...FLORIDA...
PACE 2.4 N                            6.43                    
MILTON 1.4 NNE                        5.87                    
GONZALEZ 2.5 NNW                      4.60                    
MILTON/WHITING FIELD NAS              3.31                     
APALACHICOLA MUNI ARPT                3.13                     
TALLAHASSEE RGNL ARPT                 2.99                     
PANAMA CITY/BAY CO. ARPT              2.97                     
MARIANNA MUNI ARPT                    2.55                     
PENSACOLA RGNL ARPT                   1.97                     
DESTIN AIRPORT                        1.92                     
VALPARAISO/EGLIN AFB                  1.80                     
HURLBURT FIELD AWS                    1.73                     
CRESTVIEW/BOB SIKES                   1.16                     

...GEORGIA...
MOODY AFB/VALDOSTA                    1.51                     
ALBANY MUNI ARPT                      1.45                     
SAVANNAH MUNI ARPT                    1.43                     
PEACHTREE CITY/ATLANTA WFO            1.06                     
ROME/RUSSELL FIELD                    1.06                     

...MISSISSIPPI...
CARRIERE 3.2 SSW                      3.14                   
PASCAGOULA                            2.41                     
KEESLER AFB/BILOXI                    2.07                     
GULFPORT-BILOXI                       1.83                     
HATTIESBURG/CHAIN MUNI ARPT           1.61                     
MCCOMB/LEWIS FIELD                    1.03                     

...SOUTH CAROLINA...
BEAUFORT MCAS                         2.19                     

...TEXAS...
HOUSTON/WILL HOBBY                    2.71                     
MCKINNEY MUNI ARPT                    1.19                     
COLLEGE STATION/EASTERWOOD FLD        1.18                     
DYESS AFB/ABILENE                     1.18                     
CONROE-MONTGOMERY CO. ARPT            1.17                     
ANGLETON/LAKE JACKSON                 1.08                     
AUSTIN CITY                           1.04                     
DALLAS/LOVE FIELD                     1.04                     
GALVESTON/SCHOLES                     1.03                     
BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR                  1.00                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...LOUISIANA...
NEW ORLEANS/MOISANT                   3.17                     
BOOTHVILLE                            2.38                     
SLIDELL                               2.28                     
LAKE CHARLES MUNI ARPT                1.34                     
LAFAYETTE RGNL ARPT                   1.31                     
BATON ROUGE/RYAN MUNI ARPT            1.30                     
NEW ORLEANS NAS                       1.07                     
NEW IBERIA/ACADIANA                   1.00                     


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES
NORTHEASTWARD. HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST WITH THE SYSTEM. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...WINDS COULD GUST IN EXCESS OF 50
MPH.

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

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