More than 50% of all flood fatalities are vehicle-related. You never know how deep the water is or if the road has been washed away or compromised beneath the water. Don’t risk driving into floodwaters. Turn Around, Don’t Drown!
weather.gov/safety/flood-t…

⚠️Life-threatening flash flooding is expected in parts of eastern TX and LA today and tonight as another wave of heavy rain impacts the region. There is a HIGH risk of excessive rainfall in effect for this area.

🛑NEVER walk or drive into flood waters. Turn around, don't drown!

A High Risk (Level 4 of 4) of Excessive Rainfall has been issued for portions of east Texas into western Louisiana today. For weeks, heavy rainfall has fallen across the Gulf coast states so any additional rainfall today will likely lead to life threatening flash flooding.

New Seasonal Outlook by NOAA’s NWS Climate Prediction Center

Drought develops in most of WA and in ID/W. MT. A large area of drought develops in the Southwest and western Southern Plains. SE AK and HI too.

Drought continues to improve in the E. Plains and Midwest. FL too. drought.gov/forecasts

Next week looks relatively wet for most of the United States (again), especially northern areas, per NOAA’s NWS Climate Prediction Center. Drier for NM across to FL and SE AK.

Temps: Cool for the West into N. Plains and warmer for most of the rest of the Lower 48.

drought.gov/forecasts @NWS

Spotlight on Kansas, where conditions in central and western areas are degrading as streamflows, soil moisture, and groundwater continue to deteriorate.

49% of KS is in #drought , including a just added small pocket of Extreme Drought (D3).

drought.gov/states/kansas NOAA

#DroughtMonitor 5/14: Once again, storms drenched areas of the US, improving drought in parts of the Plains and Midwest. Out West, OR and MT improved.

Drought expanded in the FL peninsula, western Plains, WA.

#Drought2024 's Footprint: 11.7% of USA
drought.gov NOAA

Severe weather remains possible this week in parts of the United States - be sure to check Weather.gov for the latest forecasts and warnings! This continues a busy stretch of severe weather.

Catch up on the #PlanetNOAA #Podcast to explore cool science throughout the #NOAAverse and prepare for tomorrow’s planet today! 📷

Explore episodes at noaa.gov/planetnoaa.

Also available via Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pla…

Applications are now open for NOAA's Young Changemakers Fellowship! If you’re a high school student interested in the #environment , #climate , and/or #ocean , check it out.
noaa.gov/education/youn…

#GrowWithGov

Congratulations to the 2024 EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholars! The 145 selected scholars represent 90 different campuses and 36 U.S. states, D.C., and Puerto Rico.

noaa.gov/office-educati…

#NOAAScholars

(5 of 5) Here is NOAA’s Significant Global #Climate Events Map for April 2024.

Of note: 2 named tropical storms occurred in April — well below the 1991–2020 average of 4 for the month of April.

bit.ly/3yiJzZs

NOAA NCEI #StateOfClimate

(4 of 5) #Antarctic #SeaIce coverage for #April 2024 was below average by 290,000 sq. miles.

bit.ly/3yiJzZs

NOAA NCEI #StateOfClimate

(3 of 5) #Arctic #SeaIce coverage for #April 2024 was below average by 80,000 sq. miles.

bit.ly/3yiJzZs

NOAA NCEI #StateOfClimate

(2 of 5) The global surface temp for #April was 2.38°F (1.32°C) above avg., making it the warmest April on record & 11th consecutive month of record-high global temperature.

bit.ly/3yiJzZs

NOAA NCEI #StateOfClimate

(1 of 5) Just in: Earth just had its warmest #April on record.

April 2024 was also the 11th consecutive month of record-setting global temperatures.

bit.ly/3yiJzZs

NOAA NCEI #StateOfClimate

The Excessive Rainfall Outlook has Moderate Risk areas for southeast TX/west-central LA (Sunday P.M.-early Monday A.M.) & the central Gulf Coast (Monday-early Tuesday A.M.) Very heavy rains are expected to produce numerous flash floods in these areas. #TurnAroundDontDrown

Geomagnetic storming to persist tonight...

G3 Geomagnetic Storm WARNING in effect until 06 UTC on May 13...

Severe to extreme geomagnetic storming is possible again later today...