STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR CENTRAL U.S. FLOODING EVENT
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 AM CST TUE APR 10 2008

...HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FALLING ACROSS MUCH
OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE OZARKS...

WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES FOR FLOODING AND FLASH
FLOODING ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS A REGION EXTENDING FROM EASTERN
TEXAS NORTHWARD THROUGH EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL PLAINS...AND TRAVERSING THROUGH THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY AND INTO PORTIONS OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. IN ADDITION...A
TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS AS WELL AS THE OZARKS.

WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES FOR HEAVY SNOW AND WINTER
STORM CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR AN AREA STRETCHING FROM THE
SOUTHERN ROCKIES NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS...AND INTO UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. FOR A
DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 320 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING ACROSS
MUCH OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA...SOUTHERN KANSAS...NORTHERN
ARKANSAS...AND MOST OF MISSOURI. ADDITIONALLY...A SQUALL LINE WAS
MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AT A FAST CLIP WITH AN
ESTIMATED FORWARD SPEED OF 55 MPH. MUCH OF THIS PRECIPITATION IS
FORMING ALONG A COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS WELL AS NORTH OF THE WARM
FRONT IN THE FORM OF OVERRUNNING PRECIPITATION. FARTHER NORTH
ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING...AND WESTERN
NEBRASKA...TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND THE FREEZING MARK ARE
ALLOWING LIGHT SNOW TO FALL ACROSS THESE AREAS. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 12
PM CST WED APRIL 9 THROUGH 3 AM CST THU APRIL 10...

...TEXAS...
MANSFIELD 2.9 ENE                      2.05    
LUCAS 3.7 E                            1.91    
ARLINGTON 3.0 NNW                      1.63 
CHILDRESS                              1.62   
PLANO 4.6 NW                           1.52 

...OKLAHOMA...
STILLWATER                             3.40 
MCALESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT             3.01 
GUTHRIE                                2.82 
FREDERICK                              2.65 
CLAREMORE 1.2 W                        2.58    
ROSE 4.3 SE                            2.28 
LAWTON AIRPORT                         2.21 
TINKER AFB/OKLAHOMA CITY               2.10 
HOBART                                 2.04 
MUSKOGEE/DAVIS FIELD ARPT              1.95 
TULSA INTL AIRPORT                     1.36 
LANGLEY 0.5 NNE                        1.33  

...KANSAS...
COFFEYVILLE                            1.50 
SHAWNEE 2.4 ESE                        1.38    
TOPEKA 8.5 E                           1.34    

...MISSOURI...
DREXEL 5.6 E                           1.86    
BLUE SPRINGS                           1.85    
UNIONVILLE                             1.80   
LANCASTER                              1.78    
MARYSVILLE                             1.74  
JOPLIN                                 1.55 

...ARKANSAS...
FORT SMITH MUNI AIRPORT                2.41 
FAYETTEVILLE                           1.11 


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 12
PM CST WED APRIL 9 THROUGH 3 AM CST THU APRIL 10...

...WYOMING...
LARAMIE 16 SE                           7.0 
CHEYENNE                                3.0 
KIMBALL                                 1.0 

...NEW MEXICO...
SANDIA PARK 5 ESE                       1.5 
CHAMA 2 N                               1.3 


THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WHICH IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING ACROSS
CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND MOVE TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST. ITS ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARIES WILL HELP CHURN
AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO HELPING SET THE
STAGES FOR CONTINUAL HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE CENTER OF THE
COUNTRY. AREAS OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES CAN EXPECT 2 TO 3 INCHES
OF RAIN ONCE THIS WEATHER SYSTEM REACHES THIS REGION BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS
OKLAHOMA AND INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI WHERE MUCH OF THE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING. ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS
SYSTEM...EARLY SPRING SNOWS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS NORTHEASTWARD INTO WESTERN MICHIGAN WHERE 4 TO 8 INCHES OF
SNOW WILL BE COMMONPLACE. HEAVIER AMOUNTS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED
WITHIN LARGER SNOW BANDS.    

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 AM CST THURSDAY APRIL 10. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. 

RUBIN-OSTER
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