THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 08 FOR HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC
AND NORTHEAST
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
640 AM EDT FRI OCT 01 2010
 
...EARLY FALL STORM CONTINUES TO SPREAD HEAVY RAIN AND WIND
NORTHWARD ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST...
 
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES REMAIN
IN EFFECT FROM NORTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD INTO THE NEW ENGLAND
STATES. HIGH WIND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHEAST...FROM THE NEW YORK CITY METRO REGION NORTHWARD TO
SOUTHERN VERMONT...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MAINE.
 

 

 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 1000 AM EDT...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINED DRAPED ACROSS THE
EAST COAST STATES FROM THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD
INTO THE NORTHEAST. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED TWO SURFACE
LOWS OVER SOUTHERN QUEBEC WITH CENTRAL PRESSURES OF 996 AND 998
MB. TWO MORE SURFACE LOWS WITH PRESSURES OF 997 AND 998 MB WERE
LOCATED OVER THE DELMARVA PENINSULA AND NEAR VIRGINIA BEACH
RESPECTIVELY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL
ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S...EXTENDING FROM WESTERN MAINE SOUTHWARD TO
THE DELMARVA PENINSULA. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER
HOUR WERE OCCURRING IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAIN.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EDT TUE SEP
28 THROUGH 400 AM EDT FRI OCT 01...

...CONNECTICUT...
STAMFORD 3 NW                         3.35                     
WINSTEAD 3 NNW                        3.09                     
DANBURY MUNI ARPT                     2.97                     
PROSPECT 2 NW                         2.93                     
UNION CITY                            2.66                     
NORWICH                               2.65                     
NORFOLK 2SW                           2.42                     
COLEBROOK RIVER LAKE                  2.41                     
HOTCHKISSVILLE                        2.31                     
HARTFORD-BRAINARD ARPT                1.41                     

...DELAWARE...
WILMINGTON ARPT                       5.78                     
DOVER AFB                             3.43                     

...MASSACHUSETTS...
BECKET                                2.76                     
HUNTINGTON - WESTFIELD RIVER          2.40                     
AMHERST 1WNW                          1.88                     
PITTSFIELD MUNI ARPT                  1.88                     
UXBRIDGE                              1.80                     
WESTFIELD/BARNES MUNI ARPT            1.79                     
ORANGE MUNI ARPT                      1.62                     
NORTH ADAMS                           1.52                     
WESTOVER AFB/SPRINGFIELD              1.32                     

...MARYLAND...
PATUXENT RIVER NAS                   12.64                     
PASADENA 4 NNE                        8.45                     
LAKE RIVIERA                          8.22                     
SOLOMONS                              8.00                     
ANNAPOLIS - US NAVAL ACADEMY          7.90                     
LYNCH POINT 1SW                       7.68                     
PARK HALL                             7.53                     
ST INIGOES/WEBSTER FIELD              6.50                     
BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON INTL ARPT        6.10                     
ANDREWS AFB/CAMP SPRINGS              4.20                     

...MAINE...
TURNER BROOK RAWS                     1.66                     
FRENCHVILLE                           1.42                     
VAN BUREN                             1.32                     
CARIBOU MUNI ARPT                     1.24                     

...NEW HAMPSHIRE...
LEBANON MUNI ARPT                     2.57                     
KEENE/DILLANT-HOPKINS ARPT            2.19                     
WOODSTOCK                             1.77                     
WHITEFIELD                            1.73                     
GORHAM 12SSW                          1.53                     

...NEW JERSEY...
NEW BRUNSWICK 3SE                     2.76                     
ANDOVER/AEROFLEX ARPT                 2.67                     
TETERBORO AIRPORT                     2.02                     
WATCHUNG                              2.02                     
FOLSOM                                2.01                     
CANOE BROOK 2E                        1.97                     
SUSSEX ARPT                           1.89                     
SOMERVILLE                            1.33                     
NEWARK INTL ARPT                      1.26                     

