STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR GULF COAST HEAVY RAIN EVENT
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM EST TUE DEC 15 2009
 
...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF
COAST...
 
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES ARE
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST AND INTO
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 PM EST...A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN
U.S.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING ALONG
THE FRONT...FROM THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TO CENTRAL GEORGIA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST MON DEC
14 THROUGH 400 PM EST TUE DEC 15...

...ALABAMA...
RIVER FALLS                           5.21                     
SARALAND 1.4 E                        4.56                     
ELBA                                  4.51                     
EVERGREEN                             4.34                     
POLLARD 2.4 N                         3.36                     
WILMER 7.9 SE                         3.32                     
CAIRNS AAF/OZARK                      3.03                     

...GEORGIA...
FORT GAINS                            4.83                     
BYROMVILLE                            3.82                     
AMERICUS                              3.74                     
EASTMAN 4.3 NNE                       3.40                     
FORT GAINES 13.0 ENE                  3.24                     
PRESTON                               3.24                     
RENTZ 8.7 SE                          3.14                     
SCOTLAND                              3.09                     

...LOUISIANA...
NEW ORLEANS/MOISANT                   8.81                     
GRAY 0.5 ENE                          7.66                     
METAIRIE 1.7 NW                       7.13                     
RIVER RIDGE 0.7 N                     6.92                     
NEW ORLEANS/LAKEFRONT                 5.37                     
TERRYTOWN 3.3 S                       5.22                     
GONZALES 0.8 E                        4.42                     
NEW ORLEANS NAS                       3.99                     
SULPHUR 2.2 E                         3.49                     
ALEXANDRIA/ESLER                      3.46                     
LABADIEVILLE 0.9 NNW                  3.32                     
WESTLAKE 0.7 WNW                      3.23                     
VINTON                                3.00                     

...MISSISSIPPI...
HATTIESBURG/CHAIN MUNI ARPT           3.58                     
NATCHEZ 9.1 ESE                       3.47                     
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL                    3.38                     
WIGGINS 5.5 ENE                       3.12                     
PICAYUNE 2.5 E                        3.10                     
VANCLEAVE 4.1 NNW                     3.07                     


THE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND ANY LINGERING
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THEIR WAY OFFSHORE TUESDAY
EVENING. FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES WILL QUICKLY EXPIRE ALONG
THE CENTRAL GULF STATES AS THE HEAVY RAINS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER FOR THIS EVENT. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.

GERHARDT