THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 16 FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY HEAVY RAINFALL
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2016
...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS PARTS OF THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST...
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES AND INTO THE WESTERN
TENNESSEE VALLEY.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 200 AM CST...AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHWARD
THROUGH TEXAS WHICH WAS ALLOWING FOR WARM AND UNSTABLE GULF OF
MEXICO MOISTURE TO STREAM INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. AT THE SURFACE...AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1013 MB...29.91
INCHES...WAS LOCATED ABOUT 70 MILES WEST OF HOUSTON...TEXAS. AN
OCCLUSION EXTENDED FROM THIS LOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH A
STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO
THE SOUTHEAST AND A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY THROUGH
LOUISIANA AND THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN STILL FALLING ALONG THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA
COASTS WHILE MOST OF THE MORE INTENSE RAINS WERE LOCATED OFFSHORE
ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. FARTHER INLAND AND TO THE NORTH
OF THE SURFACE LOW AND STATIONARY FRONT...SCATTERED AND LIGHT
SHOWERS WERE REPORTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AS A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS
MOVING INTO PARTS OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM CST MON MAR
07 THROUGH 200 AM CST SAT MAR 12...
...ALABAMA...
MOBILE/BATES FIELD 4.39
MOBILE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT 4.16
GRAND BAY 2.98
TUSCALOOSA MUNI AIRPORT 1.59
...ARKANSAS...
HAMBURG S 13.50
EUDORA S 12.80
CROSSETT 2 SE 12.30
DERMOTT 4 NE 10.90
SEARCY MUNI AIRPORT 10.86
MONTICELLO AIRPORT 8.74
PINE BLUFF/GRIDER FIELD 8.28
STUTTGART MUNI ARPT 7.66
BRADLEY 7.8 W 6.36
MARVELL 4.1 W 5.72
MARIANNA 3.1 WNW 5.65
MCNEIL 1.4 E 5.60
LITTLE ROCK/ADAMS FIELD 5.46
TEXARKANA REGIONAL AIRPORT 5.33
BLYTHEVILLE ARPT 5.13
...FLORIDA...
PENSACOLA RGNL ARPT 1.46
MILTON/WHITING FIELD NAS 1.00
...LOUISIANA...
MONROE 2 NNW 20.90
SWARTZ 19.00
BARKSDALE AFB/BOSSIER CITY 18.11
MOUNT HERMAN 16.00
RAYVILLE 2 NNE 14.90
BOSSIER CITY 7 SE 14.40
PONCHATOULA 13.30
NATCHITOCHES REGIONAL AIRPORT 12.23
MINDEN 2.0 NE 12.16
SIMSBORO 1 WNW 11.20
JAMESTOWN 10.70
SHREVEPORT RGNL AIRPORT 10.41
BIENVILLE 0.5 S 9.62
HOMER 1.2 N 9.42
PLEASANT HILL 10.2 SE 9.41
DELTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE 9.25
ALEXANRIA/ESLER 8.60
BATON ROUGE/RYAN MUNI AIRPORT 7.44
BARKSDALE AFB 5.00
SLIDELL 2.75
NEW ORLEANS/LAKEFRONT 2.46
...MISSISSIPPI...
GREENVILLE MUNI ARPT 11.05
HATTIESBURG 8 WSW 9.35
SOUTHAVEN 2 SSE 9.07
JAYESS 5.6 SW 8.25
LELAND 3 ENE 7.52
WAYNESBORO 5.4 WNW 7.48
JACKSON WFO 7.36
CLEVELAND 7.08
EASTABUCHIE 4 NW 6.89
CLARKESDALE 2.9 W 6.86
ELLISVILLE 5 NNE 6.77
TAYLORSVILLE 6 E 6.50
TERRY 5.7 NW 6.45
MCCOMB/LEWIS FIELD 6.29
VICKSBURG/TALLULAH ARPT 5.44
NATCHEZ/HARDY 4.70
STARKVILLE 5.3 S 4.10
COLUMBUS AFB 4.07
PASCAGOULA 2.72
...OKLAHOMA...
POTEAU/ROBERT S KERR ARPT 2.54
ADA 0.3 NNW 2.38
SULPHUR 2.5 WSW 2.36
MCALESTER REGIONAL ARPT 1.70
TULSA INTL ARPT 1.47
...TENNESSEE...
MEMPHIS INTL ARPT 8.33
CORDOVA 8.06
WILLISTON 1 E 7.64
JACKSON/MCKELLAR 6.58
UNION CITY 6.40
JACKSON 3.6 S 5.46
COLLIERVILLE 1.2 E 5.00
GADSDEN 4.9 SSE 4.24
ATWOOD 0.8 WSW 3.97
STANTON 8.8 E 3.90
BARTLETT 0.9 NE 3.86
SOMERVILLE 1.7 N 3.85
ATOKA 3.2 ESE 3.57
BRUCETON 3.00
DYERSBURG MUNI ARPT 2.73
...TEXAS...
LONGVIEW 11.60
TOLEDO BEND DAM 9.79
KIRBYVILLE 1.5 SE 9.01
NESBITT 4 NW 7.87
MAGNOLIA 2.8 S 7.68
PARADISE 6.6 SW 7.35
ZAVALLA 8.4 W 7.18
MINERAL WELLS 7.03
PINELAND 5 E 6.70
MARSHALL 9.7 SE 6.43
MURCHINSON 4 S 6.34
BIG SANDY 6.24
MINERAL WELLS 1 SSW 6.03
BEN WHEELER 3.9 ESE 6.00
DECATUR 4 W 5.81
GALVESTON 6.4 NE 5.09
CORPUS CHRISTI INTL ARPT 4.75
ARLINGTON MUNI ARPT 2.27
DALLAS/LOVE FIELD 2.27
SAN ANTONIO INTL ARPT 2.27
BROWNSVILLE INTL ARPT 2.18
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...ILLINOIS...
CAIRO 2.19
...INDIANA...
EVANSVILLE 6 W 1.20
...KENTUCKY...
MURRAY 4.47
GRACEY 4.20
BENTON 3.25
GOLDEN POND 2.73
PADUCAH/BARKLEY 2.63
PROVIDENCE 2.15
CANTON 2.03
SEDALIA 2.00
OWENSBORO/DAVIESS CO. ARPT 1.98
HENDERSON CITY 1.95
FORT CAMPBELL AAF 1.70
LEWISPORT 2.8 E 1.68
CORYDON 4.3 NE 1.59
RAINFALL ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION WILL CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW DRIFTS SLOWLY NORTHWARD OVER
TEXAS. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...MAY
STILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST AND INTO THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BEFORE MOISTURE INFLOW BEGINS TO WEAKEN BY
SATURDAY EVENING. GIVEN THE ALREADY VERY WATER-LOGGED SOILS FROM
SEVERAL DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN...FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN A VIABLE
THREAT. RAIN WILL ALSO SPREAD INTO PARTS OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY...OHIO VALLEY...AND MID-ATLANTIC WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 900 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
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Last Updated: 352 AM EST SAT MAR 12 2016