STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR CENTRAL U.S. STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
500 PM EDT SAT SEP 23 2006

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE MIDWEST IS FUELING
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS THROUGHOUT THE LOWER AND
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO RIVER VALLEYS. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY THAT IS CURRENTLY ORIENTED FROM EASTERN TEXAS NORTHWARD
INTO EASTERN WISCONSIN. A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ALSO EXTENDS
ACROSS MUCH OF
KENTUCKY...TENNESSEE...OHIO...MISSISSIPPI...ARKANSAS...AND TEXAS. 

A TORNADO WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
TENNESSEE...AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN OHIO...WESTERN
WEST VIRGINIA...EASTERN KENTUCKY...AND PORTIONS OF TENNESSEE. 

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...EASTERN
TENNESSEE...SOUTHERN INDIANA...AND PARTS OF KENTUCKY. FLOOD
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
ARKANSAS...SOUTHERN MISSOURI...NORTHWESTERN TENNESSEE...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN INDIANA...AND PORTIONS OF KENTUCKY. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 4 PM
EDT SATURDAY...

...MISSOURI...

QULIN                           10.20
MYRTLE                          10.16
MALDEN                           8.16
BERNIE  			 7.70
POPLAR BLUFF                     5.85 
FISK                             5.34 
THAYER                           4.40
GAINESVILLE                      2.90 
ANNAPOLIS                        2.86
ALLEY SPRING                     2.85 
CAPE GIRARDEAU                   2.50
WEST PLAINS                      2.45
HOLLISTER                        2.36 
CARUTHERSVILLE                   2.28 
CEDAR HILL                       2.25 
FARMINGTON ARPT                  1.84 

...ARKANSAS...

FLIPPIN				12.38
ST. FRANCIS                      9.27 
CORNING                          7.52
RAVENDEN SPRINGS                 6.46 
SALEM                            5.10
MAMMOTH SPRING 			 4.40
SILVER HILL                      4.15 
POCAHONTAS			 4.01
CALICO ROCK                      3.55 
ST. JOE                          3.24
RUSSELLVILLE			 2.71 
BAXTER CO ARPT                   2.59 
HARRISON                         2.13 
FAYETTEVILLE                     2.06 
NORTHEAST AK ARPT                1.35 

...ILLINOIS...

SHAWNEETOWN                      2.99 
ST. CHARLES                      2.29 
CARBONDALE                       2.19
BARTLETT                         2.17 
VALLEY VIEW                      1.94 
SCOTT AFB                        1.16 

...KENTUCKY...

CADIZ                            7.82 
BOSTON                           7.34
LOUISVILLE                       6.87
FARMERS                          6.48 
LEXINGTON                        6.46 
BLUEGRASS ARPT                   6.16
HENDERSON CITY			 6.04
CADENTOWN                        5.69 
PROSPECT                         5.66
FRANKFORT SP                     5.50
MONTROSE                         5.49
MOUNT STERLING			 5.30 
GLENNSBORO                       5.20
PADUCAH                          5.18 
MCALPINE LOCK                    5.00
LOUISVILLE ARPT                  4.81

...TENNESSEE...

SAMBURG 			 3.75
UNION CITY                       3.66
CLARKSVILLE                      2.05 
NASHVILLE METRO			 2.01

...INDIANA...

LEAVENWORTH                      6.58
GRANDVIEW			 5.81
CORYDON                          5.40
LEXINGTON                        4.87
EVANSVILLE                       4.43 
TELL CITY                        4.40
ELIZABETH                        3.86 

...OHIO...

ABERDEEN			 3.55
CINCINNATI                       2.76
SHARONVILLE                      1.56 
AIRBORNE ARPT                    1.50
NEWBURGH DAM                     1.48 
COLUMBUS                         1.28 
DAYTON                           1.07 

...WEST VIRGINIA...

DUNLOW				 2.20
HUNTINGTON                       2.10 
CHARLESTON                       1.28 


THIS STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ON SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST
INTENSE STORMS.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY FOR THIS SYSTEM THAT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 11 PM EDT. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORCAST OFFICE FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS STORM. 

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