Against my better judgement, we have traveled north on I-35 to just west of Des Moines, IA. We are at the Timberline RV Campground in Waukee, just off I-80.
We got here about 3:00 pm, under cloudy skies and 82*.
We no sooner got here and storms started forming in Oklahoma, that round went well south of us, staying mostly in northern Missouri. Round two is fast approaching, but it looks like the worst of it will hit Missouri and northern Arkansas. This whole area is saturated with water and flooding has already become some of the worst that has been seen in many, many years. The creeks and streams have overflowed, the rivers they flow into are also reaching their maximum. In order to save the towns and farmlands from the overflow of these smaller rivers, water has to be released. The rivers up here flow into the bigger rivers south of here, the Mississippi, the White and the Arkansas Rivers. These rivers have already reached their maximum, just from the volume of water coming from the small rivers that feed into them directly in the local areas. The Arkansas River is already at flood stage and low lying areas are already threatened around Little Rock and Fort Smith. The Arkansas River, just to name one, then flows into the Mississippi, which is also fed by the Ohio. It's not looking good for the bottom lands in East Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, but especially New Orleans.
Round two is approaching: top is a couple of hours ago, bottom is current shot. We are the green dot on the bottom shot, so it looks like once again, we have dodged a bullet. But look how far south this is going, and it hasn't actually moved very far in two hours. It's just dumping more rain where it is least needed.
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