THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHERN PLAINS
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 AM CDT SUN APR 18 2010
 
...SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE BRINGING HEAVY RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA...
 
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE DALLAS FORT WORTH
METROPOLITAN AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF SOUTH TEXAS...ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM RIO GRANDE CITY TO
FREER TO VICTORIA.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 400 AM CDT...A 1012 MB...29.88 INCH...LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS
LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS... APPROXIMATELY 60 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF DALLAS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS
AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO
OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN FALLING TO THE NORTH EAST OF THIS LOW
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. FURTHER TO THE
SOUTH...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
JUST EAST OF WACO SOUTHWARD TO BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND CORPUS
CHRISTI.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 AM CDT WED
APR 14 THROUGH 400 AM CDT SUN APR 18...

...OKLAHOMA...
SEILING                               2.89                     
CHEYENNE 18.1 SW                      2.45                     
SAYRE 5.8 NW                          2.31                     
RANGE                                 2.24                     
MANGUM                                2.15                     
LAWTON                                1.75                     
FAY 2.4 N                             1.47                     
WILLOW 6.5 N                          1.42                     
HOBART                                1.23                     
OKLAHOMA CITY                         1.03                     

...TEXAS...
ORANGE GROVE 8.1 WNW                 10.80                     
MEDINA 8.8 WSW                        8.68                     
HELOTES 4.5 WSW                       8.27                     
LULING 7.4 NE                         8.02                     
UTOPIA                                7.54                     
GEORGE WEST 8.0 NE                    7.44                     
CONCEPCION                            7.37                     
TILDEN                                7.37                     
DEL RIO 1.0 WNW                       7.06                     
CROSS                                 7.00 FELL IN 24 HOURS    
CALLIHAM                              6.75                     
CHRISTINE 10.8 SSE                    6.74                     
LUBBOCK 3.3 S                         6.64                     
VANDERPOOL 1.4 SE                     6.64                     
CHOKE CANYON DAM NORTH SIDE           6.08                     
INGRAM 8.5 NW                         6.08                     
SKIDMORE 2 N                          6.00                     
CHILDRESS                             4.27                     
MINERAL WELLS                         3.81                     
WICHITA FALLS                         3.25                     
SAN ANTONIO                           2.92                     
WACO                                  2.83                     
AMARILLO                              2.79                     
FORT WORTH                            2.45                     
DENTON                                2.15                     
AUSTIN                                1.87                     
DALLAS                                1.42                     
ABILENE                               1.26                     


THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER CENTRAL TEXAS IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY
PROGRESS SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH SUNDAY AND REACH THE UPPER TEXAS
COAST BY MONDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
AND ASSOCIATED LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO THREATEN AREAS
TO THE NORTH OF THE LOW TRACK. FURTHER TO THE SOUTH...THE RAINFALL
COVERAGE WILL BE MORE SCATTERED...BUT THERE WILL STILL BE THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS IN
EXCESS OF 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. FINAL STORM TOTALS COULD APPROACH 12
INCHES IN A FEW SPOTS IN TEXAS.

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

RYAN




Last Updated: 434 AM EDT SUN APR 18 2010