THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 19 FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY HEAVY RAINFALL
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 PM CDT MON OCT 26 2015

...A MULTI-DAY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOOD EVENT CONTINUES TO
PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE DEEP
SOUTH... 

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT
ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST FROM EASTERN LOUISIANA TO THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 900 PM CDT...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1003
MB...29.61 INCHES...WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF NEW
ORLEANS...LOUISIANA. AN OCCLUDED FRONT WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE LOW
CENTER MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF COAST ALONG WITH A
COLD FRONT EXTENDING OUT INTO THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. DEEP
TROPICAL MOISTURE WAS STREAMING INTO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION
AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY. THIS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WAS CONTRIBUTING TO MODERATE
TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA COAST AND THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS
ALABAMA...GEORGIA...AND THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. PRECIPITATION WAS
ALSO BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND OHIO
VALLEY. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CDT WED OCT
21 THROUGH 900 PM CDT MON OCT 26...

...ALABAMA...
MOBILE/BATES FIELD                    4.65                    
TILLMANS CORNER 4.3 WNW               3.86                    
MOBILE REGIONAL ARPT                  3.37                    
WILMER 7.9 SE                         2.63                    
TILLMANS CORNER 8.7 WNW               2.33                    

...ARKANSAS...
WALDO 4.2 S                           6.18                    
TEXARKANA RGNL ARPT                   4.82                    
CAMDEN 6.3 N                          4.55                    
HOPE 0.9 SSW                          4.42                    
MOUNT IDA                             3.27                    
FOUKE 5.3 ENE                         3.14                    
MONTICELLO AIRPORT                    2.33                    
PINE BLUFF/GRIDER FIELD               1.58                    
LITTLE ROCK/ADAMS FIELD               1.22                    

...FLORIDA...
PENSACOLA RGNL ARPT                   4.78                    
PENSACOLA NAS                         3.65                    
HURLBURT FIELD AWS                    2.44                    
VALPARAISO/EGLIN AFB                  1.45                    
MILTON/WHITTING FIELD NAS             1.17                    

...LOUISIANA...
BARKSDALE AFB/BOSSIER CITY            9.45                    
MANY 9 WSW                            8.91                    
NEW ORLEANS/MOISANT                   8.87                    
PONCHATOULA 0.7 SW                    8.82                    
HAMMOND 2.3 WSW                       8.58                    
SHREVEPORT DOWNTON                    7.85                    
LOGANSPORT                            7.70                    
NATCHITOCHES #2                       7.70                    
CALHOUN                               7.47                    
DENHAM SPRINGS 4.1 NE                 7.29                    
MONROE DELTA CC                       7.09                    
MONTICELLO 3.0 ENE                    7.03                    
COLUMBIA LOCK                         7.01                    
BATON ROUGE/RYAN MUNI ARPT            7.00                    
FORT POLK                             6.77                    

...MISSISSIPPI...
LIBERTY 6.4 ENE                      10.24                    
GLOSTER 1.9 SSW                       9.36                    
LIBERTY 1.0 WNW                       9.29                    
MCCOMB/LEWIS FIELD                    9.28                    
MEADVILLE 0.6 SE                      8.64                    
HAZLEHURST 0.8 WSW                    8.51                    
VICKSBURG/TALLULAH ARPT               7.57                    
BROOKHAVEN 7.5 SSE                    7.35                    
NATCHEZ/HARDY                         7.35                    
VICKSBURG 1.7 SSW                     5.65                    
JACKSON/HAWKINS FIELD                 4.30                    
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL                    4.04                    
HATTIESBURG/CHAIN MUNI ARPT           3.85                    
JACKSON WFO                           3.82                    
MERIDIAN/KEY FIELD                    2.59                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...COLORADO...
TYRONE 6 SE                           2.51                    
TRINIDAD 2 ENE                        2.29                    
THATCHER 7 SSE                        2.22                    
STONINGTON 9 SE                       2.13                    
TIMPAS 13 S                           1.82                    
TWO BUTTES 12 NE                      1.70                    
HOEHNE 3 ESE                          1.53                    
DENVER INTL ARPT                      1.46                    
CAMPO 4 SW                            1.45                    
THATCHER 11 SSE                       1.23                    
RYE 2 W                               1.14                    
COLORADO CITY 7 E                     1.08                    
SWISSVALE 3 SW                        1.05                    
WESTON 6 ESE                          1.04                    

