Historical preciptable water

National Weather Service has an ominous few lines in its weather discussion. We’ve already had one fast-moving set of storms with no thunder or lightning but plenty of sudden, short rain:

MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW PW (Preciptable Water) LEVELS CLOSE TO HISTORICAL RECORDS…. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY TRANSLATE TO HISTORICAL FLOODING AS MARCH IS NOT CLIMATOLOGICALLY ONE OF OUR PEAK FLOODING MONTHS. THE CONTINUOUS THREAT OF RAIN SHOULD EVENTUALLY TRANSLATE TO A THREAT OF MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING WITH THE WEST TO EAST PROGRESSION OF RAIN LIKELY TO HAVE A LARGER INFLUENCE OVER THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND I-35 CORRIDOR AREAS. 

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