STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR CENTRAL U.S. HEAVY PRECIPITATION EVENT
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 PM CDT WED MAR 17 2008        

...HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED FROM NORTH TEXAS...NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE
LOWER OHIO VALLEY OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS...

FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE FROM NORTHEAST
TEXAS...EASTERN OKLAHOMA...NORTHERN ARKANSAS...SOUTHERN MISSOURI
AND ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY BY WEDNESDAY
EVENING.  FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE WIDESPREAD AND EXTEND
FROM CENTRAL TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE LOWER MIDWEST WITH FLASH
FLOOD WARNINGS ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. TORNADO
WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN
TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS...WHILE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND
SOUTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE MAP OF THESE
AREAS...PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 10 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS DEPICT
AREAS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST
TEXAS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.  ANOTHER AREA
OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.  ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...COVERED PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS. 
A GENERAL AREA OF SHOWERS AND SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSHOWERS
EXTENDED FROM MISSOURI NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTH-CENTRAL ILLINOIS
INTO NORTHERN INDIANA...BECOMING SOME LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST OHIO.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 12 AM CDT
MONDAY MAR 17 THROUGH 900 PM CDT MONDAY MAR 17...

...TEXAS...
MEDINA 2W		            1.60

...OKLAHOMA...
CLINTON				    1.80
HOBART				    1.64

...KANSAS...
WICHITA				    2.38

...MISSOURI...
KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL	    1.34
COLUMBIA			    1.14

...ILLINOIS...
QUINCY				    1.06

THE UPCOMING HEAVY RAIN EVENT WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A
SLOW-MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND OHIO
VALLEY...WITH SEVERAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS FORMING AND MOVING
ALONG THE BOUNDARY...IN COMBINATION WITH A FLOW OF WARM...HUMID
AIR MOVING NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. WHILE RAIN HAS ALREADY
FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE OHIO
VALLEY...HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THIS AREA
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY IN SOME AREAS BEFORE MOVING TO THE ATLANTIC COAST LATER
WEDNESDAY AND EARLY THURSDAY. 

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.

KOCIN