####018006652#### ACUS45 KWBC 190301 SCCNS5 STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR CENTRAL U.S. HEAVY PRECIPITATION EVENT NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 1000 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008 ...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING AND COVER A LARGE AREA FROM TEXAS...EASTERN OKLAHOMA...CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...INTO SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL OHIO... TEN TO TWELVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY INUNDATED CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI AND SEVERAL MORE INCHES ARE LIKELY. RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE ALREADY EXCEEDED 6 INCHES IN MANY AREAS ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHERN MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA...AND HAVE PROMPTED FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FROM PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND LARGE SECTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE CONTINUED IN SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY. FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS...INTO PORTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK. TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE AREA EAST OF THE SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS...WESTERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE MAP OF THESE AREAS...PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV. AT 9:30 PM CDT...SEVERAL CENTERS OF LOW PRESSURE ARE FOUND ALONG A STRONG BUT SLOW-MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IS FOUND ALONG AND ON THE COLD SIDE OF THE BOUNDARY WHILE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOUND ON THE WARM SIDE. NWS DOPPLER RADARS INDICATE SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND WESTERN TENNESSEE. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS...EASTERN OKLAHOMA...MUCH OF ARKANSAS EXCEPT THE SOUTHEAST PORTION...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...INDIANA AND OHIO. LIGHTER RAINS EXTEND EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE INTO NEW JERSEY. ...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 12 AM CDT MONDAY MAR 17 THROUGH 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY MAR 18... ...TEXAS... CADDO WILDLIFE 5.95 TRINTIY DALLAS 5.59 DALLAS EXECUTIVE FIELD 5.49 ROXTON 4.81 DALLAS LOVE FIELD 4.57 MCKINNEY 4.08 GRAND PRAIRIE 3.86 COMMERCE 3.13 PARIS 2.74 SAN ANGELO 2.47 CISCO 5.9 NNW 2.45 FORT WORTH NWS 2.21 DALLAS FORT WORTH 2.13 ABILENE 8.4 S 1.94 WICHITA FALLS 4.4 N 1.75 ...OKLAHOMA... MCALESTER 5.11 MUSKOGEE 4.68 ROSE 4.3 SE 3.60 SULPHUR 2.5 WSW 3.31 TULSA 2.69 VANOSS 4.5 E 2.14 OKLAHOMA CITY 1.94 ...KANSAS... WICHITA 2.38 PARK CITY 3.0 WSW 2.04 EL DORADO 1.61 TOPEKA 1.38 EMPORIA 1.13 ...MISSOURI... CAPE GIRARDEAU 1 N 11.15 CAPE GIRARDEAU AIRPORT 10.47 JACKSON 9.63 PIEDMONT 8.50 ELLINGTON 8.50 FORT LEONARD WOOD 6.61 SPRINGFIELD 6.59 POPLAR BLUFF 6.50 WEST PLAINS 6.38 HUTTON VALLEY 6.25 ELLINGTON 6.00 POPLAR BLUFF 5.79 MARBLE HILL 5.70 WINONA 3 SW 5.54 REPUBLIC 5.34 ROLLA VICHY 5.00 OZARK 3.2 NW 4.66 SEYMOUR 4.62 HARTVILLE 0.5 SSE 4.25 ANDERSON 4.13 REYNOLDS 4.00 JOPLIN RGNL ARPT 3.37 ST LOUIS INTL 3.33 DONIPHAN 2.85 COLUMBIA RGNL ARPT 2.07 LEES SUMMIT MUNI ARPT 1.61 KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL 1.39 ...ARKANSAS... POINT PETER 8.77 SNOWBALL 6 NW 8.53 SILVER HILL 8.43 GILBERT 7.20 MENA 7.13 HARRIET 6.78 JASPER 8S 6.70 CANEY 6.11 MURRAY 5.48 HARRISON 4.86 SILOAM SPRINGS 4.49 MOUNTAIN HOPE 4.27 FAYETTEVILLE 4.13 FLIPPIN 3.20 ...ILLINOIS... GALATIA 7.80 HARRISONBURG 5.77 THOMPSONVILLE 5.75 PINCKNEYVILLE 5.20 CLAY CITY 4 SE 5.10 VIENNA 5.05 FREEBURG 4.17 CHESTER 4.10 BEAN RIDGE 3.72 SCOTT AFB/BELLEVILLE 3.70 MT CARMEL 3.65 OLNEY 3.56 GLEN CARBON 3.00 FREEBURG 2.0 SE 2.78 ANNA 3.1 NE 2.73 SUMNER 2.59 CAHOKIA 2.10 QUINCY 1.06 ...INDIANA... NEW HARMONY 6.00 EVANSVILLE 5.60 FORT BRANCH 5.40 HUNTINGBURG 4.40 NEWBURGH 3.03 BLOOMINGTON 2.88 PRINCETON 2.75 BLAIRSVILLE 2.20 ...KENTUCKY... MITCHELL 3.50 MONKEYS EYEBROW 3.30 NEW PEKIN 3.20 AUSTIN 2.70 COVINGTON 2.61 HENDERSON 1.90 LOUISVILLE INTL 0.95 ...OHIO... CINCINNATI LUNKIN 2.46 RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY FROM TEXAS TO MISSOURI BEFORE ENDING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST...WHILE HEAVIEST RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY BEFORE ENDING BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM SOUTHERN MISSOURI INTO PENNSYLVANIA BEFORE FINALLY ENDING...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...LEADING TO A CONTINUE THREAT OF FLOODING INTO WEDNESDAY. THE COMPLEX FRONTAL/LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE MORE RAPIDLY EASTWARD AS IT APPROACHES THE EAST COAST ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS LOW PRESSURE CONSOLIDATES AND DEEPENS LATER WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM IN THE EAST BUT RAINFALL TOTALS WILL PALE COMPARE TO AMOUNTS OBSERVED FARTHER WEST. BY THURSDAY MORNING...THE COLD FRONT WILL HAVE MOVED OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN...WITH ONLY FLORIDA AND MAINE SEEING RAIN OR SHOWERS. THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 0400 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. KOCIN $$