THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR CENTRAL PLAINS HEAVY RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS WILL
RESULT IN FLASH FLOODS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...

...FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF
NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH DAKOTA...NEBRASKA AND KANSAS. 

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH-CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO...SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

TORNADO WATCHES ARE EXTENSIVE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH
DAKOTA...CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...WESTERN NEBRASKA...NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS.

AT 300 PM CDT...CENTRAL U.S. DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED SOME STRONG
CONVECTION OVER THE PLAINS STATES WITH A CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS
FROM NORTHWESTERN KANSAS INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA...CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 300 PM CDT TUESDAY...

...NEBRASKA...
 
CHAMPION 8.3 W                      8.73 
CHAMPION 5.2 WNW                    6.41 
VENANGO 8.9 SE                      6.38 
HAIGLER 25.5 NNE                    6.13 
GRANT 7.5 WSW                       5.25 
GRANT 10.2 W                        5.10 
VENANGO 0.2 WSW                     4.80 
LAMAR 3.4 S                         3.42 
LAMAR 1.7 SSW                       3.38 
ELSIE 9.7 SSE                       2.48 
IMPERIAL 0.1 SW                     2.39 

...COLORADO...

HOLYOKE 5.7 NW                      2.51 
PAOLI 4 WSW                         1.68 
HAXTUN 6.5 ESE                      1.62
KIRK 6.2 E                          1.25 

...KANSAS...

PAXICO                              4.00
WAMEGO                              2.79
FRANKFORT                           2.66
MARYSVILLE                          2.43 
CANEY 0.5 SW                        1.70 
WAMEGO 0.9 NNW                      1.58 
MANHATTAN 0.5 NE                    1.57 
COFFEYVILLE 4.2 W                   1.50 

...MISSOURI...

GREENFIELD 0.8 SSW                  4.60 
GREENFIELD 4.2 E                    4.53 
MOUNT VERNON 1.3 NNW                3.32 
EVERTON 0.2 NNW                     2.78
OAKLAND PARK 0.6 ESE                2.63
SPRING RIVER                        2.33 
BROOKLINE 2.3 NNW                   2.31 
OZARK 3.2 NW                        2.29 


A SLOW-MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WITH WEAK EMBEDDED LOW PRESSURE AREAS
EXTENDING FROM THE WESTERN DAKOTAS SOUTHWESTWARD TO KANSAS WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING A VARIETY OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING FLOODING
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THRU TOMORROW. THE NORTHERN
PORTION OF THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO
MINNESOTA BY THURSDAY MORNING WHILE THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE
FRONT OVER KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA WILL REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY...POSSIBLY ENHANCING THE THREAT OF LOCAL FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING ARE FORECAST
TO BE TWO TO FIVE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE HEAVIER
SHOWERS AND STORMS PERSIST.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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Last Updated: 451 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007