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STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR MID-SOUTH TO OHIO VALLEY MULTI-DAY
HEAVY RAIN EVENT
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 AM CDT SAT APR 05 2025
...ADDITIONAL EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO RAISE SERIOUS
CONCERN OF HISTORIC FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH...
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS EXTEND FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS.
FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FROM EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEASTERN
TEXAS THROUGH THE MID-MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS.
FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE OHIO VALLEY AS WELL
AS RIVER BASINS WITHIN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES, WARNINGS
AND ADVISORIES, PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 900 AM CDT...A WEATHER PATTERN THAT SUPPORTS REPEATED FORMATION
OF VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT
ACROSS THE EAST-CENTRAL U.S. CONTINUES TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL
ROUNDS OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM THE EASTERN FRINGES OF THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THE MID-MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED AN
AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWESTERN
ARKANSAS. MEANWHILE, WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS (WITH
EMBEDDED TRAINING CELLS) WERE OBSERVED ALONG A STALLED STATIONARY
BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
...SELECTED PRELIMINARY STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM
CDT WED APR 02 THROUGH 900 AM CDT SAT APR 05...
..ARKANSAS
DEXTER B FLORENCE MEMORIAL FIELD 8.39
WALNUT RIDGE REGIONAL ARPT 7.18
LITTLE ROCK 6.86
BAXTER COUNTY ARPT 6.01
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE 1.8 NE 5.94
ROLAND 4.2 WNW 5.52
MARIANA NEAR LITTLE ANGUILLE RIVER 5.24
HOT SPRINGS 4.9 W 5.15
ENGLAND 8.7 NW 4.99
PINE BLUFF/GRIDER FIEL 4.66
BLYTHEVILLE MUNI AIRPORT 3.74
..ILLINOIS
VILLA RIDGE 2.1 ESE 5.72
MOUNT VERNON ARPT 5.69
ULLIN 0.4 WSW 5.53
MURPHYSBORO 0.2 NE 5.33
CYPRESS 1.4 WSW 5.04
METROPOLIS 2.9 NNE 4.00
SHAWNEETOWN 3.1 WSW 3.37
METROPOLIS MUNICIPAL ARPT 3.29
..INDIANA
GALENA 4.3 ENE 5.83
EVANSVILLE REGIONAL ARPT 4.99
BLOOMINGTON, MONROE COUNTY ARPT 4.96
CLARKSVILLE 2.3 N 4.70
MILLTOWN 5.7 SSE 4.63
GREENVILLE 2.6 SSW 4.60
MARTINSVILLE 4.5 WSW 4.40
WOLCOTTVILLE 1.1 WNW 3.22
LAGRANGE 9.6 ESE 3.19
LIGONIER 5.3 ENE 3.05
..KENTUCKY
MAYFIELD 1 NW 13.40
SYMSONIA 6 ENE 12.34
GRAND RIVERS 4 S 11.06
WINGO 4 SSE 11.00
CENTRAL CITY 1 E 10.63
MUHLENBERG COUNTY ARPT 9.29
MAYFIELD GRAVES COUNTY ARPT 9.16
LEWISBURG 0.2 E 9.01
HOPKINSVILLE SOUTH FORK LITTLE RIVE 8.97
NOLIN RIVER LAKE 8.78
GLASGOW 2.1 NE 8.22
BOWLING GREEN COUNTY REGIONAL ARPT 7.92
GREENVILLE 6.2 WSW 7.22
LIBERTY 1.1 SE 6.11
LEXINGTON BLUE GRASS ARPT 5.50
FORT CAMPBELL AAF 4.72
EDDYVILLE 2.0 NNE 3.59
CALVERT CITY 2.5 SSW 2.85
..MISSISSIPPI
OLIVE BRANCH 0.1 SSW 5.62
HERNANDO 2.7 ESE 4.98
TUNICA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 4.34
BYHALIA 3.7 W 4.02
SOUTHAVEN 4.8 SE 3.94
..MISSOURI
CAPE GIRARDEAU REGIONAL ARPT 8.07
WEST PLAINS OBSERVATION WELL 7.19
CAPE GIRARDEAU 5.56
..OHIO
CINCINNATI 5.9 W 5.85
..OKLAHOMA
SALLISAW 0.3 SE 3.77
IDABEL 2.3 SE 3.48
NORMAN 3.0 SSW 2.56
..TENNESSEE
BROWNSVILLE NEAR HATCHIE RIVER 7.80
JACKSON 6.1 SSE 7.12
GERMANTOWN AT WOLF RIVER 7.11
SOMERVILLE NEAR LOOSAHATICHIE RIVER 7.04
MEMPHIS INTL ARPT 6.91
BELLEVUE AT HARPETH RIVER 6.60
ORLINDA NEAR RED RIVER 5.34
CLARKSVILLE/OUTLAW ARPT 5.25
HENDERSON 7.5 ENE 4.26
..TEXAS
TEXARKANA REGIONAL ARPT 7.82
HAWKINS 2.6 N 7.62
LINDALE 2.7 E 7.40
DEKALB 4.09
AS ADDITIONAL UPPER-LEVEL IMPULSES MOVE OFF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES
AND INTERACT WITH THE STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS,
WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REPEATEDLY FORM OVER THE SAME GENERAL
AREA, RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS THE
EAST-CENTRAL U.S. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS EXCEEDING 5 INCHES,
WITH SOME LOCATIONS SEEING 10-15 INCHES, WILL LEAD TO SERIOUS
CONCERN OF CATASTROPHIC, LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IN THESE
AREAS, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH. IN ADDITION, WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT TO POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC RIVER FLOODING IS
ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN THE OZARKS, MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY, AND OHIO VALLEY. THE THREAT OF STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL
FINALLY DIMINISHES ON SUNDAY.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
KEBEDE
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