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Rain and Flood Update

Yesterday’s thunderstorms brought high winds and isolated tornadoes to a large part of the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast U.S. Here is a summary of storm reports from yesterday. Widespread rainfall of 1- to 4-inches covered close to 18 states. An axis of rainfall in...

Rain / Snow Update

Widespread heavy rainfall occurred over the past 24-hours over parts of the Midwest and Southeast U.S. Much of Missouri received 1.0- to 2.5-inches of rain with pockets of heavier rain near 3 inches. Very storm storms, producing severe weather, are moving across the...

Heavy Rain and Snow Event This Week

 A vigorous weather system will sweep across the mid section of the nation today before pushing east on Wednesday. While BWO focuses on precipitation, I did want to point out the potential for severe weather, including tornadoes, for parts of the region, especially...

Flood Update

A widespread and intense precipitation event has been in progress since last weekend with repeated episodes of heavy rain over parts of the Southeast U.S., and Tennessee and Ohio River Valleys. Pockets of rainfall near, or in excess of, 6 inches are indicated over...

High-Energy Jet Stream

An unusually high amplitude jet stream is resulting in the extreme transport of temperatures and an interesting alignment of precipitation across the nation. Note how the jet stream dips well to the southwest before pushing abruptly northeast. The red-shaded area...