STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR CENTRAL U.S. HEAVY RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM CST FRI APR 4 2008        

...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND
TENNESSEE VALLEY...BUT ARE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI...TENNESSEE AND OHIO RIVER VALLEYS.  IN
ADDITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH.  FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION
OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 0400 PM CST...NWS DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE LOWER-MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS INTO THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS.  RAINFALL IS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY.  A
SEPARATE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS FALLING ACROSS NEW YORK
STATE INTO NEW ENGLAND. PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO BE FOCUSED
ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF A COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM EASTERN
OHIO...SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE OHIO AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEYS.  AS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THE AXIS OF THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION IS BEGINNING TO PUSH TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF AREAS
THAT ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS DURING MID-MARCH.  

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CST
WED APR 2 THROUGH 100 PM CST FRI APR 4...

...VIRGINIA...
  
SALEM 4N (IFLOWS)                     1.40
NICHOLLS KNOB (IFLOWS)                1.16
POPLAR HILL                           1.14
BLACKSBURG 3SE                        1.08

 WEST VIRGINIA            
  
HUNTINGTON/TRI-STATE ARPT             1.87 
HUNTINGTON (OLD LOCK 28)              1.64
BRANCHLAND                            1.40
SPENCER                               1.30

...OHIO...
  
OMEGA                                 2.00
CHESAPEAKE 5NW                        1.92
MOSCOW 4N                             1.88

...MISSISSIPPI...
LEWISBURG 2S                          3.32
HOLLY SPRINGS 4N                      3.00
RIPLEY                                3.00
ARKABUTLA DAM                         2.38
CORINTH                               2.31

...ARKANSAS...
GLENWOOD                              7.19
BONNERDALE                            6.40
AMITY 3NE                             5.97
ATHENS                                5.62
GRAVELLY 1ESE                         5.11
BENTON - SITE 2                       4.66
REMMEL DAM TAILWATER                  4.63
DE QUEEN 4NW - DAM                    4.58
GILLHAM 6NE - DAM                     4.36
VANDERVOORT 1ENE                      4.27
BISMARCK 2SE                          4.25
NIMROD 5W - DAM                       4.17
CONWAY 2W                             4.10
BLAKELY MT DAM-LAKE OUACHITA          4.05
STUTTGART MUNI ARPT                   4.00 
JONESBORO MUNI ARPT                   3.67         
SEARCY MUNI AIRPORT                   3.61              
WALNUT RIDGE RGNL ARPT                3.05             
LITTLE ROCK - ADAMS FIELD             2.84             
BATESVILLE RGNL ARPT                  2.36             

...KENTUCKY...
MADISONVILLE                          6.81              
DIXON                                 6.18
VINE GROVE 3.7 SW                     5.40             
ROUGH RIVER LAKE                      5.26
LEXINGTON/BLUE GRASS FIELD            4.71             
TAYLORSVILLE LAKE                     4.64
FRANKFORT 3.1 NE                      4.50             
ELIZABETH TOWN                        4.38             
PADUCAH/BARKLEY                       4.31             
FORT KNOX AAF                         4.04             
FRANKFORT/CAPITAL CITY ARPT           4.03
LOUISVILLE/STANDIFO                   4.03
ROCHESTER                             4.00

...TENNESSEE...
DOVER 1W                              4.44
CUMBERLAND CITY                       4.43             
OBION 2SW                             4.24
KENTON                                4.23
CLARKSVILLE                           4.23             
RIPLEY 2.8 SE                         3.85
SPRINGFIELD                           3.78
DYERSBURG MUNI ARPT                   3.13 
MEMPHIS INTL ARPT                     2.99 
NASHVILLE METRO ARPT                  2.81 
JACKSON/MCKELLAR                      2.57 

...MISSOURI...
ZALMA                                 5.11
CARUTHERSVILLE                        4.56
THOMPSON LANDING - MISS. RVR          4.54
BLOOMFIELD 2.9 S                      4.25
LAMBERT                               4.15
HORNERSVILLE                          4.12
CAPE GIRARDEAU MUNI ARPT              3.94
ALTON 3.4 W                           3.90
POPLAR BLUFF MUNI ARPT                3.68

...ILLINOIS...
GRAND CHAIN DAM                       7.23
CAIRO                                 4.35
BROOKPORT DAM                         4.34
CARBONDALE                            2.97
MURPHYSBORO 2SW                       2.50
ANNA 3.1 NNE                          2.79
RIDGEWAY 3.8 NE                       2.74
CARBONDALE/MURPHYSBORO                2.43
ROCKFORD                              1.53

...INDIANA...
ELIZABETH                             4.02
CORYDON                               3.88
CANNELTON                             3.67
TELL CITY POWER PLANT                 3.34
JEFFERSONVILLE                        3.20
NEW ALBANY 4.8 NNE                    2.98
EVANSVILLE 3.9 SSE                    2.89

THE COLD FRONT THAT IS THE FOCUS FOR THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE TO PRESS SLOWLY EASTWARD TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY
MORNING ACROSS THE EASTERN SEABOARD.  AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING
ALONG THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE PRECIPITATION FROM THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND THEN FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN
U.S...NORTHWARD INTO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES LATE TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY
FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.
AND INTO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC.  THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT FOR THE
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND OHIO VALLEY REGION HAS COME TO AN
END.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM CST FRI APR 4.  PLEASE REFER TO YOUR
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ON THIS EVENT.

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