STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT ACROSS THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI/TENNESSEE/OHIO VALLEYS
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 PM CDT SAT MAY 01 2010
 
...ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNDERWAY ACROSS THE
ARKLATEX...
 
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF MISSISSIPPI/ALABAMA NORTHWARD INTO MUCH OF THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY. IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS REGION...FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD
WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 1000 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS
DEPICTED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
PUSHING INTO THE EASTERN OHIO AND TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEYS. 
MEANWHILE...FARTHER TO THE WEST...CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY ACROSS
THE ARKLATEX.  THE MOTION OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CDT FRI APR
30 THROUGH 1000 PM CDT SAT MAY 01...

...ARKANSAS...
WEST MEMPHIS MUNI ARPT                6.49                     
LITTLE ROCK 5.4 ENE                   4.67                     
AUSTIN 2.5 SSE                        4.52                     
SEARCY 4.1 SE                         3.69                     
LANDMARK 2.1 SW                       3.50                     
SHERWOOD 1.8 NNW                      3.47                     
MARIANNA 3.1 WNW                      3.07                     
TRUMANN 1.2 WNW                       2.78                     
LOCKESBURG 9.6 NNE                    2.75                     
BALD KNOB 4.2 N                       2.53                     
BLYTHEVILLE 1.9 ENE                   2.49                     
RUSSELLVILLE 7.3 ENE                  2.27                     
LONOKE 1.2 SSW                        2.10                     
JONESBORO MUNI ARPT                   2.02                     

...ILLINOIS...
MARION 1.9 W                          2.47                     

...INDIANA...
HOLLAND 6.3 NW                        2.21                     
HUNTINGBURG 6.2 WSW                   2.10                     
NEWBURGH 2.4 NNW                      2.04                     
CHANDLER 1.1 S                        2.02                     

...KENTUCKY...
FORT CAMPBELL AAF                     3.76                     
GREENSBURG 3.5 W                      2.95                     
BOWLING GREEN-WARREN CO. ARPT         2.91                     
HENDERSON 0.4 SSW                     2.17                     
STURGIS 5.4 ENE                       2.14                     

...MISSOURI...
DORA 2.6 NNW                          2.08                     

...MISSISSIPPI...
VAIDEN 4.8 WNW                        3.13                     
STEWART 2.4 NE                        2.62                     
JACKSON 1.1 NE                        2.53                     
SHELL KNOB 4.2 SE                     2.50                     
SARDIS 9.5 W                          2.00                     

...TENNESSEE...
WAVERLY                              13.34                     
JACKSON 4 NE                         13.30                     
MEDINA 3 SE                          12.88                     
MUNFORD                              11.60                     
BROWNSVILLE 1.0 SE                   11.40                     
BELLS 2.5 NE                         11.00                     
CLARKSBURG 6 E                       10.64                     
ATOKA 3.2 ESE                         9.46                     
SMYRNA AIRPORT                        7.69                     
PARSONS 1 W                           7.48                     
BARTLETT 3.6 N                        7.20                     
RIPLEY 2.8 SE                         6.75                     
NASHVILLE METRO ARPT                  6.14                     
NEW JOHNSONVILLE 1.0 SSE              4.76                     
CAMDEN 4.5 NE                         4.43                     
GADSDEN 4.9 SSE                       4.20                     
CLARKSVILLE/OUTLAW FIELD              3.68                     
DYERSBURG MUNI ARPT                   3.51                     
MEMPHIS INTL ARPT                     3.51                     
HURRICANE MILLS 1.5 W                 3.23                     


THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY ACROSS EAST
TEXAS AND UP THROUGH THE OZARKS AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AHEAD
OF THE SYSTEM...GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE STEERED UP INTO
THE TENNESSEE/OHIO VALLEYS WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY FUEL MORE HEAVY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THROUGH SUNDAY MID DAY...RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE COMMONPLACE ACROSS THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES IN
THE OHIO VALLEY. IT IS EXPECTED THAT STORM TOTALS WILL CONTINUE TO
REACH 10 TO 15 INCHES OVER LOCALIZED AREAS IN THE INTERIOR LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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