THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR CENTRAL PLAINS HEAVY RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2007

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

...IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...AS MUCH AS
14 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE SUNDAY RESULTING IN MAJOR
FLOODING...

...FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH DAKOTA...NEBRASKA...NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI...NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

...FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
COLORADO...NORTHWEST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS.

AT 400 AM CDT...CENTRAL U.S. DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED WIDESPREAD
HEAVY SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM MUCH OF NEBRASKA
NORTHWARD THROUGH EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.  ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN HAS
BEEN PERSISTING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN KANSAS AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TO THE
NORTH OF A SURFACE TROUGH. THEY HAVE BEEN MOVING GENERALLY
NORTHWARD.

...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 100 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

...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 
AKRON-WASHINGTON CO. ARPT           1.04

...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) 

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
  
MITCHELL MUNI ARPT                  1.77
CHAMBERLAIN MUNICIPAL               1.22
HURON REGIONAL ARPT                 1.21

THE FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY.
THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD OVER NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS...PROLONGING THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL AND ASSOCIATED FLOODING OVER THE SAME GENERAL REGION.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING ARE FORECAST
TO BE ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

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

KONG/ECKERT






Last Updated: 553 AM EDT WED JUN 13 2007