STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR MAJOR SPRING STORM NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 10 PM EST FRI APR 1 2005 ...EXCESSIVE RAINS OVER THE SOUTHEAST CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES THIS EVENING...AND WILL SPREAD INTO THE NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY...WHILE THE THREAT FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION SATURDAY... FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF GEORGIA...KENTUCKY...SOUTH CAROLINA...NORTH CAROLINA... VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...DELAWARE...WEST VIRGINIA...PENNSYLVANIA... OHIO...NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK...CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND... MASSACHUSETTS...NEW HAMPSHIRE...VERMONT...AND MAINE. FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF ALABAMA...MISSISSIPPI...LOUISIANA...GEORGIA...FLORIDA...SOUTH CAROLINA...PENNSYLVANIA...NEW YORK...CONNECTICUT...AND MASSACHUSETTS. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK FOR THE POTENTIAL OF OVER SIX INCHES OF SNOWFALL. AS OF 9 PM EST...THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED NEAR 35.2 NORTH LATITUDE AND 84.7 WEST LONGITUDE...OR ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE. CENTRAL PRESSURE OF THE SYSTEM WAS 1002 MILLIBARS OR 29.59 INCHES. ...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE 7 AM EST THURSDAY... FLORIDA... PENSACOLA..............14.17 HURLBURT FIELD.........12.93 CRESTVIEW..............12.41 FORT WALTON BEACH......12.22 TYNDALL AFB.............5.40 PANAMA CITY.............4.01 ALABAMA... SILVERHILL.............14.19 MOBILE..................8.48 MAXWELL AFB.............4.54 EVERGREEN...............3.95 OZARK...................3.72 MONTGOMERY..............3.16 MISSISSIPPI... PASCAGOULA..............8.81 LUCEDALE................8.80 BROOKLYN................7.28 GULFPORT................7.26 CHAIN...................4.93 PINE BELT...............3.84 BILOXI..................2.21 NATCHEZ.................1.95 LOUISIANA... SLIDELL.................2.24 GEORGIA... VALDOSTA................2.48 DEKALB..................2.39 BARTLETS FERRY..........2.05 MACON...................2.05 BITSY GRANT.............2.00 ATLANTA.................1.87 ATHENS..................1.78 RADAR IMAGERY AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA NORTHWARD ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA. ANOTHER BAND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE COLD FRONT FROM EASTERN ALABAMA NORTHWARD THROUGH NORTHERN GEORGIA...EASTERN TENNESSEE...KENTUCKY...AND THE BULK OF OHIO...PENNSYLVANIA...AND MARYLAND. WIDESPREAD VERY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD REACHING NEW ENGLAND BY SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE NORTHEAST AND NEW ENGLAND WILL EASILY REACH TWO TO THREE INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN. HEAVY RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH RAPID SNOW MELT AND POSSIBLE ICE JAMS ON RIVERS WILL YIELD A MAJOR FLOODING THREAT IN THE NORTHEAST AND NEW ENGLAND. ADDITIONALLY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION. AS THIS SYSTEM STRENGTHENS THIS WEEKEND AND MOVES INTO THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. COLD AIR WILL FILTER SOUTH AND CHANGE RAIN INTO SNOW OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 4 AM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR THE LATEST FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN YOUR AREA. FRIES