...NEW YORK...
BINGHAMTON/BROOME                     4.42                     
PULASKI 2 SSW                         4.10                     
FORT DRUM/WHEELER-SACK AAF            3.80                     
ELMIRA/CORNING RGNL ARPT              3.49                     
FULTON/OSWEGO CITY ARPT               3.44                     
ALBANY WFO                            3.30                     
MASSENA/RICHARDS FIELD                3.29                     
GLENS FALLS/WARREN CO. ARPT           3.24                     
SYRACUSE/HANCOCK                      2.78                     
NEW YORK CITY                         1.36                     

...PENNSYLVANIA...
ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM                   7.08                     
MOUNT POCONO MUNI ARPT                7.06                     
LANCASTER AIRPORT                     6.37                     
READING/SPAATZ FIELD                  5.69                     
WILLIAMSPORT                          4.89                     
POTTSTOWN LIMERICK ARPT               4.71                     
SELINSGROVE/PENN VALLEY ARPT          3.96                     
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON                 3.96                     
YORK ARPT                             3.61                     
PHILADELPHIA/WINGS FIELD              3.55                     

...VIRGINIA...
WAKEFIELD MUNI ARPT                  11.52                     
NORFOLK NAS                          11.51                     
JONES CREEK                           9.68                     
MARROWBONE RES                        9.41                     
NEWPORT NEWS 3 NNW                    9.25                     
WILLIAMSBURG 6 N                      9.16                     
GWYNNS ISLAND                         8.94                     
LANGLEY AFB/HAMPTON                   8.88                     
RICHMOND/BYRD FIELD                   5.94                     
WASHINGTON/DULLES                     5.04                     

...VERMONT...
SPRINGFIELD                           3.00                     
THETFORD                              3.00                     
SAINT JOHNSBURY                       2.73                     
EAST DUMMERSTON                       2.71                     
SPRINGFIELD/HARTNESS STATE ARPT       2.43                     
BARRE/MONTPELIER                      2.12                     
WOODFORD                              2.06                     
RUTLAND STATE ARPT                    1.89                     
BENNINGTON/MORSE STATE ARPT           1.59                     
BURLINGTON INTL ARPT                  1.58                     

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

...NORTH CAROLINA...
SILVER LAKE 1 NE                     17.28                     
WILMINGTON 4 SSE                     16.68                     
NEW BERN/CRAVEN CO. ARPT             12.14                     
PERRYTOWN                            11.66                     
CHERRY POINT MCAS                    11.20                     
NEW RIVER MCAS                       10.15                     
ELIZABETH CITY MUNI ARPT              7.85                     
BEAUFORT/SMITH FIELD                  7.74                     
WINDSOR                               7.01                     
RALEIGH/DURHAM INTL ARPT              3.53                     

...SOUTH CAROLINA...
MYRTLE BEACH 5 W                     10.33                     
MCCLELLANVILE                         8.75                     
MURRELLS INLET                        8.55                     
CHARLESTON 1 NNW                      6.72                     
FLORENCE RGNL ARPT                    4.95                     
SOCASTEE                              4.82                     
QUINBY                                4.74                     
CONWAY                                4.42                     
KINGSTREE                             4.39                     
DARLINGTON                            3.43                     

...WEST VIRGINIA...
MARTINSBURG RGNL ARPT                 3.35                     
SHEPHERDSTOWN                         2.90                     
FORT SEYBERT 6E                       2.54                     
FROST 3NE                             2.49                     
CANAAN VALLEY                         2.45                     
ELKINS/RANDOLPH FIELD                 1.88                     


THE SURFACE LOW OVER THE DELMARVA PENINSULA WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT
NORTHWARD ALONG THE U.S. EAST COAST THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...BRINGING MORE HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE NORTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC COAST AND NORTHEAST. THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED
TO FOCUS NEAR THE LOW PRESSURE TRACK AND ALONG THE SURFACE
BOUNDARY AS DEEP MOISTURE FROM THE TROPICS SURGES NORTHWARD. AS
THIS SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHWARD...RAINFALL SHOULD GRADUALLY COME
TO AN END SOUTH OF THE LOW. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO
THREE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
MUCH OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC COAST AND THE NORTHEAST THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING. RAINFALL SHOULD GRADUALLY BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM
THE SOUTH ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...WINDS OF 30 TO
40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND AS THE MAIN SURFACE
LOW MOVES CLOSER TO THE NORTHEAST.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 500 PM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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Last Updated: 641 AM EDT FRI OCT 01 2010