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QPFERD  
 
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
314 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2026  
 
DAY 1  
VALID 12Z SUN JUL 05 2026 - 12Z MON JUL 06 2026  
 
...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM EASTERN  
PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...  
   
..OHIO VALLEY INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC & NORTHEAST  
 
IMPRESSIVE PLUME OF TROPICAL MOISTURE EXTENDING FROM THE GULF  
COAST THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL PRODUCE AN ENVIRONMENT  
FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY. 12Z RAOBS FROM PIT/IAD/OKX ALL  
MEASURED PWS BETWEEN 1.75 AND 1.95 INCHES, WELL ABOVE THE 90TH  
PERCENTILE FOR THE DATE AND NEARING DAILY-RECORDS. THIS IS  
SUGGESTIVE OF THE TROPICAL AIRMASS, AND WEAK LAPSE RATES WITHIN A  
SATURATED COLUMN WITH FREEZING LEVELS NEARING 14,000 FT POINT  
TOWARDS AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH WILL SUPPORT HEAVY RAINFALL IN ALL  
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.  
 
FORCING FOR ASCENT INTO THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY  
ROBUST THROUGH THE DAY AS WELL. A FRONT ANALYZED BY WPC DRAPED FROM  
ILLINOIS TO LONG ISLAND WILL OSCILLATE NORTH/SOUTH TODAY AS A  
STATIONARY FRONT, ALONG WHICH WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE WILL RIPPLE  
EASTWARD, AIDED BY SHORTWAVES PUSHING EASTWARD WITHIN THE FLOW.  
THESE WAVES WILL NOT ONLY PROVIDE ENHANCED ASCENT, BUT ALSO FORCE  
LOCALLY ACCELERATED MOIST INFLOW AND SHEAR TO CREATE CLUSTERS OF  
MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION WITH HEAVIER RAINFALL. THIS IS REFLECTED  
BY BOTH HREF AND REFS PROBABILITIES THAT EXCEED 40% FOR 2"/HR  
RAINFALL RATES, THIS MORNING/AFTN IN THE OH VLY AND THEN THIS  
EVENING FOR THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES. WITH CORFIDI VECTORS ALIGNED  
TO THE MEAN 0-6KM WIND, BACKBUILDING/TRAINING OF ECHOES IS LIKELY,  
SO CORRIDORS OF HEAVY RAIN EXCEEDING 3" ARE LIKELY (60-80% CHANCE)  
WITH MORE THAN 5" POSSIBLE (30-50%) CHANCE.  
 
THE GREATEST RISK AREAS FOR THE HEAVIEST RAIN ARE FOCUSED IN SE  
MI/NW OH AS WELL AS EASTERN PA/NORTHERN NJ/SOUTHEAST NY WHERE HREF  
PROBABILITIES FOR 8"/24HRS SHOW LOW BUT MEANINGFUL (5-10%)  
PROBABILITIES. WHILE SOIL MOISTURE ACCORDING TO NASA SPORT IS WELL  
BELOW NORMAL IN THE FORMER (0-40CM SOIL MOISTURE IN THE 10TH  
PERCENTILE), IT IS MUCH MORE SATURATED IN PA/NJ. ADDING IN THE  
URBAN INFLUENCES ACROSS PA/NJ/NY, THE INHERITED MDT RISK STILL  
APPEARS NEEDED, AND HAS BEEN EXPANDED NORTHEAST INTO FAR SOUTHEAST  
UPSTATE NY TO ACCOUNT FOR LATEST TRENDS. AT THIS TIME, NEW YORK  
CITY APPEARS TO REMAIN JUST WEST OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL SO WAS  
EXCLUDED FROM THE MDT RISK AREA, BUT OTHERWISE, IT APPEARS LIKELY  
THAT NUMEROUS IMPACTS FROM FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR TODAY IN THIS  
AREA, WITH LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT EVENTS POSSIBLE.  
   
