Weather Underground National Recap for Thursday, May 29, 2014

By: nationalsummary , 11:35 AM GMT on May 29,2014

Weather Underground midday recap for Thursday,May 29,2014

An area of low pressure continued to inch eastward across the Gulf Coast on Thursday, while a cold frontal boundary extended from the Great Basin to the northern Plains. A low pressure system moved slowly eastward over the lower Mississippi Valley on Thursday. This system continued to draw a warm, moist air mass from the Gulf of Mexico, which initiated heavy rain and thunderstorms across the central and eastern portions of the Gulf Coast. Flash flood warnings were issued in southern Louisiana, while flash flood watches were issued in eastern Louisiana, southeast Arkansas, Mississippi, southwest Alabama and across the Florida Panhandle. Destin, Fla., reported a midday total of 4.24 inches of rain, while Crestview, Fla., reported a midday total of 3.76 inches of rain. Isolated thunderstorms also developed across parts of the Southeast. Meanwhile, a cold frontal boundary extended from Missouri to the Carolinas, which triggered strong to severe thunderstorm development across the Mississippi Valley, the Tennessee Valley, the Ohio Valley and the Mid-Atlantic. Flash flood warnings were issued in southern Ohio, while flash flood watches were issued in southeast Indiana, northeast Kentucky, West Virginia and the western tip of Virginia. Litchfield, Ill., reported a midday total of 1.15 inches of rain, while Cincinnati, Ohio, reported a midday total of 0.93 inches of rain. High pressure kept conditions mostly clear across the Northeast on Thursday. A separate cold front stretched from southern Nevada to northwest North Dakota. This system brought scattered rain and thunderstorms to parts of the Four Corners and the northern Plains. A ridge of high pressure kept the West Coast clear of precipitation, as temperatures ranged between the 90s and 100s across the Desert Southwest.