5 April 2025, 6am

This week the tulips bloomed on Thursday, and then it rained and rained.

There are lots of showy tulips in Oakland and Shadyside where there are no deer to eat them.

Rain! Pittsburgh received 1.33 inches of rain in the past 36 hours so that, by 6am this morning, NOAA predicts minor flooding at the Point, the head of the Ohio. Of course that could change.

Other parts of the country from Ohio and Kentucky to Arkansas are not so lucky. The purple spots on the map below are Major Flooding areas.

Drill down on the map at water.noaa.gov to see details and forecasts for an area near you. Click here to see the current National Water Prediction Map for Pittsburgh.

NOTE: Nationwide flood gauges and flood warnings are one the many free services provided by NOAA and the National Weather Service which I am grateful to present on this blog. Musk’s DOGE cuts are likely to affect this network, now and in the future.