STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR CENTRAL U.S. STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1100 PM EDT SAT SEP 23 2006

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST IS
FUELING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS THROUGHOUT THE LOWER
AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
THAT IS CURRENTLY ORIENTED FROM EASTERN TEXAS NORTHWARD INTO
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ALSO EXTENDS ACROSS
EASTERN
KENTUCKY...TENNESSEE...MISSISSIPPI...LOUISIANA...ARKANSAS...AND
TEXAS. 

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...CENTRAL TENNESSEE...SOUTHEASTERN
INDIANA...SOUTHERN OHIO...WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND PARTS OF
KENTUCKY. 

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN TEXAS...AND SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS...SOUTHEASTERN
MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN INDIANA...EASTERN
TENNESSEE...AND PORTIONS OF KENTUCKY. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 10 PM
EDT SATURDAY...

...MISSOURI...

QULIN                           10.20
MYRTLE                          10.16
MALDEN                           8.16
BERNIE  			 7.70
POPLAR BLUFF                     5.85 
FISK                             5.34 
THAYER                           4.40
GAINESVILLE                      2.90 
ANNAPOLIS                        2.86
ALLEY SPRING                     2.85 
CAPE GIRARDEAU                   2.50
WEST PLAINS                      2.45
HOLLISTER                        2.36 
CARUTHERSVILLE                   2.28 
CEDAR HILL                       2.25 
FARMINGTON ARPT                  1.84 

...ARKANSAS...

FLIPPIN				12.38
ST. FRANCIS                      9.27 
CORNING                          7.52
RAVENDEN SPRINGS                 6.46 
SALEM                            5.10
MAMMOTH SPRING 			 4.40
SILVER HILL                      4.15 
POCAHONTAS			 4.01
CALICO ROCK                      3.55 
ST. JOE                          3.24
RUSSELLVILLE			 2.71 
BAXTER CO ARPT                   2.59 
HARRISON                         2.14 
FAYETTEVILLE                     2.06 
NORTHEAST AK ARPT                1.35 

...ILLINOIS...

SHAWNEETOWN                      2.99 
ST. CHARLES                      2.29 
CARBONDALE                       2.19
BARTLETT                         2.17 
VALLEY VIEW                      1.94 
SCOTT AFB                        1.16 

...KENTUCKY...

CADIZ                            7.82 
BOSTON                           7.34
LOUISVILLE                       6.95
FARMERS                          6.48 
LEXINGTON                        6.46 
BLUEGRASS ARPT                   6.16
HENDERSON CITY			 6.04
CADENTOWN                        5.69 
PROSPECT                         5.66
FRANKFORT SP                     5.50
MONTROSE                         5.49
MOUNT STERLING			 5.30 
PADUCAH                          5.25 
GLENNSBORO                       5.20
MCALPINE LOCK                    5.00
LOUISVILLE ARPT                  4.81

...TENNESSEE...

SAMBURG 			 3.75
UNION CITY                       3.66
NASHVILLE METRO			 2.91
KNOXVILLE MUNICIPAL		 2.33
CLARKSVILLE                      2.20 


...INDIANA...

LEAVENWORTH                      6.58
GRANDVIEW			 5.81
CORYDON                          5.40
LEXINGTON                        4.87
EVANSVILLE                       4.45 
TELL CITY                        4.40
ELIZABETH                        3.86 

...OHIO...

ABERDEEN			 3.55
CINCINNATI                       2.79
SHARONVILLE                      1.56 
AIRBORNE ARPT                    1.53
NEWBURGH DAM                     1.48 
COLUMBUS                         1.33 
DAYTON                           1.07 

...WEST VIRGINIA...

HUNTINGTON                       2.52
DUNLOW				 2.20
CHARLESTON                       1.42 


THIS STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ON SUNDAY.
AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY WILL SEE
DIMINISHING AMOUNTS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
TEXAS...THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AND TENNESSEE VALLEY.
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEORLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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