Some pretty epic rainfall totals from yesterday in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. KDMX estimates of up to 14" across parts of Floyd County and neighboring counties:
There was a CoCoRaHS measurement from western Floyd County of 9.36" over the 24-hour period ending at 7 AM this morning. There is still some rain falling over northeast IA, although scattered and light.
The Twin Cities area was pretty hard hit, too. A Flash Flood Emergency was issued last night for the northwestern suburbs where CoCoRaHS reports of over 5", including a 7.86 and 8.11" report were logged. There was also a report of 6.68" near Chippewa Falls/Eau Claire in Wisconsin.
This was not the first night of heavy rain over the upper Midwest. Analyzed precip amounts over the past 7 days exceed 8-10 inches in some localized areas from eastern NE through WI:
Many rivers are already experiencing moderate to major flooding across the region, including the Cedar River which runs through Floyd County and into my hometown, Cedar Rapids. Hydrological forecasts are already predicting major flooding up and down the Cedar River, with a forecast of a second-highest crest of the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids early next week: http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/394423711.html
I seem to recall at least a half-dozen FFEs have been issued across the US since July or August. Seems like 2016 is going to go down as one of the wettest years in recent history. Many areas of the central US from the Gulf coast to the Canadian border are experiencing much above normal precipitation so far in 2016. September looks to add to that surplus across many of these regions.
In some of these regions, year-to-date precipitation is approaching 200% of normal!
There was a CoCoRaHS measurement from western Floyd County of 9.36" over the 24-hour period ending at 7 AM this morning. There is still some rain falling over northeast IA, although scattered and light.
The Twin Cities area was pretty hard hit, too. A Flash Flood Emergency was issued last night for the northwestern suburbs where CoCoRaHS reports of over 5", including a 7.86 and 8.11" report were logged. There was also a report of 6.68" near Chippewa Falls/Eau Claire in Wisconsin.
This was not the first night of heavy rain over the upper Midwest. Analyzed precip amounts over the past 7 days exceed 8-10 inches in some localized areas from eastern NE through WI:
Many rivers are already experiencing moderate to major flooding across the region, including the Cedar River which runs through Floyd County and into my hometown, Cedar Rapids. Hydrological forecasts are already predicting major flooding up and down the Cedar River, with a forecast of a second-highest crest of the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids early next week: http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/394423711.html
I seem to recall at least a half-dozen FFEs have been issued across the US since July or August. Seems like 2016 is going to go down as one of the wettest years in recent history. Many areas of the central US from the Gulf coast to the Canadian border are experiencing much above normal precipitation so far in 2016. September looks to add to that surplus across many of these regions.
In some of these regions, year-to-date precipitation is approaching 200% of normal!