..SOUTHERN PLAINS AND GULF COAST THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY  
 
BROAD MID-LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN ALIGNED SW TO NE FROM TEXAS  
THROUGH KENTUCKY THROUGH TODAY. WITHIN THIS TROUGH, SEVERAL WEAK  
MID-LEVEL IMPULSES ARE PROGGED TO ROTATE E/NE THROUGH THE FLOW,  
PROVIDING LOCALLY ENHANCED ASCENT WITHIN AN ALREADY UNSTABLE  
ATMOSPHERE CHARACTERIZED BY WIDESPREAD MUCAPE AROUND 3000 J/KG. AT  
THE SURFACE, A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST, REACHING ALONG  
A LINE FROM KENTUCKY TO THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF THE SOUTH BY THIS  
EVENING BEFORE STALLING. THE OVERLAP OF THE WEAK IMPULSES ON THIS  
BAROCLINIC GRADIENT WILL HELP CREATE RIPPLES OF LOW PRESSURE, AND  
THIS EXTRA LIFT WILL HELP CREATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.  
 
PW ANOMALIES OF +1 (TO LOCALLY +1.5) SIGMA WILL SUPPORT HEAVY  
RAINFALL RATES OF 1-3"/HR, WHICH THROUGH WEAK STORM MOTIONS (0-6KM  
MEAN WINDS OF JUST 5-10 KTS AND VARIABLE DIRECTION) WILL CREATE  
AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AT LEAST ISOLATED  
INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING. BOTH THE HREF AND REFS 24-HR  
NEIGHBORHOOD RAINFALL PROBABILITIES SHOW SCATTERED AREAS OF GREATER  
THAN 30% CHANCE FOR AT LEAST 3" OF RAIN IN A LARGE AREA, BUT THE  
WEAK SHEAR TO SUPPORT GENERALLY PULSE CONVECTION SHOULD LIMIT MORE  
WIDESPREAD/ORGANIZED AMOUNTS TO THIS LEVEL. IN GENERAL, THE  
INHERITED MRGL RISK WAS MAINTAINED WITH ONLY COSMETIC ADJUSTMENTS.  
HOWEVER, AN EXPANSION WEST OF THE MRGL WAS CREATED ALONG THE RED  
RIVER VALLEY NEAR THE OK/TX BORDER FOR SOME POTENTIAL MULTI-CELL  
DEVELOPMENT EXHIBITING SHORT-TERM TRAINING TONIGHT.  
   
..FLORIDA PENINSULA  
 
AFTER COORDINATION WITH WFOS MLB/JAX, ADDED A SMALL MRGL RISK FOR  
THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA FOR TODAY. RIDGE OF HIGH  
PRESSURE CENTERED JUST WEST OF THE STATE WILL PRODUCE GENERALLY  
WEAK MEAN FLOW, BUT WITH SUBTLE UPPER DIFFLUENCE. GENERALLY SW  
WINDS WILL HELP CONVECTION TRACK SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO THE  
AFTN/EVE, WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SEA-BREEZE COLLISIONS ON THE  
ATLANTIC COAST LATER TODAY WITH STORMS STALLING/REGENERATING IN THE  
PULSE ENVIRONMENT. PWS ABOVE 2" WILL SUPPORT 1-3"/HR RAIN RATES  
(30-50% CHANCE FOR 2"/HR FROM BOTH THE REFS AND HREF), WHICH  
THROUGH STALLING/SLOW MOTIONS COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF 3-5" OF  
RAINFALL. SHOULD ANY STORMS STALL ACROSS THE MORE URBAN AREAS OR  
ATOP SOILS MORE SENSITIVE FROM 24-HR RAINFALL AS MUCH AS 4",  
INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING COULD RESULT.  
 
WEISS  
 
 
DAY 2  
VALID 12Z MON JUL 06 2026 - 12Z TUE JUL 07 2026  
 
...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS  
OF THE COASTAL MID-ATLANTIC FROM DELAWARE TO CONNECTICUT...  
   
..MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST  
 
ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY OF HEAVY-RAIN PRODUCING CONVECTION IS EXPECTED  
MONDAY AS WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE RIPPLE ALONG A LATITUDINALLY  
WAVERING STATIONARY FRONT CAUSING MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF TRAINING  
THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
AT 12Z MONDAY /START OF D2/ THIS FRONT IS PROGGED TO BE GENERALLY  
ALIGNED WEST TO EAST FROM CENTRAL OH THROUGH CENTRAL NJ, ALTHOUGH  
SOME VARIATION IN THIS PLACEMENT IS LIKELY DUE TO MODEL  
UNCERTAINTY. TWO DISTINCT SHORTWAVES MOVING ALONG THIS FRONT WILL  
HELP TRACK DUAL WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE EASTWARD, EACH OF WHICH WILL  
LOCALLY ENHANCE ASCENT (ONE ACROSS WESTERN PA, THE SECOND FROM NJ  
INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND). ALOFT, BROAD TROUGHING WILL PERSIST  
ACROSS NEW ENGLAND, LEAVING PINCHED ALMOST ZONAL FLOW TOWARDS THE  
MID-ATLANTIC, WHILE WEAK JET ENERGY LEAVES MODEST RRQ DIFFLUENCE IN  
ITS WAKE. THIS SYNOPTIC LIFT WILL OCCUR WITHIN ROBUST  
THERMODYNAMICS CHARACTERIZED BY PWS OVER 2" AND MUCAPE RISING TO  
500-1000 J/KG WITH AN INTENSE GRADIENT EXPECTED ALONG THE  
AFOREMENTIONED FRONT. AT THE SAME TIME, MOIST 850MB INFLOW WILL  
BECOME LOCALLY BACKED AND ACCELERATED (STILL TO A MODEST 15-20 KTS)  
TO IMPINGE AND ISENTROPICALLY ASCEND THE BOUNDARY. TOGETHER, THESE  
POSE A SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
FLASH FLOODING.  
 
ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS TYPICAL UNCERTAINTY INTO THE EXACT EVOLUTION  
OF HEAVY RAIN ON MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT, THE THREAT APPEARS TO BE  
INCREASING FOR FLASH FLOODING. THE HIGH-RES CAMS ARE IN GOOD  
AGREEMENT THAT THERE WILL BE IMPRESSIVE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL (3-6"  
WITH EMBEDDED MUCH HIGHER TOTALS ABOVE 8" AS REFLECTED BY THE REFS  
AND HREF PMM) BUT THE PLACEMENT VARIES CONSIDERABLY. THIS SUGGESTS  
THE PROBABILISTIC OUTPUT IS CRITICAL FOR EVALUATING THE EXCESSIVE  
RAINFALL OUTLOOK, AND THE RECENT HREF AND REFS 5"/24HR NEIGHBORHOOD  
PROBABILITIES REACH ABOVE 40% FOR COASTAL NEW ENGLAND, LONG ISLAND,  
AND SOUTH THROUGH THE DELMARVA. IN THESE AREAS 24-HR PROBABILITIES  
FOR 8" FROM BOTH ENSEMBLE SYSTEMS ALSO ARE NOTABLE (20-40%). WITH  
THE IMPRESSIVE THERMODYNAMICS IN PLACE, AND ROBUST PERSISTENT  
FORCING TAPPING INTO THIS, RAINFALL RATES AT TIMES REACHING 2-3"/HR  
COMBINED WITH ALIGNED MEAN WIND/CORFIDI VECTORS WHICH ARE PARALLEL  
TO THE BOUNDARY WILL DRIVE TRAINING/BACKBUILDING TO SUPPORT THESE  
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS.  
 
