Hazardous Weather Update - May 3 and 4, 2010

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
628 AM EDT MON MAY 3 2010

{sidebar id=1}A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY. THE BAND OF RAIN AHEAD OF THIS FRONT HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING AND EVEN SOME SEVERE STORMS TO OUR NORTH AND WEST.

THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... AND FLASH FLOODING COULD BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS FARTHER EAST AROUND TALLAHASSEE... VALDOSTA... AND PERRY. RAIN CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS THE FRONT STALLS AND DISSIPATES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA.

WHILE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WHERE AND IF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS TRAVERSE THE SAME LOCATIONS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

WHILE THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN... ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE, EVEN A BRIEF TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.

YOU CAN MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tae/

This information originally published on May 3, 2010.

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