STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR CENTRAL PLAINS/MIDWEST HEAVY RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007

...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND
THE MIDWEST STATES...

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...SOUTH DAKOTA...MUCH OF
IOWA...SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN
NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI... WESTERN ILLINOIS...NORTHERN
ILLINOIS...INDIANA...AND OHIO.

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR SECTIONS OF
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...IOWA... AS WELL AS NORTHERN
ILLINOIS...INDIANA...AND OHIO.

FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL
BOUNDARY...CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THE
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION...HAS SERVED
AS A FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS...NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADARS HAVE SHOWN WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS MINNESOTA INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN AND
THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. FARTHER SOUTH...HEAVY
RAIN...ASSOCIATED WITH A COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WAS
HEADED EAST ACROSS THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA. 

ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE AFFECTED REGION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WERE OCCURRING OR ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING. IN
ADDITION TO PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE
CONTAINED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM AUG 18
THROUGH 300 PM AUG 23...

...IOWA...

HUMBOLDT (WATER PLANT)            12.54 
FORT DODGE REGIONAL AIRPORT       11.86 
BADGER 3.1 NW                     11.42 
SPIRIT LAKE 4 W                   10.74 
MASON CITY                        10.00 
TERRIL 2.6 SSE                     9.99 
FORT DODGE 1.6 ENE                 9.75 
GOWRIE 0.4 WNW                     9.70 
WEBSTER CITY                       9.25 
EMMETSBURG 2 NW                    9.08 
BOONE 4.5 NW                       8.89 
INDEPENDENCE 5 ENE                 7.95 
LAKE PARK                          7.78 
RINGSTED                           7.57 
HAMPTON                            7.44 
BARNUM                             7.09 
SIOUX CITY MUNI ARPT               6.12 

...ILLINOIS...

ROCKFORD 2.4 ESE                  11.96 
PARK RIDGE 1.0 NNE                11.57 
HAWTHORN WOODS 0.6 N               9.17 
HARVARD 0.4 W                      7.46 
ELGIN                              6.95 
GENOA 2 SW                         6.29 
ALGONQUIN 1.1 ENE                  6.10 
BARLETT 1.9 NNW                    6.10 
CARY 1.9 NE                        5.99 
LONG GROVE 1.1 NNE                 5.91 
PIPER CITY                         5.84 
CRETE 1.4 SW                       5.73 
WINTROP HARBOR 0.7 SSW             5.57 
ROCKFORD/GRTR ROCKFORD AIRPORT     5.54 
SENECA 1.5 SSW                     5.49 
CHICAGO (BOTANICAL GARDEN)         4.76 


...INDIANA...

AUBURN 0.8 NE                      7.69 
HUDSON 4.6 N                       7.62 
MILLERSBURG 4.3 NNE                7.39 
FREEMONT 0.7 W                     7.18 
VALPARAISO 2.4 SW                  7.15 
GOSHEN 1.2 WNW                     7.03 
DECATUR 1 N                        6.92 
OSSIAN 2.3 ENE                     6.92 
FORT WAYNE 5.4 WSW                 6.84 
NORTH JUDSON 3 E                   6.51 
WARSAW 4 NW                        5.55 
CROMWELL RADIO                     5.49 
MISSISSINEWA                       5.45 
HUNTINGTON 5 E                     5.23 
VALPARAISO/PORTER CO ARPT          4.33 

...MINNESOTA...

HOUSTON- MAINSTEM ROOT R          11.58 
LA CRESCENT DAM 7                 11.43 
ROCHESTER- CASCADE CREEK          10.91 
WORTHINGTON                       10.51 
DODGE CENTER 2 W                   9.18 
BROWNSVILLE                        9.00 
MANTORVILLE                        8.16 
ZUMBRO FALLS                       8.63 
MAPLE VALLEY GOLF COURSE           7.09 
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTL ARPT     3.85 

...MICHIGAN...

BENTON HARBOR/SW MI RGNL APT       5.12 
KALAMAZOO INTL ARPT                4.32 
ADRIAN/LENAWEE CO. ARPT            4.18 
TULIP CITY AIRPORT/HOLLAND         4.16 
LANSING/CAPITAL CITY ARPT          4.12 
GRAND RAPIDS INTL ARPT             3.88 
SAGINAW/TRI CITY                   3.55 
JACKSON/REYNOLDS FIELD             3.25 
MUSKEGON COUNTY AIRPORT            3.07 
BATTLE CREEK/W K KELLOGG ARPT      2.97 
DETROIT CITY AIRPORT               2.95 
DETROIT METRO AIRPORT              2.71 

...OHIO...

SEVILLE                           10.36 
UPPER SANDUSKY                     9.87
NASHVILLE                          9.62
BUCYRUS                            8.69
DEFIANCE MEMORIAL AIRPORT          7.89 
GALION (WATER WORKS)               7.19
GROVER HILL                        7.02
MANSFIELD/LAHM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT   6.53
WADSWORTH 1 SW                     6.11
FINDLAY 1 NW                       6.00
GREER                              6.00
FINDLAY AIRPORT                    5.80 
AKRON-FULTON INTL ARPT             5.31 

...PENNSYLVANIA....

NEWRY 1.9 SSE                      5.46 
ALTOONA 3 SW                       5.40
PINDLETON (IFLOWS)                 5.39
CONFLUENCE 1 SW                    5.26
EBENSBURG                          5.12
WILLIAMSBURG                       4.96
LILLY (IFLOWS)                     4.96
MT. DAVIS                          4.95
NEW LEXINGTON (IFLOWS)             4.88
MAUST HILL (IFLOWS)                4.86
CHICKAREE (IFLOWS)                 4.68

...SOUTH DAKOTA...

MOBRIDGE                           4.77
BALTIC 2.4 W                       4.62 
AVON 5.5 SSE                       4.53 
RAPID CITY 11 SW                   4.51
HERMOSA 1S                         4.49
BUFFALO 9.8 WSW                    4.39 
PHILIP 0.4 ENE                     4.32 
LOWRY CITY 1.1 WNW                 4.27 
RAPID CITY 5.4 SW                  3.94
BROOKINGS 2.8 SSW                  3.90 
STURGIS 9 SW                       3.60
RAPID CITY 2.6 W                   3.37 
CUSTER CO. AIRPORT                 3.31
LEAD 8.6 SE                        3.23 
SIOUX FALLS WFO                    1.88 

...WISCONSIN...

STODDARD 3 NE                     12.87 
LA CROSSE 6 E                     11.44 
STEVENS POINT 0.9 SSW             10.58 
VIROQUA 2 NW                       9.76
MADISON                            9.18 
MERRILL                            9.13
MUKWONAGO                          8.69
WESTBY                             8.21
NEWVILLE                           8.04
VIOLA                              7.86
GENOA DAM 8                        7.67
COLUMBUS 1.2 S                     7.52 
GAYS MILLS 2 N                     7.45
RACINE/BATTON FIELD                7.33 
STOUGHTON                          7.32
SUN PRAIRIE 4 NNE                  7.20

...NEBRASKA...                 
  
NORFOLK/KARL STEFAN MEM APT        5.08 
OMAHA/EPPLEY FIELD                 2.74 
HASTINGS MUNI ARPT                 2.53 
ORD                                2.50 

 
SEVERAL WAVES OF CONVECTION ARE EXPECTED TO RIDE ALONG THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. ISOLATED HEAVIER TOTALS AROUND FOUR INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE SYSTEM SHOULD PUSH EAST INTO THE
OHIO VALLEY BY SATURDAY...BRINGING AND END TO THE RAIN FOR THE
REGION.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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