The Weather Prediction Center
College Park, MD
Storm Summary Message
Storm Summary Number 12 for Southwest to Ohio Valley Heavy Rain
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
400 AM CDT Mon Sep 24 2018
...Heavy rainfall continues in the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys...
Flood warnings, flash flood watches, as well as flood advisories
are in effect for central Tennessee and the southern half of the
Ohio Valley.
For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov
At 300 AM CDT...A slow-moving low pressure system continues to
feed tropical moisture northward from the Gulf of Mexico into
eastern Louisiana, as well as the Lower Mississippi, Tennessee and
Ohio Valleys. At the surface, the low pressure system with a
central pressure of 1011 mb, or 29.86 inches of mercury, was
centered in northeastern Texas about 40 miles northwest of
Shreveport, Louisiana. From this low, a stationary front
stretched southward along the Texas-Louisiana border, while
another stationary front extended eastward across the Tennessee
Valley and into the Mid-Atlantic. National Weather Service radars
and surface observations indicated areas of light to moderate rain
with embedded heavy rain continued to spread northeastward across
the Lower Mississippi Valley, Tennessee and Ohio Valleys along and
to the north of the stationary front. Meanwhile, bands of showers
and thunderstorms were also affecting eastern Louisiana along the
other stationary front.
...Selected preliminary Storm Total Rainfall in inches from 700 AM
CDT Wed Sep 19 through 300 AM CDT Mon Sep 24...
...ARKANSAS...
AUSTIN 2.5 SSE 7.65
SEARCY MUNI AIRPORT 7.19
BEN LOMOND 1 WNW 6.73
DANVILLE 2.5 NNE 6.68
FORT SMITH RGNL ARPT 5.71
RUSSELLVILLE 5.18
ARKADELPHIA 4.95
SCRANTON 5.4 ENE 4.45
MOUNT IDA 4.06
EUREKA SPRINGS 4.0 NNW 4.01
PINE BLUFF/GRIDER FIELD 3.95
CABOT 3.15
LITTLE ROCK 15.1 W2.91 2.91
SHERIDAN 1.2 S 2.30
...KENTUCKY...
WHITLEY CITY 3 N 3.22
RADCLIFF 1.2 SSE 3.03
LOUISVILLE 2.99
SCOTTSVILLE 9.2 ESE 2.83
JACKSON/CARROLL ARPT 2.50
LEXINGTON/BLUEGRASS ARPT 2.48
...LOUISIANA...
SHREVEPORT RGNL ARPT 4.38
BIENVILLE 3 NE 3.50
VIVIAN 1.5 N 3.47
IOWA 9.7 NNW 3.42
BOSSIER CITY 2.4 WNW 3.28
LAKE CHARLES RGNL ARPT 2.90
...MISSISSIPPI...
PHILADELPHIA 9.6 W 3.00
...MISSOURI...
HOLLISTER 3.8 SW 3.93
KENNETT MEM ARPT 2.64
...TENNESSEE...
MT PLEASANT 6.43
CENTERVILLE 7 ENE 6.32
LEWISBURG 8 WNW 6.12
JACKSON 5.6 NE 5.35
LAWRENCEBURG 5.2 SW 5.32
COLUMBIA 1.2 SSW 5.25
HUNTINGDON CARROLL COUNTY ARPT 5.15
HOHENWALD 2.2 SE 5.09
COLUMBIA 5.02
MURFREESBORO MUNI ARPT 4.53
BOLIVAR 4.35
SELMER 4.34
NASHVILLE INTL ARPT 2.89
STANTON 8.8 E 2.65
...VIRGINIA...
