[silentknight]

Five Day Rainfall Forecast from NOAA

VERY impressive totals

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/p120i12.gif


Looks like heavy rains all the way into Missouri and Kentucky.

Tornado threat will continue through tomorrow.

Storm Prediction Center Tornado Threat for Today and Tomorrow

Day 1 Outlook
http://kamala.cod.edu/SPC/day1.gif

Day 2 Outlook
http://kamala.cod.edu/SPC/day2.gif

[silentknight]

Tornado Watch for portions of the Southlands

http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KWNS/0509241731.wwus20.html

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
MUCH OF LOUISIANA
MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS

[AFPhys]

Thanks for those pic links. It is clear that NOAA is not swallowing the "360º loop by Rita" scenerio, either.