STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO SOUTHEAST
HEAVY RAINFALL
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2015

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE DEEP
SOUTH THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY.. 

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SMALL PORTIONS ACROSS
ARKANSAS...NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.

FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS...MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...TENNESSEE VALLEY...AND
ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA.

FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS...MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE DEEP SOUTH...AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS.

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

AT 900 AM EST...A SURFACE LOW WITH CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1018
MB...30.01 INCHES OF MERCURY...WAS LOCATED 80 MILES NORTH OF
LEXINGTON...KENTUCKY. FROM THIS LOW...A COLD FRONT STRETCHED SOUTH
OF IT ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. A WAVY
STATIONARY FRONT WAS ALSO DRAPED ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC AND
NORTHWARD ACROSS COASTAL NEW ENGLAND. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WITH THE HEAVIEST
AXIS OF RAINFALL PUSHING EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI...NORTHERN ALABAMA...AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LIGHT TO
MODERATE STREAMER SHOWERS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF
OF MEXICO ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND
ALABAMA. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 PM EST MON DEC
24 THROUGH 900 AM EST THU DEC 25...

...ALABAMA...
PRATTVILLE 2.7 WNW                    5.25                    
EXCEL 2.5 ESE                         5.20                    
MILLBROOK 1.7 NW                      4.58                    
WETUMPKA 4.7 SSE                      4.15                    
MONTGOMERY 4.3 ENE                    3.76                    
VINCENT 7.0 NE                        3.26                    
DEATSVILLE 3.4 NW                     3.04                    
CAMDEN 1.0 NNE                        2.15                    
PISGAH 1.8 W                          2.14                    
LANGSTON 1.3 NE                       1.86                    
TALLADEGA 8.8 NW                      1.81                    

...ARKANSAS...
HAMPTON 3.7 S                         4.38                    
MONTICELLO 3.0 NNW                    4.23                    

...GEORGIA...
LA GRANGE 1.2 NNE                     8.51                    
SENOIA 3.0 SW                         6.70                    
FAYETTEVILLE 6.9 SSW                  5.78                    
PEACHTREE CITY 4.2 SE                 5.71                    
WOOLSEY 2.5 SSW                       4.95                    
WARM SPRINGS 2.5 SSW                  4.87                    
SUNNY SIDE 1.6 SW                     3.96                    
ELLENWOOD 2.5 NE                      3.91                    
NORTH DECATUR 3.0 NNE                 3.87                    
SNELLVILLE 4.7 SSW                    3.53                    

...MISSISSIPPI...
CALRKSDALE 2.9 SW                     5.51                    
BYHALIA 6.3 N                         2.34                    
BATESVILLE 2.2 SSE                    2.27                    
SENATOBIA 1.5 S                       2.13                    
SOUTHAVEN 4.8 SE                      2.08                    
ABBEVILLE 8.2 SSE                     1.96                    
PASS CHRISTIAN 5.0 N                  1.95                    
LONG BEACH 0.7 S                      1.92                    
HATTIESBURG 8.0 WSW                   1.83                    
WAVELAND 1.0 NW                       1.75                    
GULFPORT 4.3 NNW                      1.61                    

...TENNESSEE...
CLARKSVILLE 3.2 NW                    2.00                    
STANTON 8.8 E                         1.86                    
BARTLETT 3.6 N                        1.82                    
ATOKA 1.9 S                           1.76                    
CENTERVILLE 10.4 SE                   1.69                    
CHATTANOOGA 5.1 ENE                   1.52                    
JACKSON 4.3 N                         1.38                    
BELL BUCKLE 2.0 SE                    1.35                    
EAST RIDGE 1.8 WSW                    1.35                    
MURFREESBORO 3.2 WSW                  1.23                    


THE COLD FRONT CURRENTLY PUSHING THROUGH THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF
THE U.S. WILL STALL BY THIS EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY MOVE
NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT. THIS WILL CREATE RIPE CONDITIONS FOR
CONTINUOUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN PLAINS...MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...SOUTHEAST...AND
MID-ATLANTIC. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...EXPECT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF
RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ACROSS MOSTLY THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS...MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AND THE TENNESSEE VALLEY.
FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY ACROSS NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI...NORTHERN ALABAMA...CENTRAL TENNESSEE...AND VERY
SMALL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.
THE FOCUS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL SHIFT ON SATURDAY AND WILL MOSTLY
BE CENTERED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...EASTERN OKLAHOMA...NORTHWESTERN
ARKANSAS...SOUTHERN MISSOURI...SOUTHERN INDIANA...AND WESTERN
ILLINOIS. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER 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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