THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 05 FOR MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS HEAVY
RAINFALL
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM CDT THU MAY 04 2017
...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST WHILE STEADY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES...
FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ONGOING FOR THE PORTIONS OF THE
LOWER AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE OHIO VALLEY.
FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WATCHES AND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN
MICHIGAN, AS WELL AS CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND EASTERN MAINE.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 300 PM CDT...A DEEP UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WAS LOCATED IN THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AT THE SURFACE, A LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE
OF 1000 MB, OR 29.53 INCHES, WAS LOCATED ABOUT 60 MILES EAST OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM THE LOW
ACROSS TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA WHILE A WARM FRONT WAS LIFTING SLOWLY
NORTHWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS PUSHING EASTWARD
THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST. FARTHER
NORTH, GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS PARTS
OF THE LOWER AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, OHIO VALLEY, AND INTO
THE GREAT LAKES. SOME OF THIS RAIN IS OCCURRING OVER AREAS THAT
HAVE SEEN WIDESPREAD FLOODING OVER THE PAST WEEK.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CDT TUE MAY
02 THROUGH 300 PM CDT THU MAY 04...
...ALABAMA...
DAUPHIN ISLAND 2.2 E 3.83
FOLEY 7.4 SW 3.45
SUMMERDALE 4.3 WSW 3.19
SILVERHILL 0.9 SSE 2.87
DAPHNE 4.2 NE 2.86
MOBILE 2.6 WNW 2.75
SPANISH FORT 1.2 NE 2.73
TILLMANS CORNER 4.3 WNW 2.66
FAIRHOPE 1.5 WSW 2.64
...ARKANSAS...
ARKADELPHIA 7.8 NNE 4.54
HOT SPRINGS 3.1 SW 3.16
CAMDEN 5.4 SSE 3.02
DEXTER B FLORENCE MEMORIAL FIELD 2.94
MOUNT IDA 12.9 E 2.94
CADDO GAP 1 SE 2.67
PEARCY 2.57
...FLORIDA...
TALLAHASSEE RGNL ARPT 2.92
MILTON/WHITING FIELD NAS 1.53
PENSACOLA RGNL ARPT 1.52
...GEORGIA...
MOODY AFB/VALDOSTA 1.32
ALBANY MUNI ARPT 1.24
...ILLINOIS...
CHARLESTON 6.00
HUMBOLDT 4.80
LERNA 4.80
CHARLESTON 4.7 SSW 3.35
EFFINGHAM 2.3 WNW 2.99
MODE 3.7 NW 2.97
FAIRMONT CITY 0.9 ENE 2.87
PARIS 4.3 NNE 2.60
TROY 1.5 SSE 2.59
EDWARDSVILLE 0.9 WSW 2.54
COLES COUNTY MEMORIAL AIRPORT 1.51
EFFINGHAM COUNTY MEMORIAL AIRPORT 1.42
...INDIANA...
SHIRLEY 0.5 NNE 4.28
TERRE HAUTE/HULMAN RGNL ARPT 2.66
GRISSOM AFB/PERU 2.20
NORWAY 2.17
TERRE HAUTE 3.0 ENE 1.81
INDIANAPOLIS INTL ARPT 1.79
LAFAYETTE/PURDUE UNIV ARPT 1.79
STILESVILLE 3.6 S 1.56
...KENTUCKY...
PADUCAH/BARKLEY 1.36
...MISSOURI...
TUSCUMBIA 0.1 S 3.95
BRUMLEY 5.6 SW 3.86
ROLLA 8.1 S 3.37
FORT LEONARD WOOD 5.4 SE 3.32
OWENSVILLE 6.7 S 3.24
LINN 3.20
EUGENE 4.8 NE 3.19
SAINT PETERS 3.10
LAKE SAINT LOUIS 3 SSW 3.09
HERMANN 3.0 S 2.96
DNR WELL AT LEBANON 2.94
UNION 0.8 NE 2.90
JEFFERSON CITY 5.9 W 2.88
MORRISON 7 S 2.50
SULLIVAN 2.50
JOPLIN REGIONAL AIRPORT 1.80
...MISSISSIPPI...
PASS CHRISTIAN 5.0 N 3.01
KILN 3.3 N 2.94
OCEAN SPRINGS 1.7 W 2.94
KEESLER AFB/BILOXI 2.93
DIAMONDHEAD 0.9 NNW 2.85
WAVELAND 1.0 NW 2.85
...OHIO...
DEFIANCE MEMORIAL ARPT 1.03
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...KANSAS...
CHAUTAUQUA 2.93
SYRACUSE 3.1 WNW 2.30
ARKANSAS CITY 6.9 E 2.09
...LOUISIANA...
MOSS BLUFF 13.18
DE QUINCY 4.4 SSE 11.79
OLD TOWN BAY 10.60
SULPHUR 2.2 E 10.43
IOWA 9.7 NNW 10.39
WELSH 0.7 W 9.12
CHAUVIN 1.0 SSW 8.11
LAKE CHARLES 8.05
DEQUINCY 7.84
GRAMERCY 0.4 NW 7.59
DONALDSONVILLE 4 SW 7.38
GALLIANO 7.00
JENNINGS AIRPORT 6.48
LAFAYETTE 4.94
NEW ORLEANS/MOISANT 4.24
...OKLAHOMA...
OCHELATA 5.6 N 3.22
BARTLESVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 3.00
PAWHUSKA 3.0 WSW 2.58
HULAH 5.3 WSW 2.41
...TEXAS...
BUNA 1.4 N 9.94
ORANGE 9 N 5.15
JASPER 6.7 W 4.73
COLMESNEIL 4 E 4.47
TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR 4.34
WOODVILLE 7 ENE 4.19
KOUNTZE 3.69
COLMESNEIL 2.3 SE 3.61
BURKEVILLE 11.2 NNE 3.55
THE SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY, AND INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES BY FRIDAY
EVENING. THIS WILL SWEEPS ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT THROUGH THE
SOUTHEAST AND THE WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE
MID-ATLANTIC STATES. THROUGH THE EVENING, RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ACROSS
THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, WITH
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. FARTHER
WEST, RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY, BUT IS EXPECTED TO END BY TONIGHT. NORTH OF THE LOW IN THE
OHIO VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF THE GREAT LAKES, RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY, WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. FLOODING AND FLASH
FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE PORTIONS OF THESE AREAS THAT HAVE
RECEIVED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE PAST WEEK. RAIN WILL MOVE
INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC THIS EVENING AND INTO THE NORTHEAST BY
FRIDAY EVENING. ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD, RAINFALL TOTALS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 3 INCHES, WITH MAINLY LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING
POSSIBLE.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
TATE
Last Updated: 507 PM EDT THU MAY 04 2017