Heavy Rain and Thunderstorms in the Mississippi Valley; Flooding Continues Along the East Coast of Florida

A cold front approaching the Mississippi Valley will bring heavy rainfall and isolated severe thunderstorms to the region. Thunderstorms will have the potential to produce isolated severe wind gusts and perhaps a brief tornado or two. Significant river flooding is forecast along the St. John’s and the Peace rivers in Florida through the end of the week as flood waters will be slow to recede. Read More >

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	Low hanging clouds near Scottsville.
	Hail from the storm near the Allen/Warren County line.
	This is looking to the southwest from atop Barren River Dam at Barren River Lake on KY 252. After it passed over, a blast of wind flattened the grass on the front side of the dam and turned the lake to whitecaps on the leeward side of the dam. The blast included horizontal rain and even wind-splintered raindrops. Photo courtesy Matt Pedigo/Citizen-Times

The storm seen here in this radar picture near Claypool produced a brief tornado near Alvaton, and continued to show strong rotation as it headed to the northeast across the northern tip of Allen County. The storm produced the large hail pictured above.

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Heavy Rain and Thunderstorms in the Mississippi Valley; Flooding Continues Along the East Coast of Florida

March 2, 2012: Allen County