Yet Another Big Flood Disaster Looms In Kentucky, Surrounding Areas This Week

You're going to be reading about another big, deadly U.S. weather disaster this week. 

Precipitation forecast for the next seven days in the
U.S. That huge blob in the middle is where flooding
is expected this week, Area in brown and yellow in
the middle are where are least seven inches and a much
a 15 inches is expected by Sunday.

Catastrophic flooding hit areas of Kentucky and surrounding areas back in February, and some of the same areas are in for another big flood calamity this week. 

Torrential rains are in the forecast for the same general area daily Wednesday through Thursday.  Some areas in a zone from Arkansas to Kentucky could see more than a foot of rain. 

Even worse, at least part of the flood event will be accompanied by severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. Some of those tornadoes could be intense and long lasting. 

THE TORNADOES

The focus tonight is mostly on Kansas and Oklahoma and parts of western Missouri. This area in the heart of tornado alley is at risk of tornadoes from now well into tonight. 

On Wednesday, the severe weather will become much more widespread,. running from the southern Great Lakes all the way down to northeastern Texas. 

The biggest threat for strong tornadoes will run from Arkansas up through the Memphis area and to southern Illinois, Indiana and eastern Kentucky.  Those are the precise areas that will probably suffer the worst flooding in the coming days. 

The threat of severe storms and tornadoes will continue daily beyond that Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 

By the way it has already been a stormy few days. At least 29 tornadoes have been counted so far from Sunday and Monday, mostly in the Midwest, along with hundreds of reports of strong thunderstorm winds and large hail 

THE FLOODING

A weather front will essentially stall in the mid-South as huge amounts of moisture feed into the system from the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.  Waters there are warmer than average, which means evaporation is higher. That means incredible amounts of moisture can be transported to places like Memphis and Jonesboro, Arkansas, which will unleash incredible torrents

According to NOAA's Weather Prediction Center:

"This setup is shaping up to be a more extreme flooding scenario considering the multi-day prospects and forecasted.....rainfall totals reach 10-15+ inches in the hardest hit locations."

Local weather offices in the region are warning people of a "generational" flood with record amounts of rain and record high waters. Intense downpours will create instant flash floods.  

This will be another tragic event in a place in the U.S. that doesn't need more of this crap.