Heavy Rain in Central United States

This map depicts rainfall for the Midwestern U.S. from April 19 to 25, 2011, when severe rains added to spring melt to bring dozens of rivers above flood stage.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using near-real-time data provided courtesy of TRMM Science Data and Information System at Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Michael Carlowicz.

Published April 27, 2011
Data acquired April 19 - 25, 2011

Source:

TRMM > MPA

Topic:

Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Amount