- A wet pattern has returned to the South and it will last through Monday.
- Severe storms, including an isolated tornado threat, could develop.
- Locally heavy rain might trigger flooding in spots.
Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms could trigger flooding and also contribute to a severe weather threat, including possible tornadoes, as a new storm system tracks across the South through Monday.
Here’s what we are tracking in the South right now: Showers and a few thunderstorms are ongoing across the South as moisture returns ahead of an approaching storm system. Below is a look at the latest radar.
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Radar, Watches And Warnings
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Here’s the timing for this wet, stormy setup:
-Sunday-Sunday Night: Strong thunderstorm chances will increase. The area with the greatest chance to see severe storms producing damaging wind, hail and an isolated tornado threat extends from east Texas beginning in the morning into parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama later in the day and evening. Heavy rainfall could trigger localized flooding in the region, especially from Mississippi eastward to northern and central Georgia and the western Carolinas.
Sunday-Sunday Night Severe Storms Forecast
-Monday-Monday Night: The chance of severe weather may continue from southeast Alabama into parts of Georgia, northern Florida and southern South Carolina. Wind damage and an isolated tornado threat could accompany any storms that turn severe in these areas. Localized flash flooding from heavy rain is possible from the eastern Carolinas to Georgia.
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Monday-Monday Night Severe Storms Forecast
Here’s how much rainfall this wet setup might produce: Anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of rain is forecast from portions of eastern Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley, Tennessee Valley and the Southeast. Localized heavier totals are possible, especially where any bands of rain stall out or move slowly for a time.
While this rainfall will help to further reduce drought in parts of the South, too much rain too quickly could trigger flash flooding, as mentioned earlier.
Chris Dolce has been a senior meteorologist with weather.com for over 10 years after beginning his career with The Weather Channel in the early 2000s.
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