Rounds of thunderstorms will span from California to Maine over the next 3 days, bringing a continued flood threat to multiple areas. Nearly the entire width of the US will be blanketed by storm clouds by Friday. See today’s weather alerts and news now.
Flood threat over next three days across US
Multiple rounds of thunderstorms will bring a daily threat of flooding from the Pacific to the Atlantic over the next three days.
On Wednesday in the West and Southwest, heavy rain with the potential flooding over portions of Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. To the east, potential heavy rain and flash flooding over portions of Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky, according to the latest National Weather Service forecast (NWS).
NWS flood alerts for Wednesday
The NWS has issued the following flood-related alerts for Wednesday:
Flash flood warning: southeastern West Virginia; eastern Kentucky; southwestern Virginia.
Flood watch: southern Utah; Arizona; southwestern Colorado; eastern, northern, and central New Mexico; southern Indiana; southern Ohio; central and eastern Kentucky; central and southern West Virginia; western Virginia; eastern Tennessee.
Flood advisory: central Indiana; central and eastern Kentucky; southeast West Virginia; western Virginia.
2-day forecast: Flooding risk expands
On Thursday, the threat expands to reach from the West to the mid-Atlantic. Heavy rain with potential flash flooding over Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. No severe weather is currently in the SPC forecast.
On Friday, heavy rain with potential flash flooding over Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. No severe weather is currently in the SPC forecast.
Severe weather threat in West/Midwest, tornadoes possible
The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has issued a Level 2 severe weather risk for parts of the West and Midwest on Wednesday. The impacted areas include southeastern Wyoming, northeastern Colorado, western and southwestern Nebraska, and northwestern Kansas. The major threat will be wind damage, with a lesser threat of large hail and tornadoes.
The warning comes a day after the tornado activity was spotted in the same region. On Tuesday, a tornado along Interstate 70, in Kit Carson County near the Colorado-Kansas state line, officials from the National Weather Service are still investigating to determine any potential damage, wind speeds, and how many tornadoes may have formed, KDVR reported.
St. Louis sees 1,000-year flood
St. Louis broke the city’s all-time one-day rain record of 6.85 inches set in 1915, by receiving over 8 inches of rain on Tuesday, with outlying areas seeing up to 10 inches of rain all morning within about six hours, the Weather Channel reported. At least 70 people had to be rescued and one person died, Michael Levinson tweeted.
The 7.6″ of rainfall that occurred within a span of 6 hours has less than a one in 1,000 chance of occurring in a given year, according to the NWS St. Louis.
Heat tapering off in some areas, expands to Southeast
Some areas of the mid-Atlantic, Northeast, and Southwest have seen a drop in temperatures, while the Northwest and South Central US will see persistent heat. The Southeast will see high temperatures climb, triggering alerts.
Here are Wednesday’s heat-related alerts from the National Weather Service (NWS).
Excessive heat warning: central and eastern Washington; northern Idaho; northwestern, north-central, northeastern, and southwestern Oregon; northern California; eastern Oklahoma; Northwestern Arkansas.
Heat advisory for portions of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
