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Flash Flooding Likely into Tonight for Portions of Kansas and Missouri; Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Tropical Storm Krosa Forms Near the Marianas.

Flash flooding likely in northeast Kansas & Missouri into tonight. Widespread extreme heat will develop and persist across much of the Southeast this weekend & next week. Tropical Storm Krosa has formed and will continue to cause heavy rain across Guam & the CNMI through Saturday. Severe storms with flooding rains expected into tonight for portions of the Midwest. Read More >

Overview

Several rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms occurred across the region over the past week, which lead to increasing river levels along local rivers. Along the Mississippi, a new, preliminary historic crest of 22.7 feet was achieved on the afternoon of May 2, 2019 at Rock Island Lock & Dam 15, as runoff from the heavy rain and flow from tributaries worked into the river.

A failure of a flood protection barrier occurred in Davenport, IA near River Drive and Pershing Ave on April 30th. This failure caused rapid rises that affected many businesses. A summary of this breach can be found here.

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