WHILE FFG EXCEEDANCE PROBABILITIES ARE SOMEWHAT MODEST WHEN  
COMPARED TO THE RAINFALL PROBABILITIES (LOCALLY 25-40% CHANCE),  
SOME OF THESE AREAS WILL BE EXPERIENCING HEAVY RAINFALL ON D1 WHICH  
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE INCREASING VULNERABILITY ON D2. AFTER  
COORDINATION WITH THE AFFECTED WFOS, A MDT RISK WAS RAISED FOR  
PORTIONS OF EASTERN PA, NJ, NEW YORK CITY, AND SOUTHERN CT WHERE  
CONFIDENCE IS HIGHEST IN TRAINING HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO  
NUMEROUS FLASH FLOOD INSTANCES, SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SIGNIFICANT.  
 
A BIT FARTHER WEST, A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE INTERACTING  
WITH THE SAME THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT WILL PRODUCE STREAKS OF  
HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING CONVECTION FROM WESTERN PA THROUGH THE  
VICINITY OF WASHINGTON, D.C. WHILE UNCERTAINTY IS A LITTLE HIGHER  
IN THIS AREA AS TO THE COVERAGE, SPEED, AND INTENSITY OF THE  
THUNDERSTORMS, BOTH THE HREF AND REFS DEPICT A 20-40% CHANCE OF  
2"/HR RAIN RATES WITH AT LEAST SHORT-TERM TRAINING POTENTIAL. FFG  
ACROSS WESTERN PA IS QUITE LOW (1-1.5"/3HRS) AND HREF/REFS  
EXCEEDANCE POTENTIAL IS ELEVATED AS A RESULT. FARTHER SOUTH INTO  
THE D.C. AREA, FFG IS HIGHER, BUT THESE INTENSE RATES ATOP MORE  
URBAN REGIONS COULD STILL POSE A FLASH FLOOD CONCERN SO A SLGT  
RISK WAS ADDED ACROSS THESE AREAS.  
   
..ARKLATEX EAST THROUGH THE CAROLINAS  
 
A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL DROP SLOWLY SOUTHWARD, REACHING A  
LINE FROM SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THROUGH EASTERN TENNESSEE BY TUESDAY  
MORNING BEFORE STALLING. THIS FRONT WILL SIT WITHIN A PLUME OF  
OVERLAPPING ELEVATED PWS (1.75 TO 2.00 INCHES) AND MUCAPE  
(1000-2000 J/KG) TO SUPPORT HOURLY RAINFALL OF 1-2" WITH HIGHER  
SHORT-TERM RATES. 0-6KM BULK SHEAR IS PROGGED TO BE MINIMAL (LESS  
THAN 20 KTS) SO STORMS THAT FORM WILL LIKELY BE OF THE PULSE  
VARIETY. HOWEVER, WEAK CORFIDI VECTORS OF JUST AROUND 5 KTS ALIGNED  
BOTH TO THE MEAN WIND AND THE FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR REPEATING ROUNDS  
AND SOME SHORT-TERM TRAINING OF THESE INTENSE RAINFALL RATES.  
ADDITIONALLY, PULSE CONVECTION MAY REDEVELOP ALONG OUTFLOWS AND  
THROUGH COLLISIONS, SUGGESTING THAT SOME PLACES MAY EXPERIENCED  
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL DURING PRIMARILY THE PEAK-  
HEATING HOURS OF MONDAY. THIS SETUP IS STILL SUPPORTIVE OF THE  
INHERITED MRGL RISK, AND ONLY COSMETIC ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO  
ACCOUNT FOR THE RECENT GUIDANCE.  
 
WEISS  
 
 
DAY 3  
VALID 12Z TUE JUL 07 2026 - 12Z WED JUL 08 2026  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF  
THE NORTHERN PLAINS...  
   
