THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR CENTRAL U.S. HEAVY PRECIPITATION EVENT
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING AND
COVER A LARGE AREA FROM TEXAS...EASTERN OKLAHOMA...CENTRAL AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...INTO SOUTHWEST
AND CENTRAL OHIO...
TEN TO TWELVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY INUNDATED CAPE GIRARDEAU
MISSOURI AND SEVERAL MORE INCHES ARE LIKELY. RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE
ALREADY EXCEEDED 6 INCHES IN MANY AREAS ACROSS NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS...SOUTHERN MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INTO SOUTHERN
INDIANA...AND HAVE PROMPTED FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FROM PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND LARGE SECTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN
ARKANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE
CONTINUED IN SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD
THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS...INTO PORTIONS OF
PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK. TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR A
LARGE AREA EAST OF THE SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT ACROSS EASTERN
TEXAS...WESTERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND
WESTERN KENTUCKY. FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE MAP OF THESE
AREAS...PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
AT 9:30 PM CDT...SEVERAL CENTERS OF LOW PRESSURE ARE FOUND ALONG A
STRONG BUT SLOW-MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY
RAIN IS FOUND ALONG AND ON THE COLD SIDE OF THE BOUNDARY WHILE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND ON THE WARM SIDE.
NWS DOPPLER RADARS INDICATE SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM
EASTERN TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND WESTERN
TENNESSEE. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
COVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS...EASTERN OKLAHOMA...MUCH OF
ARKANSAS EXCEPT THE SOUTHEAST PORTION...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...INDIANA AND OHIO.
LIGHTER RAINS EXTEND EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN
PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN MARYLAND AND
DELAWARE INTO NEW JERSEY.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 12 AM CDT
MONDAY MAR 17 THROUGH 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY MAR 18...
...TEXAS...
CADDO WILDLIFE 5.95
TRINTIY DALLAS 5.59
DALLAS EXECUTIVE FIELD 5.49
ROXTON JOPLIN RGNL ARPT
4.094.81
DALLAS LOVE FIELD 4.57
MCKINNEY 4.08
GRAND PRAIRIE 3.86
COMMERCE 3.13
PARIS 2.74
SAN ANGELO 2.47
CISCO 5.9 NNW 2.45
FORT WORTH NWS 2.21
DALLAS FORT WORTH 2.13
ABILENE 8.4 S 1.94
WICHITA FALLS 4.4 N 1.75
...OKLAHOMA...
MCALESTER 5.11
MUSKOGEE 4.68
ROSE 4.3 SE 3.60
SULPHUR 2.5 WSW 3.31
TULSA 2.69
VANOSS 4.5 E 2.14
OKLAHOMA CITY 1.94
...KANSAS...
WICHITA 2.38
PARK CITY 3.0 WSW 2.04
EL DORADO 1.61
TOPEKA 1.38
EMPORIA 1.13
...MISSOURI...
CAPE GIRARDEAU 1 N 11.15
CAPE GIRARDEAU AIRPORT 10.47
JACKSON 9.63
PIEDMONT 8.50
ELLINGTON 8.50
FORT LEONARD WOOD 6.61
SPRINGFIELD 6.59
POPLAR BLUFF 6.50
WEST PLAINS 6.38
HUTTON VALLEY 6.25
ELLINGTON 6.00
MARBLE HILL 5.70
WINONA 3 SW 5.54
REPUBLIC 5.34
ROLLA VICHY 5.00
OZARK 3.2 NW 4.66
SEYMOUR 4.62
HARTVILLE 0.5 SSE 4.25
ANDERSON 4.13
JOPLIN RGNL ARPT 4.09
REYNOLDS 4.00
ST LOUIS INTL 3.33
DONIPHAN 2.85
COLUMBIA RGNL ARPT 2.07
LEES SUMMIT MUNI ARPT 1.61
KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL 1.39
...ARKANSAS...
POINT PETER 8.77
SNOWBALL 6 NW 8.53
SILVER HILL 8.43
GILBERT 7.20
MENA 7.13
HARRIET 6.78
JASPER 8S 6.70
CANEY 6.11
MURRAY 5.48
HARRISON 4.86
SILOAM SPRINGS 4.49
MOUNTAIN HOPE 4.27
FAYETTEVILLE 4.13
FLIPPIN 3.20
...ILLINOIS...
GALATIA 7.80
HARRISONBURG 5.77
THOMPSONVILLE 5.75
PINCKNEYVILLE 5.20
CLAY CITY 4 SE 5.10
MOUNT VERNON 5.10
VIENNA 5.05
FREEBURG 4.17
CHESTER 4.10
BEAN RIDGE 3.72
SCOTT AFB/BELLEVILLE 3.70
MT CARMEL 3.65
OLNEY 3.56
GLEN CARBON 3.00
ANNA 3.1 NE 2.73
SUMNER 2.59
...INDIANA...
NEW HARMONY 6.00
EVANSVILLE 5.60
FORT BRANCH 5.40
HUNTINGBURG 4.40
NEWBURGH 3.03
BLOOMINGTON 2.88
PRINCETON 2.75
BLAIRSVILLE 2.20
...KENTUCKY...
MITCHELL 3.50
MONKEYS EYEBROW 3.30
NEW PEKIN 3.20
AUSTIN 2.70
COVINGTON 2.61
HENDERSON 1.90
LOUISVILLE INTL 0.95
...OHIO...
CINCINNATI LUNKIN 2.46
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY FROM TEXAS TO MISSOURI
BEFORE ENDING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST...WHILE HEAVIEST RAINS
CONTINUE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY BEFORE ENDING BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM SOUTHERN
MISSOURI INTO PENNSYLVANIA BEFORE FINALLY ENDING...RESULTING IN
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES AND LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...LEADING TO A CONTINUE THREAT OF FLOODING INTO WEDNESDAY.
THE COMPLEX FRONTAL/LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE MORE
RAPIDLY EASTWARD AS IT APPROACHES THE EAST COAST ON WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS LOW PRESSURE CONSOLIDATES AND DEEPENS LATER
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM IN THE EAST BUT RAINFALL TOTALS WILL PALE
COMPARE TO AMOUNTS OBSERVED FARTHER WEST. BY THURSDAY
MORNING...THE COLD FRONT WILL HAVE MOVED OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN...WITH ONLY FLORIDA AND MAINE SEEING RAIN OR SHOWERS.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 0400 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ON THIS EVENT.
KOCIN
Last Updated: 1118 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008