Rumors could not be substantiated that an old man was spotted earlier this week leading animals two by two down Broadway and into a large wooden boat parked in the Hannibal marina. But one had to wonder after rain fell in America’s Hometown for no less than six consecutive days.
In case you’re wondering, the Hannibal Water Filter Plant’s official total of precipitation during the span was 3.78 inches. If you’re looking for a reason to smile, be thankful it wasn’t colder. Had all that rain come down as snow, Hannibal would be digging out from under 30-plus inches of white precip.
Rainfall amounts during the soggy stretch ranged from a trace on Saturday to 1.66 inches on Monday. Over an inch of precipitation - 1.05 to be exact - also fell Sunday.
In case you missed it, the rain event even extended into Thursday. Between midnight and 4 a.m., 0.09 of an inch of rainfall fell in the city.
As impressive as the number of consecutive days on which rain fell was the duration during which precipitation came down. According to the filter plant, it started raining at 3:30 a.m. Monday and continued through 10 p.m. Wednesday.
The steady rainfall was blamed for a power outage Tuesday in Hannibal that stretched from Indian Mounds to Clinic Road and impacted over 1,400 Board of Public Works customers. The outage occurred when the ground became so soft that it could no longer support a tree in the Stevens Drive area. The tree fell into a three-phase power line, causing the whole circuit to fail.
The rainfall forced the Missouri Department of Transportation to close a handful of secondary roads across Northeast Missouri. As of Thursday afternoon, a portion of Route J in Monroe County and Route N in Shelby County were still closed because of high water.
Along the Mississippi River, the runoff is not expected to cause any appreciable flood concerns. At 7 a.m. in Hannibal the river stood at 15.41 feet, which is 0.59 of a foot below technical flood stage. The river is expected to continue its retreat through Sunday.
The only spot where the river is expected to creep above flood stage (25 feet) is in Clarksville, where it will crest at 25.1 feet Friday. It will drop both Saturday and Sunday.
Only along the North Fabius River in Ewing was moderate flooding being seen.
Following a record-setting rainfall total in October, Hannibal’s 3.65 inches of rain this month has already surpassed its November average of 3.49 inches. Hannibal’s monthly rainfall could climb next week as precipitation is in the forecast Monday night and Tuesday.
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Rumors could not be substantiated that an old man was spotted earlier this week leading animals two by two down Broadway and into a large wooden boat parked in the Hannibal marina. But one had to wonder after rain fell in America’s Hometown for no less than six consecutive days.
In case you’re wondering, the Hannibal Water Filter Plant’s official total of precipitation during the span was 3.78 inches. If you’re looking for a reason to smile, be thankful it wasn’t colder. Had all that rain come down as snow, Hannibal would be digging out from under 30-plus inches of white precip.
Rainfall amounts during the soggy stretch ranged from a trace on Saturday to 1.66 inches on Monday. Over an inch of precipitation - 1.05 to be exact - also fell Sunday.
In case you missed it, the rain event even extended into Thursday. Between midnight and 4 a.m., 0.09 of an inch of rainfall fell in the city.
As impressive as the number of consecutive days on which rain fell was the duration during which precipitation came down. According to the filter plant, it started raining at 3:30 a.m. Monday and continued through 10 p.m. Wednesday.
The steady rainfall was blamed for a power outage Tuesday in Hannibal that stretched from Indian Mounds to Clinic Road and impacted over 1,400 Board of Public Works customers. The outage occurred when the ground became so soft that it could no longer support a tree in the Stevens Drive area. The tree fell into a three-phase power line, causing the whole circuit to fail.
The rainfall forced the Missouri Department of Transportation to close a handful of secondary roads across Northeast Missouri. As of Thursday afternoon, a portion of Route J in Monroe County and Route N in Shelby County were still closed because of high water.
Along the Mississippi River, the runoff is not expected to cause any appreciable flood concerns. At 7 a.m. in Hannibal the river stood at 15.41 feet, which is 0.59 of a foot below technical flood stage. The river is expected to continue its retreat through Sunday.
The only spot where the river is expected to creep above flood stage (25 feet) is in Clarksville, where it will crest at 25.1 feet Friday. It will drop both Saturday and Sunday.
Only along the North Fabius River in Ewing was moderate flooding being seen.
Following a record-setting rainfall total in October, Hannibal’s 3.65 inches of rain this month has already surpassed its November average of 3.49 inches. Hannibal’s monthly rainfall could climb next week as precipitation is in the forecast Monday night and Tuesday.
