Recent Rains Affect the Mississippi Once Again

The the first four days of May (through 4:30PM May 4th), the Quad City International Airport in Moline has picked up 2.12 inches of rain.  While it is not the 3 to 6 inches of rain the area saw a few weeks ago, it is enough to cause minor problems along the Mississippi River.

As of Saturday evening, the river is slightly below flood stage at 14.8 feet.  Flood stage is 15 ft.  The Mighty Miss is expected to slowly rise throughout the work week, reaching flood stage sometime Monday afternoon and going slightly above that by the time Wednesday rolls around.  Posted below is the forecast from the NOAA.  The highest the river is forecast to rise this time around is 15.2 feet, which is minor flooding.

After the rain we saw Saturday, the Quad Cities should stay dry through mid-week, when another system could bring us a few showers and thunderstorms come Wednesday with a better chance on Thursday.  At this point, it does not look like that rain will have a huge affect on area rivers.  Of course, if that changes the CBS4 weather team will let you know!