..NORTHERN PLAINS  
 
A SHORTWAVE CRESTING THE EXPANDING RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE FOUR  
CORNERS WILL TRANSLATE STEADILY EASTWARD FROM CENTRAL MT EARLY D3  
TO WESTERN MN BY THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THIS SHORTWAVE  
WILL DRIVE DOWNSTREAM PVA AND HEIGHT FALLS WHILE CONCURRENT BUT  
MODEST RRQ DIFFLUENCE IN THE TAIL OF A DISTANT JET STREAK HELPS  
ENHANCE SYNOPTIC LIFT. AT THE SURFACE, A WAVERING BOUNDARY WITH A  
WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ALONG IT WILL TRY TO SHIFT NORTH IN  
RESPONSE TO SUBTLY INCREASING SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW, WITH THE  
RESULTING ISENTROPIC ASCENT AIDING LIFT ACROSS THE REGION. THIS  
ROBUST ASCENT WILL ACT UPON PWS THAT WILL SURGE TO 1.25 TO 1.75  
INCHES, OR AROUND +2 SIGMA, COLLOCATED WITH A PLUME OF MUCAPE  
EXCEEDING 2000 J/KG.  
 
TOGETHER, THIS WILL MANIFEST AS INCREASING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT  
MOST OF THE DAY ON TUESDAY, WITH ACTIVITY MOVING STEADILY FROM WEST  
TO EAST ACROSS MT, WHILE SECONDARY DEVELOPMENT OCCURS IN THE  
DAKOTAS ALONG THE FRONT ITSELF. MEAN STORM MOTIONS SHOULD GENERALLY  
BE AROUND 20 KTS TO THE E/NE, BUT INCREASING BULK SHEAR TO 40-50  
KTS AND ALIGNED CORFIDI VECTORS SUGGESTS SOME BACKBUILDING OR  
TRAINING OF CLUSTERS WILL DEVELOP. HOURLY RAINFALL AS MUCH AS  
0.75"-1.0"+ IS LIKELY, WHICH COULD CREATE LOCALLY 2-3" OF RAINFALL  
AS REFLECTED BY MODEST (5-15% CHANCE) OF 3"/24 HRS. THIS RAIN WILL  
OCCUR ATOP SENSITIVE SOILS DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL, AND 3-HR  
FFG IS AS LOW AS 1-1.5"/3HRS. THE INHERITED SLGT RISK WAS MODIFIED  
TO ACCOUNT FOR THE RECENT UFVS FIRST-GUESS FIELDS, WITH THE MRGL  
ALSO ADJUSTED FOR RECENT MODEL TRENDS AND SOIL VULNERABILITIES.  
   
..MID-ATLANTIC STATES  
 
SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTN  
BENEATH A BROAD MID-LEVEL TROUGH THAT WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED OVER  
THE AREA. WEAK IMPULSES WITHIN THE WEAK FLOW COMBINED WITH THE  
TYPICAL PIEDMONT TROUGH AND OTHER LINGERING BOUNDARIES WILL BE THE  
FOCUS FOR CONVECTION INITIATION, FOLLOWED BY BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS  
AND MERGERS LEADING TO ADDITIONAL CLUSTERS DURING PEAK HEATING. IN  
GENERAL, THESE STORMS SHOULD BE OF THE PULSE VARIETY AND MOVE E/NE  
ON 15 KTS OF 0-6KM MEAN WIND. HOWEVER, THE IMPRESSIVE  
THERMODYNAMICS IN PLACE (PWS OVER 1.75 INCHES OVERLAPPING MUCAPE OF  
1000-2000 J/KG) WILL SUPPORT RAINFALL RATES OF 1-2"/HR, THROUGH  
WHICH ANY SHORT-TERM TRAINING OR REPEATING ROUNDS COULD LEAD TO  
INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING.  
   
..EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS & RHODE ISLAND  
 
A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE MOVING SOUTH OF RHODE ISLAND AT THE  
START OF D3 /12Z TUESDAY/ WILL GRADUALLY TRANSLATE EAST THROUGH THE  
MORNING BEFORE EXITING BY THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME  
SPREAD IN THE DEPARTURE SPEED OF THIS WAVE, THERE IS ENOUGH OVERLAP  
IN THE MODEL QPF EARLY TUESDAY TO ADD A SMALL MRGL RISK FOR EASTERN  
MA, RI, AND THE CAPE/ISLANDS. WHILE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL D3 MAY BE  
MODEST (10-30% CHANCE OF 1+"), LINGERING RATES WILL REMAIN  
IMPRESSIVE WITHIN THE HIGH PW AIRMASS, AND THIS WILL BE FALLING  
ATOP SOILS SATURATED FROM WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY RAINFALL ON  
D2. THE SMALL MRGL RISK WAS ADDED TO ENCOMPASS AREAS WITH THE  
HIGHEST D3 PROBABILITIES ATOP THE HEAVIEST QPF FOOTPRINT FROM D2.  
 
WEISS  
 
 
DAY 4 AND DAY 5  
 
VALID 12Z WED JUL 08 2026 - 12Z FRI JUL 10 2026  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF  
THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY...  
 
A SEASONABLY MOIST, UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE ALONG THE  
NORTHERN SIDE OF AN UPPER-RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE WESTERN TO  
CENTRAL U.S. EARLY NEXT WEEK. AN UPPER-LEVEL WAVE ROUNDING THE TOP  
OF THE RIDGE WILL HELP TRIGGER SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM  
DEVELOPMENT ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH THE NORTHERN  
PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST TUESDAY WITH ONGOING/ADDITIONAL STORMS  
SPREADING INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY. STORMS WILL LIKELY  
FOCUS AHEAD OF AN EASTWARD MOVING SURFACE WAVE ALONG THE BOUNDARY  
WITH CLUSTERING/UPSCALE GROWTH POTENTIALLY LEADING TO A MORE  
ORGANIZED SYSTEM. TYPICAL UNCERTAINTY ON THE EXACT LOCATION AND  
COVERAGE OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT REMAINS A CONCERN PARTICULARLY  
AS THE STORM EVOLUTION TUESDAY WILL LIKELY IMPACT STORM  
DEVELOPMENT/EVOLUTION WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER, THERE REMAINS GOOD  
CONSENSUS AMONGST THE DETERMINISTIC MODEL GUIDANCE ON AREAL AVERAGE  
RAINFALL TOTALS IN THE 1-2" RANGE, LOCALLY 3"+, SUPPORTING THE  
THREAT FOR SCATTERED FLASH FLOODING. A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCESSIVE  
RAINFALL IS IN PLACE FROM EAST-CENTRAL MN INTO NORTHERN WI AND THE  
UP/NORTHERN LP MI, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AREAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE  
RISK IN SUBSEQUENT OUTLOOKS.  
 
THE EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL HELP TO SUBTLY DEEPEN/EXPAND  
TROUGHING MORE BROADLY ACROSS THE THE MIDWEST AND ADJACENT AREAS ON  
THURSDAY. THE SOUTHWARD SHIFT OF STRONGER UPPER-FLOW ALOFT INTO  
THE CENTRAL PLAINS EAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI/OHIO VALLEYS  
AND LOWER GREAT LAKES WILL BRING MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM  
CHANCES ACROSS THE REGION. SEASONABLY HIGH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE  
POOLING ALONG A SOUTHWARD PROGRESSING COLD FRONT WILL SUPPORT  
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BRINGING THE THREAT FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED  
INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING, AND A BROAD MARGINAL RISK OF EXCESSIVE  
RAINFALL HAS BEEN OUTLINED. A TARGETED SLIGHT RISK MAY EVENTUALLY  
BE NECESSARY WITH MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE FRONTAL POSITION AS STORM  
MOTIONS MAY TEND TO RUN GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE BOUNDARY HELPING  
TO LEAD TO PROLONGED/REPEATED ROUNDS OF RAINFALL.  
 
PUTNAM  
 
 
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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