ACUS43 KWBC 270257 SCCNS3 Storm Summary Number 5 for Heavy Rain Associated with Post-Tropical Cyclone Olga NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 1100 PM EDT Sat Oct 26 2019 ...Periods of Rain Continue From the Southeast to the Great Lakes as Olga merges with the frontal system in the Ohio Valley... Flood Warnings are in effect across portions of the Mississippi River in Missouri/Illinois, much of northeast Illinois, and portions of other rivers in central and southern Mississippi. Flood Watches are in effect for portions of northeast Illinois. A Flood Advisory is in effect for portions of central Illinois and central Arkansas. For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings and advisories, please see www.weather.gov At 1000 PM EDT...National Weather Service radar and surface observations showed the remnant post-tropical cyclone center of Olga successfully merged into a cold front associated with a stronger, deepening surface low in western Illinois with a central pressure of 993 millibars, or 29.32 inches of mercury. Ahead of the cold front and very near the center of Olga's remnants were shallow but strong thunderstorms capable of heavy rainfall extending from eastern Kentucky to the Florida Panhandle. A broad precipitation shield extended from western Illinois across southern Wisconsin, central Michigan, and into central Pennsylvania associated more with the tropical moisture overrunning a frontal boundary fraped across the Lower Great Lakes. Below are preliminary rainfall observations associated with Olga and the developing frontal low. ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Rainfall in inches from 800 PM EDT Thu Oct 24 through 1000 PM EDT Sat Oct 26... ...ILLINOIS... MISSISSIPPI RIVER @THEBES 3.72 VENEDY STATION 3.71 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AP 3.70 BEAN RIDGE 3.61 MOUNT VERNON 3.53 MURPHYSBORO 3.38 PLUMFIELD 3.36 SAWMILL CREEK @ LEMONT 2.93 ASHLEY 2.91 CENTRALIA 2.84 SALEM 2.62 MOUNT VERNON AP 2.60 ...INDIANA... BEDFORD 2.50 MARTINSVILLE 2.50 OHIO RIVER @EVANSVILLE 2.45 MITCHELL 2.43 BLOOMINGTON 2.37 HARDIN RIDGE 2.32 HAZELTON 2.30 MOUNT VERNON 2.28 FRENCH LICK 2.22 UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS 2.20 ...KENTUCKY... WEST PADUCAH 3.43 MURRAY 1 SE 3.00 OLMSTED LOCK AND DAM 2.79 PADUCH REGIONAL AP 2.78 METROPOLIS 2.47 BENTON 2.16 EDDYVILLE 2.16 KEVIL 4.6 NW 2.16 ...MISSOURI... CAPE GIRARDEAU REGL AP 3.91 DUTCHTOWN 1S 3.83 CLARKTON 3.81 RED ROCK LANDING 3.74 SIKESTON 2 ENE 3.70 MALDEN MUNI AP 3.64 SOUTH DUNKLIN 3.45 PORTAGEVILLE DELTA CENTER 3.41 MISSISSIPPI RIVER @MOCASSIN SPRINGS 3.25 QULIN 1 WNW 2.85 THOMPSON LANDING 2.84 HORNERSVILLE 2.68 POPLAR BLUFF MUNI AP 2.68 ...TENNESSEE... MEMPHIS 12 SE 5.06 WOLF RIVER @GERMANTOWN 4.97 ARLINGTON 4.80 NONCONNAH CREEK @RIVERPORT RD 4.67 WOLF RIVER @NORTH HOLLYWOOD ST 4.58 MEMPHIS INT'L AP 4.55 NONCONNAH CREEK @FARRISVIEW RD 4.51 BARTLETT 4.26 CLEVELAND 1.7 WNW 4.15 ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Rainfall in inches where the event has ended... ...ALABAMA... TUSCALOOSA RGNL ARPT 7.27 COKER 7.00 EUTAW 6.76 TOXEY 5 N 6.64 COKER 0.6 S 6.46 TUSCALOOSA 1.3 ENE 6.04 LAKE TUSCALOOSA 5.58 FAYETTE 5.6 N 5.52 NORTHPORT 18.7 N 5.21 HALEYVILLE - POSEY FIELD AP 5.19 FLORENCE 5.06 GAINESVILLE 1.5 NE 5.03 ...ARKANSAS... LAKE VILLAGE 3 NE 4.96 MARVELL 4.1 W 4.58 MARIANNA 1 NE 4.54 BLYTHEVILLE 5 SW 4.08 GREENVILLE 8 SW 3.94 PORTLAND 3.89 GREENWOOD 1.9 WNW 3.85 WEST MEMPHIS MUNI APT 3.84 OSCEOLA 3 S 3.77 ELAINE 14 SW 3.75 ...LOUISIANA... LAPLACE 10.46 PONCHATOULA 4.9 E 10.24 ALBANY 9.08 GRAY 0.5 ENE 8.09 HAMMOND 4.9 7.44 NEW ORLEANS INTL ARPT 7.33 SLIDELL 3.3 NE 7.27 AMITE RIVER @FRENCH SETTLEMENT 7.26 RACELAND 7.04 HOUMA 6.89 THIBOADAUX 7.8 NNE 6.82 SORRENTO 4NE 6.61 LUTCHER 6.23 ...MISSISSIPPI... OFAHOMA 2 SE 6.59 OLIVE BRANCH 6.46 CARRIERE 3.8 NE 6.06 ARKABUTLA 3N 6.04 TYLERTOWN 9 NW 6.04 MERIDIAN 8 SW 5.92 PICAYUNE 5.6 ENE 5.92 BOGUE CHITTO 5.88 OKATIBBEE RESERVOIR 5.85 LAUDERDALE 5.80 COLLINSVILLE 4 NNE 5.75 MERIDIAN 2.9 SW 5.73 Post-Tropical Cyclone Olga is now absorbed into the frontal zone in western Kentucky. The frontal surface low will track northeast through northern Indiana tonight and into Michigan by Sunday morning. Tropical moisture associated with this system will continue to stream over the warm front and angle back across Illinois and southeast Wisconsin tonight then into Michigan tomorrow morning where moderate to heavy rainfall is most likely to occur. While the flash flooding threat is reducing, longer duration flooding remains a concern. As such Flood Watches and Flood Advisories are in effect across the Mississippi River Valley into Illinois through this afternoon. For the latest rainfall forecast associated with Olga and the frontal low please refer to www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov. This will be the last Storm Summary issued by the Weather Prediction Center for this event. Please refer to your local National Weather service office for additional information. Mullinax $$