A Foot of Rain: Flooding Videos and Update
Good Wednesday morning to you... the latest AccuWeather.com Doppler-Estimated Precip map shows more than a foot of rain from southwest to east-central Missouri this morning.
Some of the top rainfall totals are:Cape Girardeau, MO: 11.45"Point Peter, AR: 8.77"Gallatia, IL: 7.80"Evansville, IN: 6.38"Caddo Wildlife, TX: 5.95"Henderson City, KY: 5.22"McAlester, OK: 5.11"The NWS says that 176 river gauges are already showing flooding now, with a total of 236 projected to be flooding in the next 48 hours. As just one example, the Merrimec River @ Sullivan, MO is expected to crest at 33.9 feet, breaking its record height of 33.5 feet set in 1915 (archived).
More videos of the flooding are now available... remember these are all from yesterday evening and even more videos are "pouring" into AccuWeather.com HQ this morning. The videos shown here include aerial and ground shots of inundated homes, cars driving through high water, a water rescue, and more. Sources and locations shown below... if you need to tie a certain part of the video to a specific place, email me at community @ accuweather.com. One of our users has also uploaded a photo and video of the flooding in Claremore, Oklahoma.
NOTE: VIDEO MAY HAVE ADS; VIDEOS NOT AVAILABLE ON WIRELESS DEVICESLocations/Sources: Parker County, Texas (WFAA), Muskogee, OK (KTUL), Fort Worth, TX (WFAA), Fort Smith, Arkansas (KFSM), Piedmont, MO (KTVI), Rogersville, MO (KSPR), Lancaster, TX (KDFW).
NOTE: VIDEO MAY HAVE ADS; VIDEOS NOT AVAILABLE ON WIRELESS DEVICESHere's a photo from the Associated Press:
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