A storm will continue to unload torrential rain over the south-central United States this week, and the result will be a broadening flood risk that includes urban locations, small streams and some rivers from Texas to Tennessee, AccuWeather meteorologists warn.
Residents and visitors in the southern United States are bracing for what may escalate into a serious flooding event as well as locally severe thunderstorms, some with tornadoes.
A storm will continue to unload torrential rain over the south-central United States this week, and the result will be a broadening flood risk that includes urban locations, small streams and some rivers from Texas to Tennessee,The storm will move slowly and gain strength as it tracks from Texas to Ohio into Thursday. As it lumbers along, it will tap copious amounts of Gulf of Mexico moisture and release it through heavy rain and locally intense thunderstorms.
Flash flood emergencies were out for multiple counties in northeastern Texas at the start of Wednesday. Within 48 hours of the storm beginning, Jasper, Marshall and Temple, Texas, had already picked up at least 7 inches of rain as of Wednesday morning. Both Fort Polk and Monroe, Louisiana, had received at least 6 inches of rain through the same time frame., which is below sea level, torrential rainfall overwhelmed the stormwater pumping system on Wednesday. From 7 to 9 a.m. local time, 1.
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