Inland Waterway Weather Report

Weather Highlights: 

• Upper Mississippi/Red/Souris: A series of disturbances will result in repeated rounds of severe thunderstorms today through Thursday. There is an Enhanced Risk (Level 3/5) for severe storms across the Dakotas and western Minnesota on Tuesday, southeast Minnesota, Wisconsin, and southern Wisconsin on Thursday. The primary threats from this severe weather are large hail, damaging winds, heavy rain, and a few tornadoes.
• Middle Mississippi Valley: Flood Watches remain in effect through late tonight across Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, northeast Kansas, northwest Arkansas, and through the Middle Tennessee Valley. Repeated rounds of thunderstorms are expected through late week, posing a flash flood and severe storm threat. There is an Enhanced Risk (Level 3/5) for severe storms across eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois on Wednesday and southeast Iowa, eastern Missouri, and Illinois on Thursday. The primary threats from this severe weather are large hail, damaging winds, heavy rain, and a few tornadoes.
• Lower Mississippi Valley: Lingering showers exit the region later today with increasing heat and humidity through the week. A few showers and storms are expected to develop near the Gulf Coast on Tuesday afternoon.

7-day QPF Totals

• Upper Mississippi/Red/Souris: 0.10” to 4.00” of liquid precipitation.
• Middle Mississippi/Lower Ohio Valley: 0.75” to 5.00” of liquid precipitation. Highest amounts along and west of the mainstem Mississippi River.
• Lower Mississippi Valley: 0.01” to 2.00” of liquid precipitation.

Melissa Huffman – MVD/National Weather Service Liaison