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Heavy rain is the major story for this early Monday morning. A slow-moving cold front is forcing big downpours over the Mid MS valley this morning, and it's falling over the flood-out areas from this weekend. The radar has the rain over TX (which is actually very good news, it will help control the crazy wild fires), goes to OK and up to the NE right now. I'll show it to you on the program, and it looks like around 2-3" will fall over the mid MS Valley area. Check out the map:
May continued its cold, soggy start Monday as heavy rains swamped highways and a stiff north wind chilled Dallas-Fort Worth.
Accidents snarled traffic on highways throughout the area, and there was minor flooding reported on low-lying roads.
The storms brought much-needed rain to the area, but the cold front that accompanied it was less welcome.
A high in the low 50s is expected Monday, which would be the coldest high ever. The previous record was 57, set in 1994.
Accidents snarled traffic on highways throughout the area, and there was minor flooding reported on low-lying roads.
The storms brought much-needed rain to the area, but the cold front that accompanied it was less welcome.
A high in the low 50s is expected Monday, which would be the coldest high ever. The previous record was 57, set in 1994.
© NOAAA series of storms has elevated river levels across the Midwest and South in the past few days.
On Sunday, Justice Samuel Alito of the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request by Missouri to stop the Corps from blowing a two-mile-wide hole in a levee at Birds Point, Mo. The move would send a wall of water over 130,000 acres of prime farmland and the homes of about 200 people. Residents were ordered to evacuate last week.
Little Rock, Arkansas - One person has died as strong storms continued throughout Arkansas on Sunday, exacerbating flooding problems in a state already saturated from recent rain.
Flood watches continued throughout most of the state. Officials are particularly concerned about the White River, which flows through north-central Arkansas before tracing a course south and east until it meets the Mississippi River. On Sunday morning, the river was at 32.3 feet at Augusta, more than six feet above flood stage, and it's predicted to crest at 33.5 feet on Thursday morning.
The flooding in the area could affect White, Woodruff, Independence and Jackson counties. There's also some concern about the Black River in northeastern Arkansas, although National Weather Service hydrologist Tabitha Clarke in Little Rock said Sunday "there's nothing that will exceed the crest they've already experienced."
Forecasters say the rain likely won't stop in Arkansas until early Tuesday.
Flood watches continued throughout most of the state. Officials are particularly concerned about the White River, which flows through north-central Arkansas before tracing a course south and east until it meets the Mississippi River. On Sunday morning, the river was at 32.3 feet at Augusta, more than six feet above flood stage, and it's predicted to crest at 33.5 feet on Thursday morning.
The flooding in the area could affect White, Woodruff, Independence and Jackson counties. There's also some concern about the Black River in northeastern Arkansas, although National Weather Service hydrologist Tabitha Clarke in Little Rock said Sunday "there's nothing that will exceed the crest they've already experienced."
Forecasters say the rain likely won't stop in Arkansas until early Tuesday.
U.S.: Portion of Prairie County, Arkansas evacuated due to fears about flood waters from White River
Little Rock, Arkansas - Neighborhoods in Prairie County are being evacuated because of fears about rising flood waters from the White River.
Spokesman Davis Bell with the county's emergency operations said Monday that between 200 and 300 households in flood-prone areas east of the White River at Des Arc and Biscoe were being notified of the evacuation order. County officials say roads in the area will soon be impassable due to flooding.
Bell said officials are concerned about the rising waters from flash floods and whether levees along the river will be able to hold. Volunteers are going door to door to notify residents of the evacuation order.
Shelters are available in Des Arc churches, the Hazen Armory and the DeValls Bluff Gym.
Spokesman Davis Bell with the county's emergency operations said Monday that between 200 and 300 households in flood-prone areas east of the White River at Des Arc and Biscoe were being notified of the evacuation order. County officials say roads in the area will soon be impassable due to flooding.
Bell said officials are concerned about the rising waters from flash floods and whether levees along the river will be able to hold. Volunteers are going door to door to notify residents of the evacuation order.
Shelters are available in Des Arc churches, the Hazen Armory and the DeValls Bluff Gym.
© Brady Strachan/CBCMotorists in the Brandon area of western Manitoba encountered snow and ice Saturday.
On Saturday, a blizzard warning was issued for areas around Dauphin, Minnedosa, Neepawa, Russell and St. Rose in Manitoba.
The storm hit Friday night and was expected to last until Saturday evening.
People were being told to expect 10 to 20 centimetres of heavy, wet snow and strong winds that may gust to 80 km/h.
© Kent Morrisson/CBCThirty-seven homes and cottages on Katepwa Lake, east of Regina, were flooded after a section of berm was overwhelmed by water whipped up by strong winds.
Strong prairie winds have pushed water through a section of sandbag berms that were protecting homes and cabins on Katepwa Lake, east of Regina.
Wind gusts that reached 60 kilometres an hour on Friday night whipped up the water on the lake, which has been rising precipitously for the past week.
"The waves just kept coming in and took down the wall and all the hard work that everybody put in for the last two weeks," Don Ferguson, a local cabin owner, told CBC News on Saturday. "It's unbelievable."
Local officials said 37 properties flooded. Of those, 11 were permanent homes. A voluntary evacuation was in place for the flooded area.
Ferguson said that at one point, lake water was pouring down onto people working on the dry side of the berm.
A devastating flood is heading to tornado-ravaged Mississippi, which could cause levels of destruction not seen since the Great Flood of 1927, forecasters have warned.
The enormous levees lining the Mississippi River are likely to be seriously strained in the coming days, adding further danger to a region already shattered by deadly tornadoes and thunderstorms.
Governors in Mississippi and Louisiana have issued severe flood warnings and declared states of emergency in the regions.
The enormous levees lining the Mississippi River are likely to be seriously strained in the coming days, adding further danger to a region already shattered by deadly tornadoes and thunderstorms.
Governors in Mississippi and Louisiana have issued severe flood warnings and declared states of emergency in the regions.
Floods: Experts have warned that the Mississippi could rise to levels not seen in the country since the devastation on The Great Flood of 1927
© Jose Sena Goulad / EPAA pedestrian makes her way on a street covered with hail after a violent hail storm hit Lisbon, Portugal, on April 29, covering the streets with a white blanket.
© Joao Relvas / EPABulldozers try to remove the hail from the streets in Damaia near Lisbon, Portugal, after a violent rainstorm hit the Lisbon region in the afternoon of April 29, 2011, covering the streets with a thick layer of icy hail.
