A deep trough across the country will keep widespread thunderstorms happening through the late week, bringing the threat of severe weather, heavy rain, and potential flash flooding to the central US, South, and Southeast.
Severe weather Tuesday: Southwest, southern Plains, South
Risk of severe thunderstorms will stretch from the Southwest, across the southern Plains, into the south, and along the southeastern coast from Florida to Virginia, according to the Storm Prediction Center (SPC).
Damaging wind gusts, large hail, and a few tornadoes are in the forecast as possibilities across Texas and into the lower Mississippi Valley, Fox reports, adding isolated severe storms cannot be ruled out farther east along the Gulf Coast and into parts of the Southeast.
Heavy rain is also a significant concern that brings the potential of flash flooding over a vast area, the Weather Channel reports.
A significant chunk of Texas will be under a Level 3 enhanced severe weather risk encompassing the central, northeastern, and eastern sections of the state.
A Level 2 severe weather risk for eastern New Mexico, most of Texas, southern Oklahoma, west-central and south central Arkansas, and west-central and northwestern Louisiana.
A Level 1 severe weather risk stretches from New Mexico to the southeastern Atlantic on Wednesday, but the hotspots are going to be in the South-Central part of the country, stretching from New Mexico to Louisiana.
Flash flooding will be a significant concern over two fronts on Tuesday. The largest front of heavy rain will encompass central and eastern Texas, western and Northern Louisiana, central and western Oklahoma, Arkansas, eastern Kansas, and western Missouri. A second heavy rain front is in the Southeast over eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia.
NWS weather alerts for Tuesday
Here are your weather alerts from the National Weather Service (NWS) for Tuesday.
Flood watch: northeastern, southeastern and southwestern Kansas; central, eastern, and western Oklahoma; northwestern and southwestern Arkansas; northern and eastern Texas; northern Louisiana.
Severe thunderstorm warning: Texas (Houston/Galveston).
Red flag warning: north-central California; southern and eastern Utah, western Colorado; northern and southeastern Arizona; northern, western, central, southeastern, and southern New Mexico; western Texas.
Winter weather advisory: central and northeastern Colorado.
Wednesday: Line of storms moves east, continuing flood threat
Thunderstorms will move to the east over the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, mid-South, Mississippi Valley, and Gulf Coast.
A threat of flash flooding over southeastern Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, western Alabama, Eastern Arkansas, Western Tennessee, southeastern Missouri, and southwestern Kentucky.
Thursday: Storms farther east, flooding threat remains
On Thursday, the line of thunderstorms moves slightly farther east stretching from the Great Lakes into the mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley, mid-South, Southeast, and South.
A flash flooding threat over eastern Tennessee into western North Carolina, western South Carolina, and northern Georgia.
