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Subject Another "Great Flood": Missouri River

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Original Message Another "Great Flood": Missouri River
by The Associated Press and weather.com

Updated: May 29, 2011 7:00 am ET
We've had what's been called the "Great Flood of 2011" in the Lower Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys. This may not be the only Great Flood of 2011, though.

Torrential rain, plus meltwater from the season's heavy snowfall has sent rivers well above flood stage in the Upper Missouri River Basin, from the northern Rockies into the Northern Plains.

You can see this in the maps below. At left, we show May precipitation anomalies. Note the darkest green shading in eastern Mont. highlighting where precipitation is most above average. In fact, Billings, Mont. has had its record wettest month, getting over half its average annual precipitation (rain, melted snow) in less than a month! Rain events of 1-3" are a big deal in this part of the nation!

In the map at right we show water values in the current snowpack compared to average for this time of year. All the purple squares denote snow water contents over twice the average for late May!

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[link to www.weather.com]

Video of flood starting-
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