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That is a beautiful picture. 5:42 in the morning. looking out from the jefferson memorial to the washington monument. live pictures there. let's go to bill karins. >> i haven't confirmed this with any of our experts nbc analysis, but i heard they were celebrating in the streets last night as it was raining. >> i believe it. >> two inches of rain for them. one of the bigger rain events they had the whole summer season. this is where the heart of the drought is right now n oklahoma, we have numerous areas of other areas. oklahoma city is getting a break. wear seeing showers by tulsa. we're going...

New mexico and kansas. but the bulk of the storm is over with. as we go further out in time, mainly a rain events. so a little bit of a messy commute tomorrow morning then it heads off to sea. but our next storm system. this is one of the computer models we looked at. not one of the most reliable ones. we'll have a lot of travel delays if this pans out. friday and saturday delays possible. as low pressure develops act southeast, and then and then if this comes true, look at this little number here. a nor'easter. that means travel problems for the mid-atlantic and the northeast. so we'll have s...

It's not going to flood downtown. but the same cannot be said for people who live in those areas. it's a very serious situation. >> and the contributors to this are the heavy snowfall, plus all of this rain we've gotten over the last few weeks? >> reporter: we had three what they call rain events and as you mentioned, the heavy snowfall in canada and the dakotas. beyond here, there's worse news for arkansas and after that, louisiana and god knows, they don't need more water. but right now, memphis is in the cross hairs of this flood water situation. the crest is coming earlier than we thought....

Really the only way to get around it, get a good handle as to how much water there is and how many homes have been flooded by this water. and here's how the illinois dnr put things in perspective. >> when do you think these people will be able to get back into their homes? >> i think they're saying this crest might say around for four or five days yet. it's going to be a while before this water level goes down. >> four or five days. you've already had five or ten days of this stuff. >> five to ten days of this already. >> pretty much water logged, aren't you? >> pretty much water logged. >> th...

Eventually this afternoon, memphis, you'll need the umbrella, too. and over the next 48 hours, remember the last couple of rainstorms we had? they were just huge rain events on the east coast. this is not setting up like that. this is about half offensive to an inch. the yellow and orange. is two to three inches. south of st. louis is the only spot we could see significant rain. the forecast for today, the wintry mess in missouri. texas, okay, a little cool in dallas in the low 60s. from new orleans to florida, looking fantastic. spring break season down there. in the mid-atlantic. it is dry t...