STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 6 FOR CENTRAL PLAINS/MIDWEST HEAVY RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007

...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND
THE MIDWEST STATES...

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...SOUTH DAKOTA...MUCH OF
IOWA...SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN
NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI... WESTERN ILLINOIS...NORTHERN
ILLINOIS...INDIANA...AND OHIO.

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR SECTIONS SOUTHEAST
NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHERN MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
IOWA...SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS NORTHERN
ILLINOIS...NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN OHIO.

FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL
BOUNDARY...EXTENDING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION...HAS SERVED AS A
FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. THE FRONT HAS FINALLY STARTED TO SLOWLY
MOVE EAST AS A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE PLAINS AND MIDWEST. 

OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS HAVE
SHOWN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF THE
FRONT MOVING TO THE EAST WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS FIRING JUST BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION TO PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...SOME OF
THESE STORMS HAVE CONTAINED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM AUG 18
THROUGH 700 PM AUG 23 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED...

...IOWA...

HUMBOLDT (WATER PLANT)            12.54 
FORT DODGE REGIONAL AIRPORT       12.15 AS OF 9 PM
BADGER 3.1 NW                     11.42 
SPIRIT LAKE 4 W                   10.74 
MASON CITY                        10.00 
TERRIL 2.6 SSE                     9.99 
FORT DODGE 1.6 ENE                 9.75 
GOWRIE 0.4 WNW                     9.70 
WEBSTER CITY                       9.25 
EMMETSBURG 2 NW                    9.08 
BOONE 4.5 NW                       8.89 
INDEPENDENCE 5 ENE                 7.95 
LAKE PARK                          7.78 
RINGSTED                           7.57 
HAMPTON                            7.44 
BARNUM                             7.09 
SIOUX CITY MUNI ARPT               6.13 AS OF 9 PM

...ILLINOIS...

ROCKFORD 2.4 ESE                  11.96 
PARK RIDGE 1.0 NNE                11.57 
HAWTHORN WOODS 0.6 N               9.17 
HARVARD 0.4 W                      7.46 
ELGIN                              6.95 
GENOA 2 SW                         6.29 
ALGONQUIN 1.1 ENE                  6.10 
BARLETT 1.9 NNW                    6.10 
CARY 1.9 NE                        5.99 
LONG GROVE 1.1 NNE                 5.91 
PIPER CITY                         5.84 
CRETE 1.4 SW                       5.73 
WINTROP HARBOR 0.7 SSW             5.57 
ROCKFORD/GRTR ROCKFORD AIRPORT     5.54 
SENECA 1.5 SSW                     5.49 
CHICAGO/WHEELING                   5.17

...INDIANA...

AUBURN 0.8 NE                      7.69 
HUDSON 4.6 N                       7.62 
MILLERSBURG 4.3 NNE                7.39 
FREEMONT 0.7 W                     7.18 
VALPARAISO 2.4 SW                  7.15 
GOSHEN 1.2 WNW                     7.03 
DECATUR 1 N                        6.92 
OSSIAN 2.3 ENE                     6.92 
FORT WAYNE 5.4 WSW                 6.84 
NORTH JUDSON 3 E                   6.51 
WARSAW 4 NW                        5.55 
CROMWELL RADIO                     5.49 
MISSISSINEWA                       5.45 
HUNTINGTON 5 E                     5.23 
VALPARAISO/PORTER CO ARPT          4.33 

...MINNESOTA...

HOUSTON- MAINSTEM ROOT R          11.58 
LA CRESCENT DAM 7                 11.43 
ROCHESTER- CASCADE CREEK          10.91 
WORTHINGTON                       10.51 
DODGE CENTER 2 W                   9.18 
BROWNSVILLE                        9.00 
ZUMBRO FALLS                       8.63
MANTORVILLE                        8.16 
MAPLE VALLEY GOLF COURSE           7.09 
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTL ARPT     4.03 AS OF 9 PM

...MICHIGAN...

