STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 8 FOR CENTRAL U.S. HEAVY PRECIPITATION EVENT
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008        

...HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING CONTINUE AS STORM MOVES INTO THE OHIO
VALLEY AND NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC REGION...

FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO
VALLEYS...INTO AREAS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK. FLASH FLOOD
WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE OHIO
VALLEY.  WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE
BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. FOR THE MOST UP
TO DATE MAP OF THESE AREAS...PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 300 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE OHIO
VALLEY...ACROSS THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC...AND INTO AREAS OF NEW
ENGLAND.  LIGHT SNOW WAS REPORTED IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
MAINE.  AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST...MODERATE AND HEAVY RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 12 AM CDT
MONDAY MAR 17 THROUGH 300 PM CDT WEDNESDAY MAR 19...

...MISSOURI...
MARBLE HILL                        12.45
JACKSON                            12.12
CAPE GIRARDEAU AIRPORT             12.07
CLEARWATER DAM                     10.95
NELLYS 4 SE                        10.80
PATTERSON                          10.40
ZALMA 4E                           10.30
WAPPAPELLO DAM                      9.95
POPLAR BLUFF                        9.44
ROBY 3 SE                           9.00
PIEDMONT                            8.50
ELLINGTON                           8.50
FESTUS                              6.70                          
FORT LEONARD WOOD                   6.61
SPRINGFIELD                         6.59
POPLAR BLUFF                        6.50
WEST PLAINS                         6.38
HUTTON VALLEY                       6.25
ELLINGTON                           6.00  
COLUMBIA RGNL ARPT                  2.29
KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL           1.55

...ARKANSAS...
MOUNTAIN HOME                      12.10
POINT PETER                        11.10
SILVER HILL                        10.55
DEER                                9.42
MARSHALL                            8.74
SNOWBALL 6 NW                       8.53
MENA                                8.35
MOUNTAIN HOME 1 NNW                 8.35
NORFOLD DAM-WHITE WATER RVR         8.33
CALICO ROCK 2WSW                    8.16
CANEY                               8.12
CARVER                              7.92
SALEM                               7.63
PARKS 2W                            7.20
GILBERT                             7.20
BLUE MOUNTAIN DAM-WAVELAND 2SW      7.13
GRAVELLY 1 ESE                      6.97
FAYETTEVILLE 3 NE                   6.78
HARRIET                             6.78
BOONEVILLE 3 SSE                    6.72
JASPER 8S                           6.70
 
...ILLINOIS...
ANNA 3.1 NE                        11.79
CARBONDALE                          8.05
RIDGEWAY 3.8 NE                     7.94
GALATIA                             7.80
MURPHYSBORO 2 SW                    6.94
GRAND CHAIN (DAM 53)                6.89
HURST                               6.69
PLUMFIELD                           6.53
OLD SHAWNEETOWN                     6.51
FREEBURG 2.0 SE                     6.38
DIX                                 6.07
PINCKNEYVILLE 2N                    6.04
CHESTER                             5.92
ROSICLARE 5NW                       5.87
HARRISONBURG                        5.77
THOMPSONVILLE                       5.75
PRAIRIE DU ROCHER 1 WSW             5.71

...INDIANA...
DARMSTADT 4.4 SSW                   8.79
MELODY HILL 2.9 WNW                 7.98
EVANSVILLE RGNL ARPT                7.51
MOUNT VERNON                        7.36
EVANSVILLE RGNL ARPT                7.15
NEW PEKIN 3.3 NNE                   6.90
STENDAL                             6.70
OWENSVILLE                          6.34
NEWBURCH                            6.26
SAINT MEINRAD                       6.21
NEW HARMONY                         6.00
SCOTTSBURG                          6.00
OSGOOD                              5.57
FRIENDSHIP 3 ENE                    5.57
GRANDVIEW 1 N                       5.45
FORT BRANCH                         5.40
INDIANAPOLIS INTL ARPT              3.04

...KENTUCKY...
SPOTTSVILLE                         6.17
MARION                              6.12
HENDERSON CITY                      6.00
DIXON                               5.38
STURGIS 5.4 ENE                     5.34
BEDFORD 4.2 NNW                     4.15
SEBREE 1 E                          4.00
PADUCAH/BARKLEY                     3.98
FORDSVILLE                          3.69
WALTON                              3.68
UNION 7.5 W                         3.66
MITCHELL                            3.50
MONKEYS EYEBROW                     3.30
NEW PEKIN                           3.20
LOUISVILLE/BOWMAN                   2.11

...OHIO...
FERBBANK                            4.88
CHEVIOT 1 WSW                       4.77
HAMILTON ARPT                       4.09
KINGS MILL                          4.02
CINCINNATI                          3.91
MELDAHL DAM                         3.75
DAYTON GEN ARPT                     3.34
WILMINGTON WFO                      3.07
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB                2.46 
LANCASTER                           2.02
COLUMBUS                            1.42

...TENNESSEE...
HENDERSON                           3.27
FAIRVIEW 3.8 SE                     2.91
FINGER 4.1 ENE                      2.76
MONTGOMERY 6.4 ESE                  2.49
NASHVILLE 3.5 NW                    2.24

...SELECTED STORM TOTALS FOR AREAS WHERE THE EVENT HAS ENDED...

...TEXAS...
CADDO WILDLIFE                      5.95
TRINTIY DALLAS                      5.59
DALLAS EXECUTIVE FIELD              5.49
ROXTON                              4.09
JOPLIN RGNL ARPT                    4.81
DALLAS LOVE FIELD                   4.57
MCKINNEY                            4.08
GRAND PRAIRIE                       3.86
COMMERCE                            3.13
PARIS                               2.74
SAN ANGELO                          2.47     
CISCO 5.9 NNW                       2.45
FORT WORTH NWS			    2.21
DALLAS FORT WORTH                   2.13
ABILENE 8.4 S                       1.94
WICHITA FALLS 4.4 N                 1.75
 
...OKLAHOMA...
MCALESTER                           5.11
MUSKOGEE                            4.69
ROSE 4.3 SE                         3.60
SULPHUR 2.5 WSW                     3.31
TULSA                               2.69
VANOSS 4.5 E                        2.14
OKLAHOMA CITY                       1.94

...KANSAS...
WICHITA                             2.38
PARK CITY 3.0 WSW                   2.04
EL DORADO                           1.61
TOPEKA                              1.38
EMPORIA                             1.13


THE LOW PRESSURE CENTERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM OVER THE OHIO
AND TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEYS ARE  EXPECTED CONSOLIDATE AND DEEPEN
AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. 
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS MUCH OF THE OHIO VALLEY...MID ATLANTIC AND SOUTHEAST
REGIONS THIS EVENING...BEFORE ENDING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.  AN
ADDITIONAL 1 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 
SOME OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST  COULD BE SEVERE INTO
TONIGHT.  HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THIS
STORM FROM NORTHERN NEW YORK THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. 
ACCUMULATIONS OF GREATER THAN 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

ENGELMAN