Bill Karins, Meteorologist

April showers = April flowers. But heavy April rain = more flooding pain if you live anywhere near the Upper Mississippi Valley.

We just finished March with record or near record rainfall from St. Louis to Paducah. Cape Girardeau, MO smashed there record with 17.83" of rain in March. Their old record was 11.89" in 1977. Here's a look at the current flooding going on right now. Flood warnings are in neon green. Most of these rivers are minor or moderate without houses being flooded.

As of 3:00 pm EDT, April 1 2008

Another strong storm will roll through this region starting Wednesday night and ending Friday morning. Two to three rounds of thunderstorms will move over the same areas producing guaranteed flash flooding and the possibility of another major flood on the same rivers that just finished major flooding two weeks ago. At this time the flooding isn't forecasted to be as bad as it was two weeks ago. Here is a look at the hydrology forecast for rivers gauges across the country currently and over the next 48 hours.

River flooding is divided up into sub-categories of minor, moderate and major. Pictures of houses with water in or around them it is a major flood. You'll see the current forecast is for only 3 gauges to see major flooding in the next two days. Two weeks ago we had 30 river gauges at major flood stage when the flooding peaked. The best chance for good pictures at this time would be on the Meramec River just outside of St. Louis. This river saw record flooding two weeks ago and even though this round will not be as bad, those same houses could be flooded out for the 2nd time in two weeks. -BK