STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 11 FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS HEAVY RAINFALL
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 PM CDT SAT OCT 24 2015

...A MULTI-DAY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOOD EVENT CONTINUES
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY... 

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND FLOOD ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTH TEXAS AS WELL AS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 900 PM CDT...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1004
MB...29.65 INCHES...WAS LOCATED JUST OFFSHORE FROM CORPUS
CHRISTI...TEXAS. A COLD FRONT FROM THE LOW WAS OFF THE DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS COAST AND MOVING SOUTH OF THE U.S./MEXICAN BORDER. DEEP
TROPICAL MOISTURE WAS STREAMING INTO THE REGION FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO. THIS MOISTURE...ALONG WITH A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS
ACROSS SOUTH AND EAST TEXAS...WAS FOSTERING AN ENVIRONMENT
CONDUCIVE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING PRIMARILY SOUTHEAST TEXAS IN ADDITION
TO THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. MOST OF LOUISIANA WAS REPORTING LIGHT
TO MODERATE SHOWERS. THIS RAIN WAS FOCUSED MAINLY NEAR THE SURFACE
LOW IN THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WHICH WAS MOVING NORTHEAST. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CDT WED OCT
21 THROUGH 900 PM CDT SAT OCT 24...

...ARKANSAS...
WALDO 4.2 S                           6.18                    
CAMDEN 6.3 N                          4.55                    
HOPE 0.9 SSW                          4.42                    
TEXARKANA 2.1 N                       4.18                    
HOPE 12.2 S                           3.62                    
FOUKE 5.3 ENE                         3.14                    

...LOUISIANA...
BATON ROUGE/RYAN MUNI ARPT            1.91                    
ENGLAND AFB/ALEXANDRIA                1.65                    
BARKSDALE AFB/BOSSIER CITY            1.46                    

...TEXAS...
POWELL 1.0 SW                        20.15                    
COOLIDGE 5 N                         20.00                    
CORSICANA 4.3 WSW                    18.95                    
GRAPEVINE                            18.67                    
CAYUGA                               18.30                    
CORSICANA/CAMPBELL FIELD             16.32                    
KERENS 3 NW                          16.11                    
MALONE                               15.79                    
SOUTHLAKE 2 W                        15.52                    
RICHLAND CHAMBERS RESERVOIR          15.50                    
BRANDON                              14.02                    
CEDAR CREEK RESERVOIR                13.17                    
RICHLAND CREEK NEAR MERTENS          12.28                    
MIDDLE SULPHUR R                     11.67                    
WACO 1.4 S                           11.39                    
TRINITY RIVER AT TRINIDAD            11.21                    
CADDO MILLS 4 ESE                    10.86                    
ANDERSON MILL 2 SSE                  10.29                    
GLEN ROSE 4 WNW                      10.26                    
MAYPEARL                             10.25                    
VAN 1.3 W                            10.06                    
ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT           8.69                    
DALLAS/LOVE FIELD                     8.06                    
DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTL ARPT           7.55                    
CANYON LAKE DAM 2 E                   6.98                    
AUSTIN 10.7 N                         6.66                    
FORT WORTH NAS                        6.50                    
SAN ANTONIO 3 SSE                     5.64                    
HOUSTON 1 NE                          3.31                    
LUBBOCK 6 SW                          3.23                    
MIDLAND/ODESSA WFO                    2.46                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...COLORADO...
TYRONE 6 SE                           2.51                    
TRINIDAD 2 ENE                        2.29                    
THATCHER 7 SSE                        2.22                    
STONINGTON 9 SE                       2.13                    
TIMPAS 13 S                           1.82                    
TWO BUTTES 12 NE                      1.70                    
HOEHNE 3 ESE                          1.53                    
CAMPO 4 SW                            1.45                    
THATCHER 11 SSE                       1.23                    
RYE 2 W                               1.14                    
COLORADO CITY 7 E                     1.08                    
SWISSVALE 3 SW                        1.05                    
WESTON 6 ESE                          1.04                    

...KANSAS...
GARDEN CITY REG ARPT                  2.28                    
DODGE CITY WFO                        1.92                    
LIBERAL MUNI ARPT                     1.78                    

...NEW MEXICO...
ARTESIA 4 NNE                         2.84                    
PORTALES 1 SW                         2.75                    
GASCON 1 WNW                          2.62                    
CLOVIS 3 ENE                          2.35                    
ROSWELL 4 WNW                         2.25                    
SEDILLO 2 WNW                         1.78                    
GILA 3 NE                             1.72                    
CHAMA                                 1.65                    
MAYHILL 1 NNE                         1.60                    
ALBUQUERQUE 6 E                       1.38                    
CLIFF 6 NE                            1.34                    

...OKLAHOMA...
COLEMAN 4.6 WNW                       4.86                    
COLBERT 2.2 SSW                       4.80                    
PENNINGTON CREEK NEAR REAGAN          4.47                    
MARIETTA 2.8 SW                       4.42                    
MCGEE CREEK RESERVOIR NEAR FARRIS     3.63                    
BLUE RIVER                            3.48                    
GUYMON MUNI ARPT                      3.27                    
FORGAN 10 NW                          2.80                    
LITTLE BEAVER CREEK NEAR DUNCAN       2.29                    
MCALESTER REGIONAL ARPT               2.21                    
JIMMY CREEK NEAR MEERS                2.19                    
FOURCHE MALINE NEAR RED OAK           2.09                    


AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. AND NORTHWEST MEXICO
WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT DEEP MOISTURE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.
THIS WILL PROLONG FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND
FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL FOCUS ACROSS THE UPPER TEXAS COAST AND SOUTHEAST
TEXAS...WITH AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS. BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THE HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE
EASTWARD INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND CENTRAL GULF COAST.
AS MUCH AS 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE REGIONS. WITH ALL THE
HEAVY RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MAJOR THREAT
ACROSS MUCH OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH SUNDAY AND MOVING
INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND DEEP SOUTH LATER ON SUNDAY
AND MONDAY. 

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

FANNING