THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 17 FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY HEAVY RAINFALL
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
900 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 800 AM CST...AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHWARD
OVER TEXAS...WHILE WEAKENING...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
1012 MB...29.88 INCHES...WAS LOCATED ABOUT 120 MILES WEST OF
HOUSTON...TEXAS. A STATIONARY FRONT WAS DRAPED ALONG THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY AND INTO THE CAROLINAS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN FALLING
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA COASTS WHILE MOST OF THE MORE
INTENSE RAINS WERE LOCATED OFFSHORE. 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 WELL AS BANDS OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN MOVING THROUGH THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM CST MON MAR
07 THROUGH 800 AM CST SAT MAR 12...

...ALABAMA...
THEODORE 8.0 SSE                      5.47                    
TILLMANS CORNER 4.3 WNW               4.69                    
MOBILE 5.1 S                          4.68                    
MOBILE/BATES FIELD                    4.39                    
DAPHNE 0.4 SW                         4.28                    
FAIRHOPE 3.7 NNW                      4.22                    
MOBILE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT               4.19                    
WILMER 7.9 SE                         3.99                    
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            5.42                    
BLYTHEVILLE ARPT                      5.13                    

...FLORIDA...
GONZALEZ 2.5 NNW                      2.02                    
PENSACOLA 1.9 NE                      1.75                    
PACE 2.4 N                            1.37                    
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                    
ALEXANRIA/ESLER                       8.60                    
BATON ROUGE/RYAN MUNI AIRPORT         7.53                    
BARKSDALE AFB                         5.00                    
SLIDELL                               2.75                    
NEW ORLEANS/LAKEFRONT                 2.46                    

...MISSISSIPPI...
GREENVILLE MUNI ARPT                 11.05                    
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL                    9.42                    
SOUTHAVEN 2 SSE                       9.07                    
JAYESS 5.6 SW                         8.25                    
MCCOMB/LEWIS FIELD                    7.71                    
LELAND 3 ENE                          7.52                    
WAYNESBORO 5.4 WNW                    7.48                    
JACKSON WFO                           7.41                    
CLEVELAND                             7.08                    
EASTABUCHIE 4 NW                      6.89                    
VICKSBURG/TALLULAH ARPT               5.44                    
STARKVILLE 5.3 S                      4.10                    
COLUMBUS AFB                          4.07                    
BILOXI 13.1 NNW                       3.69                    
PASCAGOULA                            3.11                    
KEESLER AFB/BILOXI                    2.85                    

...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                    

...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                    


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 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 300 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

FANNING




Last Updated: 942 AM EST SAT MAR 12 2016