Storm Summary Number 4 for Mid-South to Ohio Valley Multi-day
Heavy Rain Event
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
1000 PM CDT Fri Apr 04 2025

...Additional excessive rainfall will continue to raise serious
concern of historic flash flooding across the Mid-South...

Flash Flood Warnings extend from northeast Texas into southwest
Indiana.

Flood Watches are in effect from eastern Oklahoma and northeastern
Texas through the Mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys.

Flood Warnings are in effect for much of the Ohio Valley as well
as river basins within the Flood Watch area.

For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 900 PM CDT...A weather pattern that supports repeated formation
of vigorous low pressure systems along a nearly stationary front
across the east-central U.S. continues to produce additional
rounds of excessive rainfall from the eastern portion of the
southern Plains through the Mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys.
National Weather Service radar and surface observations showed
that an area of heavy rain with embedded lines of strong to severe
thunderstorms was expanding across much of Arkansas and southeast
Missouri as the next upper-level trough arriving from the southern
Rockies began to interact with the stationary front.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Rainfall in inches from 700 AM
CDT Wed Apr 02 through 900 PM CDT Fri Apr 04...

...ARKANSAS...
BAXTER COUNTY ARPT                   6.01                    
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE 1.8 NE           5.94                    
ROLAND 4.2 WNW                       5.52                    
MARIANA NEAR LITTLE ANGUILLE RIVER   5.24                    
HOT SPRINGS 4.9 W                    5.15                    
ENGLAND 8.7 NW                       4.99                    
PINE BLUFF/GRIDER FIEL               4.66                    
BLYTHEVILLE MUNI AIRPORT             3.74                    

...ILLINOIS...
VILLA RIDGE 2.1 ESE                  4.02                    
METROPOLIS 2.9 NNE                   4.00                    
SHAWNEETOWN 3.1 WSW                  3.37                    
METROPOLIS MUNICIPAL ARPT            3.29                    

...INDIANA...
GALENA 4.3 ENE                       5.83                    
CLARKSVILLE 2.3 N                    4.70                    
MILLTOWN 5.7 SSE                     4.63                    
GREENVILLE 2.6 SSW                   4.60                    
WOLCOTTVILLE 1.1 WNW                 3.22                    
LAGRANGE 9.6 ESE                     3.19                    
LIGONIER 5.3 ENE                     3.05                    

...KENTUCKY...
LEWISBURG 0.2 E                      9.01                    
HOPKINSVILLE SOUTH FORK LITTLE RIVE  8.97                    
NOLIN RIVER LAKE                     8.78                    
GLASGOW 2.1 NE                       8.22                    
BOWLING GREEN 6.2 WSW                7.27                    
GREENVILLE 6.2 WSW                   7.22                    
LIBERTY 1.1 SE                       6.11                    
LEXINGTON BLUE GRASS ARPT            5.50                    
FORT CAMPBELL AAF                    4.72                    
EDDYVILLE 2.0 NNE                    3.59                    
CALVERT CITY 2.5 SSW                 2.85                    

...MISSISSIPPI...
OLIVE BRANCH 0.1 SSW                 5.62                    
HERNANDO 2.7 ESE                     4.98                    
TUNICA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT             4.34                    
BYHALIA 3.7 W                        4.02                    
SOUTHAVEN 4.8 SE                     3.94                    

...MISSOURI...
WEST PLAINS OBSERVATION WELL         7.19                    
CAPE GIRARDEAU                       5.56                    

...OHIO...
CINCINNATI 5.9 W                     5.85                    

...OKLAHOMA...
IDABEL 2.3 SE                        3.48                    
NORMAN 3.0 SSW                       2.56                    

...TENNESSEE...
BROWNSVILLE NEAR HATCHIE RIVER       7.80                    
JACKSON 6.1 SSE                      7.12                    
GERMANTOWN AT WOLF RIVER             7.11                    
SOMERVILLE NEAR LOOSAHATICHIE RIVER  7.04                    
MEMPHIS INTL ARPT                    6.90                    
BELLEVUE AT HARPETH RIVER            6.60                    
ORLINDA NEAR RED RIVER               5.34                    
CLARKSVILLE/OUTLAW ARPT              5.25                    
HENDERSON 7.5 ENE                    4.26                    

...TEXAS...
HAWKINS NEAR SABINE RIVER            4.26                    
DEKALB                               4.09                    


As additional upper-level impulses move off the southern Rockies
and interact with the stationary front across the southern Plains,
waves of low pressure will repeatedly form over the same general
area, resulting in additional excessive rainfall across the
east-central U.S.  Widespread rainfall totals exceeding 5 inches,
with some locations seeing 10-15 inches, will lead to serious
concern of catastrophic, life-threatening flash flooding in these
areas, especially across the Mid-South. In addition, widespread
significant to potentially catastrophic river flooding is
anticipated through the weekend in the Ozarks, Middle Mississippi
Valley, and Ohio Valley.

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.

Asherman