THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 7 FOR CENTRAL PLAINS HEAVY RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2007

...RIVER AND FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES AHEAD OF SLOW-MOVING COLD
FRONT IN THE PLAINS STATES...

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...A SMALL AREA OF NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO...CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...CENTRAL NEBRASKA...CENTRAL KANSAS AND
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.

AT 400 PM CDT...CENTRAL U.S. DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS
SOUTHWARD THOUGH THE PLAINS STATES INTO OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF
TEXAS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS HAVE REACHED SEVERE LIMITS AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN KANSAS...WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLES OF
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. 

...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES FROM 700 AM MONDAY TO 300 PM
CDT WEDNESDAY...

...NORTH DAKOTA...

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

...SOUTH DAKOTA...

ONIDA 20.7 W                        4.80 
FORESTBURG                          3.63 
MITCHELL 5.8 S                      2.72 
MITCHELL                            2.66
BONESTEEL 2.4 N                     2.28 
DIMOCK 10.2 W                       2.18 
CHAMBERLAIN                         2.10
WINNER AIRPORT                      1.97 
HURON REGIONAL ARPT                 1.21

...NEBRASKA...
 
VENANGO 8.9 SE                     10.08
CHAMPION 8.3 W                      9.93
HAIGLER 25.5 NNE                    7.74 
LINCOLN                             5.76 
GRANT 7.5 WSW                       5.25
WALLACE 8.7 WSW                     5.09 
LAMAR 3.4 S                         5.04
OGALLALA 1.7 W                      4.84
ROSCOE                              3.15
ARTHUR 13 E                         3.00  
HOLSTEIN                            3.00 
IMPERIAL                            2.55
ELSIE 9.7 SSE                       2.48 
IMPERIAL 0.1 SW                     2.39 

...COLORADO...

AMHERST 6.5 ENE                     6.40 
HOLYOKE 13 SE                       3.61 
AMHERST 0.5 NE                      2.80 
KIOWA 12.7 ENE                      2.60 
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 0.9 NNW                      3.56
PITTSBURG 0.7 WSW                   3.50
SAINT FRANCIS 2.7 ESE               2.94
WAMEGO                              2.79
FRANKFORT                           2.66
PITTSBURG                           2.65 
MARYSVILLE                          2.61
HAVANA                              2.35
WOODRUFF                            2.01 
CANEY 0.5 SW                        1.70 
MANHATTAN 5 N                       1.60 
WAMEGO 0.9 NNW                      1.58 
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 
NEOSHO 3S                           3.00
EVERTON 0.2 NNW                     2.78
OAKLAND PARK 0.6 ESE                2.63
MILLER                              2.52
SPRING RIVER                        2.33 
BROOKLINE 2.3 NNW                   2.31 
OZARK 3.2 NW                        2.29

...OKLAHOMA...

NEW EUCHA 5 W                       3.89
WESTVILLE 5 WNW (OCS MESONET)       3.68
SPAVINAW LAKE (LOWER DAM)           3.49
KANSAS 6 ESE                        3.08
TULSA 6.0 SSW                       2.70  
EDMOND 4.3 NNE                      2.09 
GUTHRIE 4.9 SSE                     2.02  


THE FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS HAS BECOME QUASI STATIONARY.
IT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND EVENTUALLY DISSIPATE BY
FRIDAY...ALLOWING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO
DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND COME TO AND END. HOWEVER...AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY
DRIFT EAST WHICH WILL PROLONG RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH
FRIDAY ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES ACROSS
CENTRAL KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

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.

OTTO




Last Updated: 449 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007