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15 March 2019 Flooding in Midwest
Posted: March 15, 2019
A powerful storm system that brought blizzard conditions to Colorado and the Upper Midwest, and severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall elsewhere early in the week of 11 March, left major to record river flooding from the Plains to the Upper Midwest and into the lower Mississippi River.
While most of the week it was cloudy, 15 March was mostly clear over the region, as indicated by the NWS flood gauges
Both the VIIRS and ABI Flood Map Product showed the flooding, particularly in the Missouri River Basin extremely vividly.
Images provided by Sanmei Li (GMD)
These products are routinely produced and sent to FEMA as well as the NWS River Forecast Centers for situational awareness. For example, the National Watch within FEMA integrated the products to generate information for FEMA senior leaders as part of their decision making process.