Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Flooding and Thunderstorm Threat; Paraguay to Brazil

By Eric Leister, Meteorologist
April 29,2014; 9:49PM,EDT
 
 
A storm system emerging from the Andes on Tuesday will produce widespread heavy rainfall and thunderstorms across far northern Argentina, Paraguay and southeast Brazil through Wednesday night.
The storms will develop during the day Tuesday over northern Argentina and then shift north and east Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Heavy rain will be the biggest threat from these storms, although strong winds will also accompany the strongest storms.
A storm rolls through a city in Brazil, courtesy of Thinkstock.
Rainfall amounts of 50-100 mm (2-4 inches) will be common from far northeast Argentina and southern Paraguay into northern Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. Local rainfall amounts up to 200 mm (8 inches) are possible.
Rainfall of this magnitude will lead to widespread flooding threats across the region as most of the rain will fall within a 12- to 18-hour period.
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Asuncion, Paraguay Forecast
Paraguay Weather Center
Caxias do Sul, Brazil Forecast

Cities included in this flooding threat are Asuncion and Ciudad del Este in Paraguay, Posadas in Argentina and Caxias do Sul in Brazil.
By Thursday any lingering thunderstorms will shift farther north across Brazil, but the threat of flooding rainfall will have ended.

On Social Media
Jalelah Ahmed
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Rainfall amounts of 2-4 inches from NE Argentina, south Paraguay & northern Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. 8 inches possible.
Rick Reichmuth
rickreichmuth
In addition to severe storms, widespread 3-5"+ rain in next 2 days will bring flooding to many. Green=flood threat pic.twitter.com/RCncg3woib
Derek Beasley
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RADAR UPDATE: Noisy storms moving into Baldwin Co. Heavy rainfall and flash flooding threat from Daphne to... fb.me/2e7HlGxBA
 

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