During the past week many areas of the United States from Kansas to the Atlantic seaboard have been hit by heavy rainfall. Flash floods have created hazards in several areas from Texas to Washington, DC. Some parts of Texas got more rain in two days than received in the past year. Tornadoes were reported in some part of the United States every day of the past week except Tuesday from May 9-16, 2014.

The TRMM Multi-Satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA), produced at Goddard Space Flight Center, combines the rainfall estimates generated by TRMM and other satellites (3B42). The analysis above shows a near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) for the period from May 9-16, 2014.