STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR CENTRAL PLAINS HEAVY RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS WILL
RESULT IN FLASH FLOODS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH DAKOTA
AND NEBRASKA. IN ADDITION...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A
MAJORITY OF NORTH DAKOTA...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

AT 900 AM CDT...CENTRAL U.S. DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED CONVECTION
SCATTERED OVER THE PLAINS STATES WITH A CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN
MISSOURI. RADAR ESTIMATES FROM THIS AREA INDICATED 2 TO 4 INCHES
OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.

...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 9 AM CDT TUESDAY...

...NEBRASKA...
 
CHAMPION 8.3 W                      8.73 
CHAMPION 5.2 WNW                    6.41 
VENANGO 8.9 SE                      6.38 
HAIGLER 25.5 NNE                    6.13 
GRANT 7.5 WSW                       5.25 
GRANT 10.2 W                        5.10 
VENANGO 0.2 WSW                     4.80 
LAMAR 3.4 S                         3.42 
LAMAR 1.7 SSW                       3.38 
ELSIE 9.7 SSE                       2.48 
IMPERIAL 0.1 SW                     2.39 

...COLORADO...

HOLYOKE 5.7 NW                      2.51 
PAOLI 4 WSW                         1.68 
HAXTUN 6.5 ESE                      1.62 

...KANSAS...

PAXICO                              2.49 
CANEY 0.5 SW                        1.70 
WAMEGO 0.9 NNW                      1.58 
MANHATTAN 0.5 NE                    1.57 
COFFEYVILLE 4.2 W                   1.50 

...MISSOURI...

GREENFIELD 0.8 SSW                  4.60 
GREENFIELD 4.2 E                    4.53 
MOUNT VERNON 1.3 NNW                3.32 
EVERTON 0.2 NNW                     2.78 
BROOKLINE 2.3 NNW                   2.31 
OZARK 3.2 NW                        2.29 


AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN
WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING ACROSS THE U.S./CANADIAN BORDER
AND SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THE COLD FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY WHERE A VERY MOIST AIRMASS IS ALREADY IN
PLACE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TODAY WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
COULD EXCEED FIVE INCHES IN SEVERAL PLACES.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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