STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 8 FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY HEAVY RAINFALL
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 AM CST WED MAR 09 2016

...HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INUNDATE AREAS FROM
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AHEAD OF A
DYNAMIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM... 

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES...FLOOD WARNINGS...AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS
REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL GULF COAST NORTHWARD
ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND
WESTERN KENTUCKY.

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

AT 200 AM CST...AN ANOMALOUSLY LARGE AND DEEP UPPER-LEVEL LOW
CENTERED TO THE NORTH OF PUERTO VALLARTA ON THE WEST COAST OF
MEXICO CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD.  TO THE EAST OF THIS
LOW...A BROAD STREAM OF MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR CONTINUED TO PUSH
NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. A
STATIONARY FRONT REMAINED ANCHORED ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WHERE A
LOW PRESSURE CENTER OF 1002 MB...29.60 INCHES...WAS DEVELOPING TO
THE EAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI...TEXAS.  A COLD FRONT CONTINUED TO
EXTEND DOWN FROM THE LOW ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO INTO
SOUTHERN MEXICO AND OFF INTO THE TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN.  NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO ORGANIZE ALONG AND TO THE NORTH
OF THE STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS AND INTO THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED TO SPREAD
FARTHER INLAND ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS AND CONTINUED
UP INTO THE MIDWEST.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM CST MON MAR
07 THROUGH 200 AM CST THU MAR 10...

...ARKANSAS...
SEARCY MUNI AIRPORT                  10.84                    
PINE BLUFF/GRIDER FIELD               6.73                    
STUTTGART MUNI ARPT                   6.62                    
BRADLEY 7.8 W                         6.36                    
MONTICELLO AIRPORT                    6.13                    
MCNEIL 1.4 E                          5.60                    
HAMBURG 0.8 S                         5.25                    
MARIANNA 3.1 WNW                      5.25                    
MONTICELLO ARPT                       5.04                    
WALDO 4.2 S                           4.82                    
LITTLE ROCK/ADAMS FIELD               4.73                    
EL DORADO/GOODWIN FIELD               4.71                    
CROSSETT 0.9 S                        4.63                    
TEXARKANA RGNL ARPT                   3.05                    
FORT SMITH MUNI ARPT                  2.65                    
FAYETTEVILLE/DRAKE FIELD              1.99                    

...LOUISIANA...
MONROE RGNL ARPT                     16.48                    
BARKSDALE AFB/BOSSIER CITY           15.87                    
BOSSIER CITY 7 SE                    14.40                    
MINDEN 2.0 NE                        12.16                    
NATTCHITOCHE  REGIONAL AIRPORT       11.82                    
SIMSBORO 1 WNW                       11.20                    
JAMESTOWN                            10.70                    
BIENVILLE 0.5 S                       9.62                    
SHREVEPORT RGNL ARPT                  9.53                    
HOMER 1.2 N                           9.42                    
SWARTZ                                8.89                    
MONROE 2.4 WNW                        8.46                    
BARKSDALE AFB                         5.00                    
LAKE PROVIDENCE                       4.80                    

...MISSISSIPPI...
GREENVILLE MUNI ARPT                  2.95                    

...OKLAHOMA...
ADA 0.3 NNW                           2.38                    
SULPHUR 2.5 WSW                       2.36                    
POTEAU/ROBERT S KERR AIRPORT          2.17                    

...TENNESSEE...
COLLIERVILLE 1.2 E                    5.00                    
MEMPHIS INTL ARPT                     2.52                    

...TEXAS...
LONGVIEW                              8.60                    
NESBITT 4 NW                          7.87                    
LONGVIEW/GREGG CO. ARPT               7.75                    
PARADISE 6.6 SW                       7.35                    
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                    
KRUM 2 SW                             5.66                    
BOONEVILLE                            5.36                    
GARRETT CREEK RANCH                   5.13                    
CORPUS CHRISTI INTL ARPT              4.65                    
JOPLIN                                4.41                    
MOUNT PLEASANT AIRPORT                4.39                    
CORSICANA/CAMPBELL FIELD              4.25                    
DECATUR                               3.95                    
DALLAS 7.2 SW                         2.77                    


THE LARGE AND ANOMALOUS UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER NORTHERN MEXICO IS
EXPECTED TO DRIFT VERY SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL MEXICO
TOWARD SOUTHERN TEXAS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AS A WELL-DEFINED
STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS ANCHORED ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS INTO THE
MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. A CONTINUOUS FLOW OF WARM AND MOIST
UNSTABLE AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE LIFTED ALONG THE
FRONT AND RESULT IN HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA FROM
THE WESTERN TO CENTRAL GULF COAST NORTHWARD INTO THE
MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE FOCUS OF HEAVY
RAIN TODAY IS EXPECTED TO NUDGE EASTWARD FROM LOUISIANA
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO WESTERN
KENTUCKY WHERE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS EXPECTED.  BY FRIDAY...ANOTHER SURGE OF
MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST
WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IS FORECAST. TOTAL
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING COULD EXCEED 10
INCHES IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA.  FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND
EAST...PROGRESSIVELY LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OHIO
VALLEY AND FURTHER UP INTO NEW ENGLAND.

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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