STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR HEAVY RAIN IN THE EASTERN U.S. 
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
4 AM CDT TUE OCT 17 2006

...AXIS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED NORTH AND EAST INTO
THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF EASTERN TEXAS...EASTERN ARKANSAS...LOUISIANA...AND MISSISSIPPI.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSOURI...AND CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN
ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

AS OF 3 AM...THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN WAS
LOCATED OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A BROAD AREA OF TROPICAL MOISTURE
IS BEING PULLED NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AS THIS LOW
TRACKS NORTHEAST. NOAA DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF
RAIN MOVING AWAY FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO MISSISSIPPI AND
ALABAMA...AND NORTHWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND CENTRAL GREAT
LAKES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS OCCURRING IN THE GULF COAST
STATES.


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES AS OF 3 AM 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
KEMAH                             6.60   
FRIENDSWOOD                       6.52
GALVESTON 	 	          5.80 
WEBSTER                           5.56
LUFKIN                            5.47 
WICHITA FALLS                     5.34 
ONKSTOWN                          5.20
CHARLIE                           5.20

...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                        3.49 
FLIPPIN                           3.24 
HARRISON                          3.05 
DE QUEEN                          3.01 
FAYETTEVILLE                      2.44 

...MISSOURI...

WEST PLAINS                       3.86 
POPLAR_BLUFF                      3.78 
ALLEY SPRING                      3.65 
FISK                              2.95 
CAPE_GIRARDEAU                    2.92 
PIEDMONT                          2.65 
BRADLEYVILLE                      2.48  
FARMINGTON                        1.92 
KANSAS CITY                       1.41 

...LOUISIANA...

FORT POLK                         8.36 
ALEXANDRIA                        6.72 
MONROE                            6.40 
ENGLAND AFB                       5.11  
LAKE CHARLES                      4.77 
JENNINGS                          3.61

...MISSISSIPPI...

VICKSBURG                         5.80 
GREENWOOD                         4.29 
JACKSON                           4.40  
GREENVILLE                        4.04 
HAWKINS FIELD                     3.95 
CALHOUN CITY                      3.92 
TUPELO                            3.44 
WEST                              3.43 
RATLIFF                           2.49 

...ALABAMA...

MUSCLE SHOALS                     1.83 
TUSCALOOSA                        1.51 
MOBILE                            0.84 

...TENNESSEE...

DYERSBURG                         1.73  
PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY               1.67 
MEMPHIS                           1.16  
JACKSON                           1.00 

...KENTUCKY...

FRANKFORT                         2.67 
LOUISVILLE                        2.45 
SHEPHERDSVILLE                    2.01 
HENDERSON CITY                    1.89 
PADUCAH                           1.78  

...ILLINOIS...

LAWRENCEVILLE                     2.50 
CARBONDALE                        2.39 
BELLEVILLE                        2.18 

...INDIANA...

EVANSVILLE                        2.07 
INDIANAPOLIS                      1.83 


ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THIS SYSTEM. HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY BE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE
MORE INTENSE STORMS OCCURRING IN THE SOUTHEAST U.S. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 10 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NWS
FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT.

TRIMARCO