FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 430 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2013 ...STRONG STORM TO BRING WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT RAINS TO THE NATIONS MIDSECTION... .A POWERFUL EARLY SPRING STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI...AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF ILLINOIS. THE LATEST GUIDANCE IS INDICATING BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT..AND THIS WILL BE IN ADDITION TO ANY RAIN THAT OCCURS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SINCE PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ARE ALREADY BE SATURATED FROM EARLIER RAINS...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A VERY REAL THREAT. IN ADDITION TO FLASH FLOODING...SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED ON AREA RIVERS. CONTINGENCY RIVER FORECASTS...USING THREE DAYS OF FORECAST RAINFALL RATHER THAN THE OFFICIAL ONE DAY OF FORECAST RAINFALL... REFLECT A GREATER POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO ON THE KASKASKIA...MERAMEC...BOURBEUSE...BIG... MARIES...AND BLACK RIVERS WOULD YIELD MINOR FLOODING ON THESE STREAMS. MEANWHILE...MODERATE FLOODING APPEARS LIKELY ON SEVERAL STREAMS FURTHER NORTH... INCLUDING THE BRANCHES OF THE FABIUS AND SALT RIVERS...THE CUIVRE RIVER...AND THE NORTH RIVER. IN ADDITION...THERE IS ALSO HIGH POTENTIAL OF MAJOR FLOODING ON THE LARGER RIVERS BY THE WEEKEND...PARTICULARLY THE ILLINOIS AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Flood Watch
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
im very proud of nature healing the mississippi and continuing its flow. without the rain falls we would all be affected. always appreciate the rain fall. never say you hate it when it rains. would you rather a drought.
ReplyDelete