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QPFERD
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DISCUSSION
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
728 PM EST THU FEB 19 2026
DAY 1
VALID 01Z FRI FEB 20 2026 - 12Z FRI FEB 20 2026
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND FROM PORTIONS OF THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS...
01Z UPDATE:
CHANGES WERE MODEST AND BASED MAINLY ON TRENDS IN SHORT-TERM RADAR
AND SATELLITE IMAGERY.
..SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
REMOVED THE MARGINAL RISK AREA FROM MUCH OF THE AREA...LEAVING THE
RISK AREA IN PLACE FOR THE TERRAIN EAST OF SAN DIEGO. SOME
LINGERING POST-FRONTAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THERE WITH AMOUNTS
GENERALLY ON THE ORDER OF ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-HALF INCH. BEST
ASCENT AND QPF REMAINS ALONG THE EASTERN MID TO LOWER SLOPES. THE
OVERALL RATES/TOTALS WOULD NOT NORMALLY CAUSE MUCH CONCERN, ALTHOUGH
RECENT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SATURATED THE UPPER SOILS
AND STILL PRESENTS INCREASED RUN-OFF AND LOCALLY MINOR FLOODING
CONCERNS. AS SUCH THE MARGINAL RISK REMAINS IN PLACE.
..UPPER OHIO VALLEY/CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
MAINTAINED THE MARGINAL RISK AREA WITH FEW CHANGES. ONE ROUND OF
RAINFALL LEFT A FEW STREAKS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IN EASTERN KENTUCKY
EARLIER TODAY AS SHOWN BY MRMS BUT MUCH OF THE RAIN HAD PUSHED
STEADILY INTO WEST VIRGINIA WHERE RAINFALL RATES WERE DIMINISHING
WITH TIME. THE HRRR AND RAP SHOW ADDITIONAL CONVECTION DEVELOPING
UPSTREAM ALONG AND AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING/STRENGTHENING COLD FRONT
WHICH RENEWS THE CONCERN OF FLOODING DUE TO BANDED/TRAINING
CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS...NATURALLY LOWER FFGS AND PERHAPS SOME RAIN ON
SNOW IN THE HIGHEST WINDWARD FACING TERRAIN IN EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA WHERE UP TO AN 1" OF SNOW- WATER EQUIVALENT COULD ADD TO
RUN-OFF CONCERNS (GIVEN SNOWPACK IS RELATIVELY WARM...PER NOHRSC).
EVEN SO, THE EXPECTED MAGNITUDE AND COVERAGE REMAINS BEST SUITED ON
THE LOWER END MARGINAL RISK CATEGORY AT THIS TIME.
BANN/GALLINA
~~~PRIOR DISCUSSION~~~
..SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
A STRONG MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN RAINFALL TO
SOUTHERN CA THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THIS IS A QUICK MOVING
SYSTEM THAT WILL NOT HAVE A LOT OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. PLENTY
OF COLD AIR ALOFT THOUGH, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR UPWARDS OF A COUPLE
HUNDRED J/KG OF CAPE AND SOME LOCALIZED HEAVIER RAINFALL RATES.
THE QUICK CELL MOTIONS AND LIMITED MOISTURE WILL KEEP RAINFALL
TOTALS GENERALLY UNDER 1", POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS ~1.5" IN FAVORED
UPSLOPE AREAS. HOURLY RAINFALL SHOULD PEAK IN THE 0.25"-0.5" RANGE,
ALTHOUGH VERY LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 0.5" ARE PROBABLE. OVERALL,
WE WOULD NOT EXPECT THESE TOTALS OR RATES TO RESULT IN A
SIGNIFICANT FLOOD RISK. GIVEN HIGH SOIL MOISTURE FROM RAINFALL
EARLIER THIS WEEK, THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD BE ENOUGH TO
RESULT IN LOCALIZED MINOR FLOOD IMPACTS.
..OH VALLEY INTO CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN
A LOCALIZED FLOOD RISK TODAY INTO TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF
EASTERN KY, SOUTHERN OH AND INTO WV AND SOUTHWEST PA. WAA THIS
MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN AN UPTICK IN CONVECTION
ACROSS THIS CORRIDOR, WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT ACCOMPANIED
BY ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BY LATE TONIGHT MUCH OF
THIS REGION COULD BE LOOKING AT 1-2" OF RAINFALL, WITH LOCALIZED
TOTALS POTENTIALLY GETTING INTO THE 2-3" RANGE.
THE 06Z HRRR AND 00Z GEM REG ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THIS
AXIS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL, WITH THE 00Z ECMWF AND AIFS IN THE SAME
BALLPARK AS WELL. NOT REALLY SURE WHY THE 00Z ARW, ARW2, 3KM NAM
ARE SO SPARSE WITH CONVECTION AND LIGHT WITH RAINFALL TOTALS. THEIR
EVOLUTION IS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE FAVORABLE MESOSCALE AND LARGE
SCALE PATTERN, AND SO PREFER LEANING TOWARDS THE WETTER NON- NCEP
GUIDANCE AND RECENT HRRR RUNS. BASED ON FORECAST INSTABILITY AND
RECENT HRRR OUTPUT, HOURLY RAINFALL COULD LOCALLY APPROACH AND
EXCEED 1" ACROSS THIS CORRIDOR BOTH WITH THE WAA CONVECTION AND
COLD FRONTAL ACTIVITY. NASA SPORT SOIL MOISTURE ANALYSIS SHOWS
ABOVE AVERAGE SOIL SATURATION ACROSS THIS REGION AS WELL. SO,
WHILE NOT EXPECTING WIDESPREAD OR SIGNIFICANT FLOOD IMPACTS, THE
COMBINATION OF TOTAL RAINFALL LOCALLY EXCEEDING 2", HOURLY RAINFALL
APPROACHING 1", AND HIGH SOIL SATURATION...SUGGESTS THAT AT LEAST
SOME MINOR RUNOFF CONCERNS COULD EVOLVE TODAY INTO TONIGHT.
AN AXIS OF STRONGER CONVECTION MAY MATERIALIZE FARTHER NORTHWEST
OF THE MARGINAL RISK ACROSS PORTIONS OF IL/IN/OH. WHILE HEAVIER
SHORT TERM RATES ARE LIKELY HERE, THE CURRENT EXPECTATION IS THAT
ACTIVITY WILL BE MORE PROGRESSIVE AND THUS THE HIGHER RATES MORE
SHORT LIVED. SOIL CONDITIONS ARE ALSO CONSIDERABLY DRIER ACROSS
THIS CORRIDOR, AND SO WE WILL NOT INCLUDE THIS REGION IN THE
MARGINAL RISK FOR NOW.
CHENARD
DAY 2
VALID 12Z FRI FEB 20 2026 - 12Z SAT FEB 21 2026
THE PROBABILITY OF RAINFALL EXCEEDING FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS LESS
THAN 5 PERCENT.
COOK/CHENARD
DAY 3
VALID 12Z SAT FEB 21 2026 - 12Z SUN FEB 22 2026
THE PROBABILITY OF RAINFALL EXCEEDING FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS LESS
THAN 5 PERCENT.
COOK/CHENARD
DAY 1 THREAT AREA: HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/QPF/94EPOINTS.TXT
DAY 2 THREAT AREA: HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/QPF/98EPOINTS.TXT
DAY 3 THREAT AREA: HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/QPF/99EPOINTS.TXT
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