STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS HEAVY RAINFALL NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD 1000 AM CDT MON APR 18 2016 ...HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO IMPACT EASTERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS... FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND FLOOD ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTH TEXAS AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV AT 900 AM CDT...A LARGE CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...ALLOWING FOR AN AMPLE AMOUNT MOISTURE TO STREAM ACROSS THE PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AT THE SURFACE...A VERY SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WAS DRAPED FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTING SOUTHEASTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. FARTHER NORTH...WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS...AND WAS BEGINNING TO SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. ...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 100 PM CDT FRI APR 15 THROUGH 900 AM CDT MON APR 18... ...ARKANSAS... FORT SMITH MUNI ARPT 1.11 ...KANSAS... ELKHART 1 N 6.52 ROLLA 5.38 PLAINVILLE 4 WNW 5.31 ATWOOD 5.10 HILL CITY MUNI ARPT 5.06 WOODRUFF 3 WSW 4.93 WOODSTON 1 S 4.90 DODGE CITY WFO 4.84 DAMAR 4 N 4.75 SMITH CENTER 4.25 PHILLIPSBURG AIRPORT 3.94 GOODLAND WFO 2.47 GARDEN CITY REG ARPT 2.27 RUSSELL MUNI ARPT 2.10 ...NEBRASKA... RIVERDALE 6 N 6.25 KEARNEY 5.50 MCCOOK MUNI ARPT 5.37 CAMBRIDGE 4.91 MILLER 4.88 LOUP CITY 4.48 HOLDREGE AIRPORT 4.41 FRANKLIN 4.38 LEXINGTON 6 SSE 4.24 WILSONVILLE 4.23 ORD AIRPORT 3.91 GRAND ISLAND 3.64 HASTINGS AIRPORT 3.39 ...OKLAHOMA... FREDERICK MUNI ARPT 7.06 TIPTON 6.13 RINGLING 5.36 MEDICINE PARK 5.22 PAULS VALLEY 4.95 BYARS 4.78 HOBART MUNI ARPT 4.53 ALTUS 4.27 MT HERMAN 4.22 IDABEL 3.89 OKLAHOMA CITY 3.38 GUTHRIE MUNI ARPT 3.19 FORT SILL AFB 2.46 GUYMON MUNI ARPT 2.14 STILLWATER MUNI ARPT 1.85 ...TEXAS... HARRIS/WALLER COUNTY LINE 16.84 MONAVILLE 16.22 NW HARRIS COUNTY AT SHARP RD 15.96 LANGHAM CREEK AT LONGENBAUGH RD 15.08 FAYETTEVILLE 8 ENE 14.99 HEARTHSTONE COUNTRY CLUB 14.84 LITTLE YORK NEAR HWY 6 14.80 BEAR CREEK 14.00 SOUTH MAYDE CREEK NEAR CULLEN PARK 13.84 LA GRANGE 4 NE 13.44 CYPRESS CK NEAR HOCKLEY 13.21 MILL CREEK NEAR BELLVILLE 12.86 SAN FELIPE 1.0 WNW 12.25 MISSION BEND 5 NNW 12.00 RICHMOND 3.4 NE 11.25 JERSEY VILLAGE 4.6 NW 11.20 HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL ARPT 11.16 BRENHAM 7.2 SW 10.25 MAGNOLIA 2.8 S 9.80 WALLER NE 7.96 CIRCLE D-KC ESTATE 3 WSW 6.87 BASTROP 5 S 6.84 HOUSTON 6.2 W 6.51 AUSTIN 9.6 WNW 5.48 DALLAS 7.2 SW 5.04 ...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS ENDED... ...SOUTH DAKOTA... PORCUPINE 5 E 2.96 MARTIN 12 E 2.53 WANBLEE 11 ENE 2.50 KADOKA 2.09 THE BOUNDARY ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. IS EXPECTED TO PUSH VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH MONDAY. THIS...COMBINED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW...WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM PLENTY OF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION FUELING HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AS MUCH AS 3 TO 6 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS FORECAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. FARTHER NORTH...1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WITH GENERALLY UP TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS ON MONDAY. FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST AND NORTHERN TEXAS...AND THE LOWER AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. FANNING