MORENCI                            5.42 
BENTON HARBOR/SW MI RGNL APT       5.19 
MILWAUKEE/MITCHELL                 4.85 
KALAMAZOO INTL ARPT                4.52 
ADRIAN/LENAWEE CO. ARPT            4.24 
LANSING/CAPITAL CITY ARPT          4.24 
TULIP CITY AIRPORT/HOLLAND         4.22 
SAGINAW/TRI CITY                   4.04 
GRAND RAPIDS INTL ARPT             4.03 
JACKSON/REYNOLDS FIELD             3.36 
MUSKEGON COUNTY AIRPORT            3.12 
DETROIT CITY AIRPORT               3.11 
BATTLE CREEK/W K KELLOGG ARPT      3.06 
DETROIT METRO AIRPORT              2.80 

...OHIO...

SEVILLE                           10.36 
UPPER SANDUSKY                    10.00 
NASHVILLE                          9.62 
BUCYRUS                            8.69 
DEFIANCE MEMORIAL AIRPORT          7.91 
GALION (WATER WORKS)               7.36 
GROVER HILL                        7.02 
MANSFIELD/LAHM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT   6.55 
WADSWORTH 1 SW                     6.11 
FINDLAY 1 NW                       6.11 
GREER                              6.00 
AKRON-FULTON INTL ARPT             5.31 

...PENNSYLVANIA....

CONFLUENCE 1 SW                    5.72 
MT. DAVIS                          5.52 
NEW LEXINGTON (IFLOWS)             5.48 
NEWRY 1.9 SSE                      5.46 
ALTOONA 3 SW                       5.43 
PINDLETON (IFLOWS)                 5.43 
EBENSBURG                          5.13 
MAUST HILL (IFLOWS)                5.10 
LILLY (IFLOWS)                     5.00 
WILLIAMSBURG                       4.96 
CHICKAREE (IFLOWS)                 4.68 

...SOUTH DAKOTA...

MOBRIDGE                           4.77 
BALTIC 2.4 W                       4.62 
AVON 5.5 SSE                       4.53 
RAPID CITY 11 SW                   4.51
HERMOSA 1S                         4.49
BUFFALO 9.8 WSW                    4.39 
PHILIP 0.4 ENE                     4.32 
LOWRY CITY 1.1 WNW                 4.27 
RAPID CITY 5.4 SW                  3.94
BROOKINGS 2.8 SSW                  3.90 
STURGIS 9 SW                       3.60
RAPID CITY 2.6 W                   3.37 
CUSTER CO. AIRPORT                 3.31
LEAD 8.6 SE                        3.23 
SIOUX FALLS                        2.48

...WISCONSIN...

STODDARD 3 NE                     12.87 
LA CROSSE 6 E                     11.44 
STEVENS POINT 0.9 SSW             10.58 
VIROQUA 2 NW                       9.76
MADISON                            9.18 
MERRILL                            9.13
MUKWONAGO                          8.69
WESTBY                             8.21
NEWVILLE                           8.04
VIOLA                              7.86
GENOA DAM 8                        7.67
COLUMBUS 1.2 S                     7.52 
RACINE/BATTON FIELD                7.47 
STOUGHTON                          7.32
SUN PRAIRIE 4 NNE                  7.20

...NEBRASKA...                 
  
NORFOLK 4W                         5.97 
STANTON 7NE                        4.82 
WAYNE                              4.14 
LEXINGTON 7SSE                     3.92 
PIERCE (SITE 1)                    3.70 
OMAHA/EPPLEY FIELD                 2.75 
ORD                                2.59 
HASTINGS MUNI ARPT                 2.53 


SEVERAL WAVES OF CONVECTION ARE EXPECTED TO RIDE ALONG THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO
3 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER
TOTALS AROUND FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE. THE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED
FRONT SHOULD PUSH EAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY SATURDAY...BRINGING
AND END TO THE RAIN FOR THE REGION.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 AM CDT FRIDAY. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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