THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTHERN U.S. 
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

...AXIS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHIFTING NORTH AND EAST THROUGH
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

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

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF
HOUSTON AND BEAUMONT. RAINFALL SINCE SUNDAY MORNING HAS BEEN OVER
10 INCHES IN SOME AREAS.

AS OF 9PM...THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN WAS
LOCATED OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS NEAR THE TOWN OF BATESVILLE. A
BROAD AREA OF TROPICAL MOISTURE IS BEING PULLED UPWARD FROM THE
GULF OF MEXICO AS THIS LOW TRACKS NORTHEAST. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON OVER PORTIONS OF THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND CENTRAL GULF COAST TONIGHT...WITH
ISOLATED STORM TOTALS AROUND TEN INCHES.

AT 10 PM CDT...NOAA DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING AWAY FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO
LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. WHILE THE HIGHEST RAINFALL RATES ARE
OCCURRING CLOSER TO THE GULF OF MEXICO...A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN IS IN PLACE OVER THE MIDWEST AND OHIO VALLEY WHERE 1
TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED.

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS ASSOCIATED WITH
SOME OF THE MORE INTENSE STORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA.

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

...TEXAS...

CONROE                           12.71 
HOUSTON (CLOVER FIELD)           10.01 
ANGLETON                          9.52 
HOUSTON (HOBBY)                   8.55 
BEAUMONT                          7.73 
KINGWOOD                          7.29 
HOUSTON (BUSH)                    7.27 
SILSBEE				  7.20 
BARRETT                           6.93 
NASSAU BAY                        6.85 
FRIENDSWOOD                       6.52
GALVESTON 	 	          5.80 
WEBSTER                           5.56
LUFKIN                            5.47 
WICHITA FALLS                     5.34 
ONKSTOWN                          5.20
CHARLIE                           5.20
SPUR                              4.43
ASPERMONT                         4.41
GUTHRIE                           4.40
CHILDRESS                         4.31 

...OKLAHOMA...

REAGAN                            5.29 
FITTSTOWN                         4.68 
PAULS VALLEY                      4.66 
ADA                               4.63
CONNERVILLE                       4.61 
FREDERICK                         4.34 
WALTERS                           4.18 

...ARKANSAS...

PARIS                             4.58
RATCLIFF                          4.27 
ST JOE                            3.45 
FORT SMITH                        3.40 
WHINFREY                          2.18 
VAN BUREN                         2.04 
FAYETTEVILLE                      2.12

...LOUISIANA...

FORT POLK                         8.35 
ALEXANDRIA                        6.67 
LAKE CHARLES                      4.66
JENNINGS                          3.61

...MISSISSIPPI...

GREENWOOD                         2.83 
BEE LAKE                          2.27 
HAWKINS FIELD                     2.20 
SUNFLOWER                         2.09
KOSCIUSKO                         1.93 
TUPELO                            1.27 


...MISSOURI...

POPLAR_BLUFF                      2.84 
CAPE_GIRARDEAU                    2.59 
WEST PLAINS                       2.04
GAINESVILLE                       1.96
ALTON                             1.76
AVA                               1.45
KANSAS CITY                       1.39

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

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Last Updated: 1102 PM EDT MON OCT 16 2006