EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DISCUSSION NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 247 AM EDT WED JUN 09 2010 ...VALID 06Z WED JUN 09 2010 - 12Z THU JUN 10 2010... ...REFERENCE AWIPS GRAPHIC UNDER...DAY 1 EXCESSIVE RAINFALL... SLIGHT RISK OF RAINFALL EXCEEDING FFG TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 N UKL 40 NE JLN 25 ESE JLN 25 N BVO 20 W ICT 15 SSW GBD 10 N UKL. ...SOUTHEAST KS... LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS SURFACE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS TO THE NORTH BEGINNING TO STALL OVER SERN KS. INTENSE CONVECTION AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IS IMPACTING THE MAJORITY OF SERN KS INTO EXTREME SWRN MO. ONCE AGAIN... THE FCST IS BECOMING MORE OF A NOWCAST LIKE THE PAST SEVERAL NIGHTS AND ALL OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE IS HAVING AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TIME HANDLING ACTIVITY OVER THE PLAINS. THE COMBINATION OF THIS SURFACE BOUNDARY... RELATIVELY DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT... PWATS CORE POOLING TO 2 INCHES AND 20 TO 25 KTS OF SRLY INFLOW FROM A ONCE AGAIN ACTIVE LL JET IS FUELING THIS ACTIVITY AND ITS LIKELY CONTINUATION OVER THE NEXT 6 TO POSSIBLY 12 HRS. ONE TO TWO INCHES IS VERY LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 6 HRS WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AS THIS ACTIVITY SLOWLY TRACKS SEWRD. FFG THOUGH NOT EXTREMELY LOW WILL EASILY BE OVERCOME AND HPC WILL ISSUE A SLIGHT RISK FOR THE SHORT TERM. ...ERN TN VLY... A SEE TEXT FOR POSSIBLE EXCESSIVE RAINS WILL BE ISSUED OVER THE ERN TN VLY AS ALL 00Z OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE AND ENSEMBLE ACTIVITY PINPOINT THE UPSTREAM MCV OVER IN TO PROGRESS DOWNSTREAM INTO THE REGION. HOWEVER AS SEEN FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS... ANY FCST BEYOND 6 TO 12 HRS ON THE HANDLING OF ACTIVE CONVECTION/HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS SYSTEM WITH THE GUIDANCE IS TOUGH TO FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT. THE MCV SHOULD BE ARRIVING INTO AN AREA WHERE PWS WILL BE POOLING AOA 2 INCHES AND WHERE FFG IS RELATIVELY LOW. MUSHER $$