Rain Free Period Expected Next Several Days
Mississippi Valley Gets Chance to Dry
Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 – With flooding from recent heavy rains still under way in several central states, the next several days should be just what residents need to recover, according to NOAA weather forecasters. The quiet weather pattern of the past couple of days will continue into the end of the week for most locations.
Forecasters said areas west of the Mississippi will see a warming trend through the end of the work week, especially for the northern Plains as southerly winds increase and drive a warm front northward. There are no areas of organized severe weather in the forecast for the next four days. See maps at http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook.
Significant rain through most of the week will be limited to the extreme northwestern and northeastern portions of the county, with only a little light rain expected in central states. See the 5-day rainfall graphic at http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/p120i00.gif. Additional daily rainfall forecasts may be selected at http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/qpf2.shtml.
An exception can be seen for today in the Great lakes and Midwest. Snow is expected across the northern Great Lakes, including the Minnesota Arrowhead, northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. Rain is expected to mix with snow in a narrow band across northern Lower Michigan to western New York; while light rain is expected from southern Wisconsin and Illinois across Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania to the East Coast. See the daily weather threats map at http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/noaa/noaa.gif and the Weather Hazards map at http://www.weather.gov/largemap.php.
Although much of the impacted area is beginning to dry out, minor to major flooding from the earlier heavy rains continues in several locations. Flood Warnings continued this morning for:
Grand Forks, North Dakota – http://www.weather.gov/fgf
- Wild Rice River at Abercrombie, minor flooding, drop below flood stage this afternoon
- Red River at Fargo, minor flooding, drop below flood stage by midnight Saturday
- South Branch Buffalo River at Sabin, minor flooding until Sunday morning
- Buffalo River near Dilworth, minor flooding until Friday night
Davenport, Iowa – http://www.weather.gov/dvn
- Cedar River near Conesville, minor flooding until Saturday morning
- Iowa River at Marengo, moderate flooding, drop below flood stage Sunday morning
- Iowa River at Wapello, minor flooding, drop below flood stage Sunday morning
- Wapsipinicon River De Witt, moderate flooding, fall below flood stage Friday evening
Chicago, Illinois – http://www.weather.gov/lot
- Illinois River at La Salle, minor flooding, drop below flood stage Saturday morning
Lincoln, Illinois – http://www.weather.gov/ilx
- Illinois River at Henry, moderate flooding, fall below flood stage Saturday afternoon
- Illinois River at Peoria, minor flooding, drop below flood stage Thursday morning
- Illinois River at Havana, moderate flooding, begin falling Friday morning after 20.5-foot crest
- Illinois River at Beardstown, moderate flooding, crest at 22.9 feet Saturday morning then fall
- Little Wabash River near Clay City, minor flooding, fall below flood stage this morning
- Sangamon River at Monticello, minor flooding, drop below flood stage this morning
St. Louis, Missouri – http://www.weather.gov/lsx
- Mississippi River at Quincy, minor flooding, drop below flood stage late tonight
- Mississippi River at Saverton L&D 22, minor flooding , drop below flood stage Wednesday
- Mississippi River at Hannibal, minor flooding, drop below flood stage early Friday morning
- Mississippi River at Winfield L&D 25, minor flooding, drop below flood stage Friday evening
- Mississippi River at Grafton, minor flooding, drop below flood stage Nov. 11
- Mississippi River at St. Louis, minor flooding, drop below flood stage Thursday afternoon
- Sangamon River at Monticello, Petersburg, Oakford and Chandlerville, minor flooding, drop below flood stage beginning this afternoon
- Meramec River near Eureka, minor flooding, fall below flood stage tonight
- Meramec River at Valley Park, moderate flooding, fall below flood stage Thursday morning
- Meramec River near Arnold, minor flooding, fall below flood stage morning of Nov. 9
Paducah, Kentucky – http://www.weather.gov/pah
- Ohio River at Cairo, minor flooding, crest near 42.5 feet Thursday morning
- Big Muddy River near Murphysboro, minor flooding, fall below flood stage Saturday morning
- Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau, moderate flooding, crest near 39.5 feet this morning
- Mississippi River at Thebes, moderate flooding, crest near 38.5 feet this morning
Local weather forecasts and storm reports may be found on forecast office web pages by selecting the desired location on the map at http://weather.gov.
The NOAAWatch daily weather briefing is at http://www.noaawatch.gov/briefing.php.
Contact: Public Affairs Specialist Patrick Slattery (816) 268-3135.
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