STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR CENTRAL U.S. HEAVY RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
400 PM CDT THU OCT 08 2009
 
...HEAVY RAINFALL SLOWLY PUSHING SOUTH AND EAST...
 
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE
IN EFFECT FROM CENTRAL TEXAS TO SOUTHERN MISSOURI TO OHIO.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 400 PM CDT... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS PUSHING SOUTHEASTWARD
THROUGH THE SOUTHER PLAINS WHILE WARM AND MOIST AIR WAS FLOWING
NORTHWARD FROM THE SOUTH. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS
AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WITH EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS. THE EASTWARD EXTENT OF THE RAIN HAD SPREAD TO
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CDT WED OCT
07 THROUGH 300 PM CDT THU OCT 08...

...ILLINOIS...
EFFINGHAM                             2.56                     
MEDORA                                2.35                     

...KANSAS...
CHANUTE                               2.93                     
PRINCETON 2.0 NE                      2.35                     
FREDONIA 5.9 SW                       2.25                     
DEXTER 0.1 NW                         2.18                     
FREDONIA 0.3 NNW                      2.15                     

...MISSOURI...
COLUMBIA 1.4 NNW                      4.49                     
WARRENTON 1.1 WSW                     3.50                     
MONTGOMERY CITY 0.8 SE                3.31                     
COLUMBIA 1.4 NNW                      3.27                     
SEDALIA                               3.26                     
AUXVASSE 0.3 ESE                      2.85                     
WHITEMAN AFB                          2.84                     
CHILLICOTHE 0.9 WNW                   2.78                     
BOONVILLE 3.7 SE                      2.77                     
JEFFERSON CITY                        2.76                     
TROY 1.2 NNE                          2.69                     
STOCKTON 2.5 NNE                      2.68                     
FULTON 3.4 SW                         2.66                     
SEDALIA 1.5 SSW                       2.65                     
ST CHARLES                            2.63                     
JOPLIN                                2.59                     
NEVADA 2.3 WNW                        2.55                     

...OKLAHOMA...
VANCE AFB                             2.98                     
PONCA CITY                            2.08                     


UNSEASONABLY HIGH MOISTURE VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH
FRIDAY FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS... INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY AND OHIO VALLEY REGIONS.  THESE HIGH MOISTURE VALUES... IN
COMBINATION WITH STRONG LARGE SCALE LIFT ALONG THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARIES... WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HEAVY TO FLOODING RAINFALL
AMOUNTS FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI AND
OHIO VALLEY REGIONS. WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE REGIONS... WITH ISOLATED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF
5 INCHES POSSIBLE.

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.

FRACASSO