THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 08 FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS HEAVY RAINFALL
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 AM CDT SAT OCT 24 2015

...A MULTI-DAY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOOD EVENT CONTINUES
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS... 

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND FLOOD ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL...EASTERN...AND SOUTH TEXAS AS WELL AS
FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

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

AT 300 AM CDT...A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WAS IN PLACE ACROSS
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS WITH PLENTY OF DEEP MOISTURE
STREAMING INTO THE REGION FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND AHEAD OF
HURRICANE PATRICIA WHICH WAS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MEXICO.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED
AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ACROSS
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS AND INTO FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS RAIN WAS FOCUSED ALONG AND TO THE NORTH
OF A STATIONARY SURFACE BOUNDARY LINGERING ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS. A
FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO BEING REPORTED
IN SOUTHERN TEXAS TO THE SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CDT WED OCT
21 THROUGH 300 AM CDT SAT OCT 24...

...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                    

...TEXAS...
CORSICANA/CAMPBELL FIELD             16.32                    
RICHLAND CREEK NEAR MERTENS          12.28                    
TRINITY RIVER AT TRINIDAD            11.21                    
KERENS 3 NW                          11.03                    
GLEN ROSE 4 WNW                      10.26                    
MIDDLE SULPHUR RIVER AT COMMERCE      9.18                    
GRAPEVINE                             7.93                    
BIG CYPRESS CREEK NEAR PITTSBURG      7.71                    
ASH CR AT HIGHLAND DR                 7.67                    
WALNUT SPRINGS 2 S                    7.60                    
POWELL 1 SW                           7.37                    
ARLINGTON MUNI ARPT                   7.31                    
GRAND PRAIRIE ALERT 14                7.25                    
SOUTHLAKE 2 W                         7.19                    
DALLAS LOVE FIELD                     6.97                    
SKILLMAN AT SOUTHWESTERN              6.92                    
MALAKOFF                              6.88                    
SUNNYVALE 3 WNW                       6.79                    
SACHSE 1 ENE                          6.69                    
DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTL ARPT           6.22                    
WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT                 6.00                    
ABILENE MUNI ARPT                     5.40                    
LUBBOCK 6 SW                          3.23                    
MIDLAND/ODESSA WFO                    2.46                    

...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                    
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                    
ALBUQUERQUE 6 E                       1.38                    
CLIFF 6 NE                            1.34                    


AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. AND NORTHWEST MEXICO
WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR THE TRANSPORT OF MOISTURE FROM
HURRICANE PATRICIA INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL PROLONG
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. ON SATURDAY...THE AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BEGIN
SHIFTING SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE TEXAS COAST WHERE AS MUCH AS 5
TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS FORECAST.
BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THE HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND CENTRAL GULF COAST. AS MUCH AS 3 TO 8
INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THESE REGIONS. WITH ALL THE HEAVY RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING
WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MAJOR THREAT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
EASTERN TEXAS ON SATURDAY AND EVENTUALLY MOVING INTO THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LATER IN THE WEEKEND.

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

SANTORELLI




Last Updated: 442 AM EDT SAT OCT 24 2015