DANVILLE 4.9 NNE 6.98
STEWARTSVILLE 6.12
POAGES MILL 1 N 5.78
ROCKY MOUNT 1 NW 5.64
CAVE SPRING 2.4 SSW 5.62
WIRTZ 2 SSE 5.54
BEDFORD 0.5 ENE 5.51
CHAMBLISSBURG 2 WSW 5.32
GOODVIEW 1.7 NNE 5.32
BOONES MILL 5.5 E 5.24
SALEM CITY 1 E 5.16
CHILDRESS 4 E 4.60
ROANOKE 5.5 SW 4.48
BIG ISLAND 2.5 WNW 4.19
UNION HALL 2.9 E 3.92
CLARKSVILLE 3.12
ROANOKE RGNL ARPT 2.36
VIRGINIA TECH ARPT 2.15
...WEST VIRGINIA...
ALVON 3 WNW 2.76
HUNTINGTON/TRI-STATE ARPT 2.09
UNION 2.08
...Selected preliminary Storm Total Rainfall in inches where the
event has ended...
...ARIZONA...
GREEN VALLEY 3.7 NE 3.90
AMADO 1.65 N 3.40
SAHUARITA 3.5 SW 3.35
ALTAR WASH AT SR 286 3.31
CIENEGA CREEK AT I-1 2.91
ORO VALLEY 5.8 N 2.32
VAIL 8.6 SSE 2.29
BENDER SPRINGS 2.05
...NEW MEXICO...
SUNSPOT 0.2 SSW 3.09
TULAROSA 1.0 E 2.86
SIERRA BLANCA 2.80
LORDSBURG 10.1 WNW (ADOBE) 2.75
CLOUDCROFT 1.8 SW 2.74
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES MUNI ARPT 2.52
RUIDOSO 2.9 SW 2.30
LAS CRUCES 5.8 WNW 2.13
ALBUQUERQUE 8 ESE 1.40
...OKLAHOMA...
FITTSTOWN 15.78
STONEWALL 6 S 15.50
ADA 4.1 S 13.62
CENTRAHOMA 12.40
TALIHINA 10.25
TISHOMINGO 9.24
MCALESTER 7.67
SULPHUR 7.58
KREBS 0.3 WNW 7.08
MCALESTER REGIONAL ARPT 7.01
WISTER 6.80
RINGLING 6.53
BROKEN ARROW 4 W 6.38
DUNCAN/HALLIBURTON FIELD ARPT 6.12
WAURIKA 6.03
CHANDLER 5.51
WICHITA 5.48
OKLAHOMA CITY-WILEY POST ARPT 3.69
TULSA-JONES JR ARPT 3.43
...TEXAS...
BONHAM 4 NE 18.18
RAVENNA 1.7 SE 15.59
DODD CITY 3 NNW 14.50
PRINCETON 2.0 SSE 12.05
MCKINNEY 7.3 NE 11.94
BLUE RIDGE 5.1 ESE 11.70
VAN ALSTYNE 6.2 ENE 11.43
PROSPER 1.0 ENE 10.85
TRENTON 1.2 ENE 10.61
HUTTO 0.8 WNW 10.25
SHADY SHORES 3.9 N 10.23
PLANO 3.9 NNW 10.13
MESQUITE 3.7 N 9.85
MCKINNEY MUNI ARPT 8.98
CEDAR HILL 8.95
CELESTE 8.86
WILSON CREEK MCKINNEY 8.71
DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTL ARPT 8.26
HUTTO 3 S 7.08
PARIS-COX FIELD 6.33
BOERNE 3.4 N 6.05
GAINESVILLE 5.97
ELDORADO 2 E 5.39
HENRIETTA 0.7 WSW 5.26
MIDLOTHIAN/WAXAHACHIE 5.07
The low pressure system is forecast to remain nearly stationary
over northeastern Texas today as it slowly weakens. Meanwhile, the
focus of heavy rainfall is expected to continue across the
Tennessee and Ohio Valleys for the next 2-3 days along and north
of the stationary front. Rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches are
expected across the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys through Wednesday.
The next storm summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
Center at 1000 AM CDT. Please refer to your local National Weather
Service office for additional information on this event.
Snell
Last Updated: 454 AM EDT MON SEP 24 2018