STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTHERN U.S. 
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

...EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA...

...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...CENTRAL GULF STATES AND LOWER OHIO
VALLEY STATES...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS ACROSS SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS...LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA NORTHWEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA.

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
FROM PALACIOS TO BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...INCLUDING THE HOUSTON
METRO AREA. RAINFALL OVER THESE AREAS SINCE SUNDAY MORNING HAVE
BEEN BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES.

THE HEAVY RAIN IS BEING CAUSED BY A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WHICH IS DRAWING A BROAD AREA OF TROPICAL
MOISTURE NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...AS IT MOVES SLOWLY
NORTHEASTWARD.  WIDEPSREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL
BE COMMON OVER PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY...CENTRAL GULF COAST TODAY...WITH ISOLATED STORM TOTALS
AROUND TEN INCHES.

AS OF 10 AM CDT...NOAA DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF
RAIN COVERING NEARLY ALL OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL U.S.. POCKETS OF
INTENSE RAINFALL WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO
LOUISISANA...WHERE RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR WERE
OCCURING.

SOME OF THE MORE INTENSE STORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING SEVERE
WEATHER.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES AS OF 10 AM CDT...

...TEXAS...

QUANAH                            8.61  
ANGLETON                          8.29 
KINGWOOD                          7.29
BARRETT                           6.93 
NASSAU BAY                        6.85 
FRIENDSWOOD                       6.52
HOUSTON (HOBBY)                   6.00
WEBSTER                           5.56
HOUSTON (BUSH)                    5.03 
CHARLIE                           5.20 
WICHITA FALLS                     4.74
SPUR                              4.43
ASPERMONT                         4.41
GUTHRIE                           4.40
CHILDRESS                         4.31
CONROE                            4.07

...OKLAHOMA...

REAGAN                            5.29 
FITTSTOWN                         4.68 
PAULS VALLEY                      4.66 
ADA                               4.63
CONNERVILLE                       4.61 
FREDERICK                         4.27 
WALTERS                           4.18 

...ARKANSAS...

FORT SMITH                        2.71 
WHINFREY                          2.18 
VAN BUREN                         2.04 
FAYETTEVILLE                      2.12
DE QUEEN                          1.95 

...LOUISIANA...

LAKE CHARLES                      2.82 
SALT POINT                        1.58 
FORT POLK                         1.10 

...MISSOURI...

WEST PLAINS                       2.04
GAINESVILLE                       1.96
ALTON                             1.76
AVA                               1.45
LAKE CITY                         1.27 
KANSAS CITY                       1.20 
INDEPENDENCE                      1.05 
ST JOSEPH                         1.02 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 4 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NWS
FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT.

ECKERT/KIMBERLAIN