EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DISCUSSION NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 233 PM EDT MON JUN 07 2010 ...VALID 18Z MON JUN 07 2010 - 00Z WED JUN 09 2010... ...REFERENCE AWIPS GRAPHIC UNDER...DAY 1 EXCESSIVE RAINFALL... SLIGHT RISK OF RAINFALL EXCEEDING FFG TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 WNW 1H2 15 NNW SET 45 NE COU 35 N COU 40 SSW IRK 20 SSE CDJ 25 SW CDJ 25 E STJ 30 WSW LWD 15 NE ICL 10 E CBF 30 ESE OFK 20 NW OFK 10 SSE ONL 25 NNE ANW 25 ESE ICR 40 SSW MHE 15 NNW YKN 10 SSE ORC 10 SSW FOD 30 SW VTI 10 E MUT 15 WSW C75 15 ENE TIP 20 N HUF 10 N RSV 25 WNW 1H2. MODERATE RISK OF RAINFALL EXCEEDING FFG TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 SW BNW TNU 15 NNE MPZ 20 SE GBG 15 SSW BMI 15 WSW CMI 20 SE DEC TAZ PPQ 25 SE IRK 25 NNE CDJ 10 NNE LWD 20 ESE AIO 15 E TQE 30 WSW SUX 25 NW SUX 25 SW SLB 10 SW BNW. ...MIDWEST... SHRTWV ENERGY EJECTING OUT OF THE NRN ROCKIES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN ASSOC WITH A MID/UPR LVL TROF WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DRIVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SFC LOW PRESSURE ACRS THE CNTRL PLAINS ALONG WITH A RAPID INCREASE IN WAA/MSTR TRANSPORT OVERNIGHT. VORT ENERGY COUPLED WITH STG ISENTROPIC LIFT INVOF AND NORTHEAST OF A WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT AMT OF ORGANIZED AND SUSTAINABLE CONVECTION...FROM EARLY THIS EVENING ACRS THE N CNTRL PLAINS AND THEN OVERNIGHT INTO MUCH OF THE MIDWEST. LATEST THINKING IS THAT THE ONGOING AND NOT WELL FORECASTED CONVECTION ACRS KS/OK WILL WEAKEN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE LARGER SCALE WAA PATTERN WHICH WILL INFLUENCE NOCTURNAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. STRENGTHENING S/SWLY LLJ FLOW...REACHING 40 TO 50 KTS AND POSSIBLY HIGHER WITH NOCTURNAL ENHANCEMENT WILL DRIVE A POOL OF VERY UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE AFOREMENTIONED BNDRY...AND WITH PWATS INCREASING BY TUE MORNING TO LOCALLY OVER 2 INCHES ACRS THE MIDWEST. THIS WILL SUPPORT VERY HVY RAINFALL RATES...WHICH COULD REACH 2 IN/HR. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE STRONGEST FORCING AND INSTABILITY/MSTR TRANSPORT WILL SET UP FROM NRN NEB ESEWD INTO CNTRL/SRN IA...NRN MO AND INTO CNTRL IL BY 12Z/TUE. THEREAFTER...THE MAIN CONVECTIVE COMPLEX SHOULD PROPAGATE INTO THE OH VLY...BUT SOME ADDITION CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY UPSTREAM ALONG WHAT SHOULD BE THE TRAILING COLD FRONT BEHIND THE DEPARTING SFC LOW. TOTALS THROUGH 00Z/WED ARE EXPECTED TO REACH AS HIGH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMTS POSSIBLE. GIVEN RECENT HVY RAINFALL OVER THE THREAT AREA...THERE IS LOCALLY A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. ORRISON $$