Severe weather will again threaten the South on Wednesday, with flash flooding a possibility for the Midsouth and portions of the southeast, while portions of the Northeast could see heavy rain and light snow in 4 states; plus, today’s weather news and forecast.
Severe weather for the Gulf and South
The South will see another round of severe weather today along the Gulf of Mexico and portions of the southeast.
The National Weather Service is forecasting an area of severe thunderstorms over southeastern Louisiana, southeastern Mississippi, most of Alabama, the Florida Panhandle, the northern half of Georgia, and along the western and southwestern edges of the state.
Flash flood warning for South, mid-South, and Southeast
The National Weather Service is forecasting an area of flash flooding risk for portions of northeastern Alabama, northern Georgia, the eastern half of Tennessee, northwestern South Carolina, western North Carolina, southeastern Kentucky, western Virginia, and eastern West Virginia.
Over 300,000 without power in 3 states from overnight storms
As a strong line of storms extended from the Gulf to the Great Lakes yesterday, over 300,000 people in three states remained without power on Wednesday morning.
Nearly 200,000 were without power in Texas, nearly 100,000 in Louisiana, and over 13,000 in Arkansas. In Texas, at least 32 individual electricity providers were at work attempting to restore power to their particular service area.
Today’s US forecast
West: San Francisco 63, cloudy; Los Angeles 83, partly cloudy; Reno 83, mostly cloudy; Las Vegas 101, mostly sunny; Salt Lake City 83, mostly sunny; Denver 74, sunny.
Northwest & Northern Rockies: Seattle 67, rain; Medford 78, mostly cloudy; Boise 84, partly cloudy; Billings 81, mostly sunny; Minot 67, mostly sunny; Rapid City 69, sunny.
Southwest: Phoenix 105, sunny; Albuquerque 82, sunny; El Paso 86, sunny; San Antonio 86, partly cloudy; Brownsville 96, thunderstorms.
Central & Upper Midwest: Lubbock 81, sunny; Dallas 79, sunny, Oklahoma City 73, windy; Kansas City 67, rain; Minneapolis 64, partly cloudy.
Ohio Valley: Chicago 56, rain; St. Louis 57, rain, Detroit 64, rain; Cincinnati 65, rain.
South: Houston 82, thunderstorms; New Orleans 75, thunderstorms; Memphis 70, partly cloudy; Atlanta at 70, thunderstorms; Charlotte 81, rain; Jacksonville 84, partly cloudy; Tampa 88, mostly sunny; Miami 84, partly cloudy.
East: Norfolk 81, partly cloudy; Washington, D.C. 75, partly cloudy; Buffalo 68, rain; New York 57 cloudy; Boston 50, partly cloudy; Caribou 61, mostly sunny.