THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 6 FOR CENTRAL U.S. HEAVY PRECIPITATION EVENT
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2008
...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLOODS ACROSS
THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS...
TEN TO TWELVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY INUNDATED CAPE GIRARDEAU
MISSOURI WITH MORE RAIN EXPECTED THIS MORNING. RAINFALL TOTALS
HAVE ALREADY EXCEEDED 6 INCHES IN MANY AREAS ACROSS
ARKANSAS...SOUTHERN MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INTO SOUTHERN
INDIANA. NUMEROUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS THE
REGION.
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM
NORTHEAST TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI AND
OHIO VALLEYS...INTO PORTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK. TORNADO
WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI...NORTHERN AND
EASTERN LOUISIANA...AND SMALL PORTIONS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE AND
KENTUCKY. FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE MAP OF THESE AREAS...PLEASE
VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
AT 4 AM CDT...SEVERAL CENTERS OF LOW PRESSURE ARE FOUND ALONG A
VIGOROUS SLOW-MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM LOUISIANA
THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS AND ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA
AND MARYLAND. NWS DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED A
LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS RIDING NORTHEASTWARD
ALONG THE BOUNDARY WHILE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A COUPLE OF LINES
OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF STATES.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 12 AM CDT
MONDAY MAR 17 THROUGH 300 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MAR 19...
...TEXAS...
CADDO WILDLIFE 5.95
TRINTIY DALLAS 5.59
DALLAS EXECUTIVE FIELD 5.49
ROXTON 4.09
JOPLIN RGNL ARPT 4.81
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 4.69
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 11.45
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...
EVANSVILLE RGNL ARPT 6.38
NEW HARMONY 6.00
FORT BRANCH 5.40
HUNTINGBURG 4.40
NEWBURGH 3.03
BLOOMINGTON 2.88
PRINCETON 2.75
BLAIRSVILLE 2.20
...KENTUCKY...
HENDERSON CITY 5.22
MITCHELL 3.50
MONKEYS EYEBROW 3.30
NEW PEKIN 3.20
PADUCAH/BARKLEY 3.18
AUSTIN 2.70
COVINGTON 2.61
LOUISVILLE INTL 0.95
...OHIO...
CINCINNATI LUNKIN 2.46
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FROM TEXAS TO MISSOURI BEFORE ENDING
FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY BEFORE ENDING BY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
IN THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
THE COMPLEX FRONTAL/LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE MORE
RAPIDLY EASTWARD AS IT APPROACHES THE EAST COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
AS LOW PRESSURE CONSOLIDATES AND DEEPENS LATER WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE U.S. WHERE
RAINFALL TOTALS OF GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED. 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 1000 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.
KONG/ECKERT
Last Updated: 501 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008