...KANSAS...
GARDEN CITY REG ARPT                  2.28                    
DODGE CITY WFO                        1.92                    
LIBERAL MUNI ARPT                     1.78                    

...NEW MEXICO...
ARTESIA 4 NNE                         2.84                    
PORTALES 1 SW                         2.75                    
GASCON 1 WNW                          2.62                    
CLOVIS 3 ENE                          2.35                    
ROSWELL 4 WNW                         2.25                    
SEDILLO 2 WNW                         1.78                    
GILA 3 NE                             1.72                    
CHAMA                                 1.65                    
MAYHILL 1 NNE                         1.60                    
SANTA FE CO. MUNI ARPT                1.58                    
LAS VEGAS MUNI ARPT                   1.52                    
CLINES CORNER                         1.48                    
ALBUQUERQUE 6 E                       1.38                    
CLIFF 6 NE                            1.34                    

...OKLAHOMA...
COLEMAN 4.6 WNW                       4.86                    
COLBERT 2.2 SSW                       4.80                    
PENNINGTON CREEK NEAR REAGAN          4.47                    
MARIETTA 2.8 SW                       4.42                    
MCGEE CREEK RESERVOIR NEAR FARRIS     3.63                    
BLUE RIVER                            3.48                    
GUYMON MUNI ARPT                      3.27                    
FORGAN 10 NW                          2.80                    
LITTLE BEAVER CREEK NEAR DUNCAN       2.29                    
MCALESTER REGIONAL ARPT               2.21                    
JIMMY CREEK NEAR MEERS                2.19                    
FOURCHE MALINE NEAR RED OAK           2.09                    
OKLAHOMA CITY                         1.35                    

...TEXAS...
POWELL 1.0 SW                        20.15                    
CORSICANA/CAMPBELL FIELD             20.07                    
COOLIDGE 5 N                         20.00                    
RICHLAND CHAMBERS RESERVOIR          19.72                    
GRAPEVINE                            18.67                    
ASH CREEK NEAR MALONE                18.53                    
CAYUGA                               18.30                    
TRINITY RIVER AT TRINIDAD            17.43                    
KERENS 3 NW                          16.11                    
SOUTHLAKE 2 W                        15.52                    
BRANDON                              14.02                    
CEDAR CREEK RESERVOIR                13.17                    
FAYETTEVILLE 5 W                     12.79                    
RICHLAND CREEK NEAR MERTENS          12.28                    
MIDDLE SULPHUR R                     11.67                    
WACO 1.4 S                           11.39                    
ANDERSON MILL 2 SSE                  11.00                    
CADDO MILLS 4 ESE                    10.86                    
PALACIOS 16 E                        10.66                    
HOUSTON 1 NNE                         9.38                    
MOUNT PLEASANT AIRPORT                9.21                    
WHARTON                               9.01                    
ARLINGTON MUNI ARPT                   8.93                    
GALVESTON/SCHOLES                     8.22                    
DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTL ARPT           7.67                    
COLLEGE STATION 2.1 NNE               7.60                    
WACO-MADISON COOPER                   7.53                    
GALVESTON CAUSEWAY                    7.08                    
FORT HOOD/GRAY AAF                    6.99                    
FORT WORTH NAS                        6.71                    
AUSTIN 10.7 N                         6.66                    
HOUSTON/INTERCONTINENTAL              6.37                    
SAN ANTONIO 3 SSE                     5.71                    
BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR                  4.92                    
SAN ANTONIO INTL ARPT                 4.46                    
BROWNSVILLE INTL ARPT                 4.42                    
CORPUS CHRISTI 6.5 WSW                4.29                    


FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM PUSHES EASTWARD
AND TRANSPORTS AMPLE MOISTURE INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
AND THE DEEP SOUTH. BEFORE THE EVENT BEGINS TO WIND DOWN ON
TUESDAY...ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF COAST. LOCAL
FLASH FLOODING WILL STILL BE A CONCERN ON TUESDAY FOR SOUTHERN
ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 

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

FANNING




Last Updated: 1057 PM EDT MON OCT 26 2015