Heavy to excessive rainfall may produce areas of flooding Friday and Friday night from central Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected from central Texas to middle Tennessee and central Kentucky Friday afternoon into early Friday night. Large hail and damaging winds are the main threats. Read More >
May 2017 was generally near normal for both temperatures and precipitation across a large portion of our region. However, rainfall amounts were above normal across a good chunk of southeast Missouri into portions of southern Illinois, where rainfall totals ranged from 6 to 10 inches, with some isolated higher totals. This was around 2 to 5+ inches above normal. Temperatures were right near to slightly above normal. May marked the 12th consecutive month that temperatures were above normal in Paducah, KY and Evansville, IN. Due to excessive rainfall experienced at the end of April, major to record river flooding was ongoing on many area rivers at the beginning of the month. It took some time for river levels to fall on many of the rivers, with minor flooding still occurring at a few locations along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers at the end of the month. The most notable severe weather outbreak occurred on May 27th, with hail up to baseball sized and winds of 70-80 mph in several locations.
| May 2017 Review: Precipitation and Temperature Maps |
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| Climate Maps are from the Northeast Regional Climate Center |
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