STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 6 FOR HEAVY RAIN IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
11 AM EDT TUE OCT 17 2006

...AXIS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN QUICKLY SHIFTING INTO THE
EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND MID ATLANTIC...

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ROLLING EASTWARD ALONG THE NORTH CENTRAL
GULF COAST...

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

FLOOD STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND NORTH
CENTRAL ARKANSAS. NEW FLOOD STATEMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR
THE NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND PORTIONS OF EXTREME WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
AND NEW YORK.

COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN ALABAMA...AND THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

AS OF 11 AM EDT...THE WEAKENING STORM SYSTEM...ASSOCIATED WITH THE
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE EASTERN U.S....IS GRADUALLY MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD...WITH THE MAIN SURFACE LOW LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN
LAKE MICHIGAN.  AHEAD OF IT...A LARGE SWATH OF DEEP LOW-LEVEL
MOISTURE IS BEING DRAWN NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND
WESTWARD FROM THE ATLANTIC TO CREATE THESE HEAVY RAINS. NOAA
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF RAIN MOVING OUT OF THE
MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS AND INTO THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE
COUNTRY.


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES AS OF 3 AM CDT...

...TEXAS...

CONROE                           12.72 
HOUSTON (HOBBY)                  11.09
HOUSTON (CLOVER FIELD)           10.01 
ANGLETON                          9.52 
BEAUMONT                          7.73 
HOUSTON (BUSH)                    7.56
KINGWOOD                          7.29 
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...

AVA                               5.10
THEODOSIA                         5.00
BLACK RIVER                       4.64
WEST PLAINS                       3.86 
POPLAR_BLUFF                      3.78 
ALLEY SPRING                      3.65
JACKSON                           3.40 
MARBLE HILL                       3.30
FISK                              2.95 
CAPE_GIRARDEAU                    2.92 
PIEDMONT                          2.65 
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...

BEE LAKE                          6.79
KOCKIUSKO                         6.77
VICKSBURG                         5.80 
GREENWOOD                         4.29 
JACKSON                           4.40  
GREENVILLE                        4.04 
HAWKINS FIELD                     3.95 
CALHOUN CITY                      3.93 
TUPELO                            3.44 
WEST                              3.43 
RATLIFF                           2.49 

...ALABAMA...

HOLT                              2.96
HUNTSVILLE                        2.23
MUSCLE SHOALS                     1.83 
TUSCALOOSA                        1.51 


...TENNESSEE...

DYERSBURG                         1.73  
PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY               1.67 
MEMPHIS                           1.16  
JACKSON                           1.00 

...KENTUCKY...

LOUISVILLE                        4.18
MCKINNEYSBURG                     3.18
BEAVERLICK                        2.60
FRANKFORT                         2.67 
LOUISVILLE                        2.45 
SHEPHERDSVILLE                    2.01 
HENDERSON CITY                    1.89 
PADUCAH                           1.78  

...ILLINOIS...

LAWRENCEVILLE                     2.57 
CARBONDALE                        2.39 
BELLEVILLE                        2.18
GLEN CARBON                       2.11 

...INDIANA...

HUNTINGBURG                       2.82
BRAZIL                            2.78
SULLIVAN                          2.74
EVANSVILLE                        2.07 
INDIANAPOLIS                      1.83

...MICHIGAN...

WEST BLOOMFIELD                   1.24 


PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF ABOUT ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS
SYSTEM OVER THE MID ATLANTIC AND EASTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY...WITH
HEAVIER TOTALS ALONG OR NEAR THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN
GULF COAST. 

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NWS FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT
THIS WEATHER EVENT.

KIMBERLAIN/RUBIN-OSTER