THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR CENTRAL PLAINS HEAVY RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...RIVER AND FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES AHEAD OF SLOW-MOVING COLD
FRONT IN THE PLAINS STATES INCLUDING THE RED RIVER IN NORTH
DAKOTA.  MORE THAN 7 INCHES OF RAIN ESTIMATED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH
DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON...

...IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...AS MUCH AS
14 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 DAYS RESULTING IN MAJOR
FLOODING...

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

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

AT 1000 PM CDT...CENTRAL U.S. DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA AND SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. 
RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN
MISSOURI BUT HEAVY RAINS AND CONVECTION CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS
MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WAVE OF LOW
PRESSURE.  

...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY...

...NEBRASKA...
 
CHAMPION 8.3 W                      8.73
VENANGO 3.5 S                       8.20 
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
MILLER                              2.52
NEOSHO 3S                           2.51
SPRING RIVER                        2.33 
BROOKLINE 2.3 NNW                   2.31 
OZARK 3.2 NW                        2.29

...NORTH DAKOTA...

DRISCOLL 2 NE                       4.50
DRISCOLL 7S                         2.50 (IN 30 MINS)
GARRISON                            2.38
BEULAH                              1.90 (IN 35 MINS)
ZAP                                 1.80 (IN 20 MINS) 


A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PLAINS WHILE THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FRONT REMAINS
NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO.  THIS SYSTEM WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING FLOODING AND SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
REGION THRU TOMORROW. A LOW PRESSURE CENTER NEAR THE NORTH
DAKOTA/CANADIAN BORDER WILL MOVE NORTHWARD DRAGGING THE COLD FRONT
SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS INTO MINNESOTA BY THURSDAY
MORNING. 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 400 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

KOCIN






Last Updated: 1106 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007