Severe Thunderstorms Take Aim At Midwest, Risk Of Flash Floods Returns To The South

Severe thunderstorms are taking purpose astatine nan Midwest complete nan weekend, while nan South is astatine consequence of much flash flooding.

Storms person already been rumbling done parts of nan Midwest done Friday night, including Iowa, bluish Missouri and Illinois. The wide thunderstorms are expected to persist crossed overmuch of nan cardinal U.S. this weekend, bringing a flimsy consequence of terrible upwind Saturday day that will impact 19 cardinal group from eastbound Michigan to bluish Kentucky. Consistent rainfall is besides forecast for nan eastbound U.S.

Detroit, Indianapolis and Cincinnati are included successful Saturday’s consequence for damaging upwind gusts. Quarter-sized hail and an isolated tornado cannot beryllium ruled out. At slightest 1 tornado was reported Friday day successful Iowa.

“In addition, nan plentiful moisture will lead to locally dense downpours and nan consequence for isolated flash flooding some present arsenic good arsenic crossed portions of nan Carolinas/Mid-Atlantic northward into Upstate New York/western New England,” nan National Weather Service said successful an advisory connected Saturday.

Storms already “caused spot harm and flooding” to Davenport, Iowa, connected Friday night, according to a connection from nan city. Local constabulary and occurrence departments person been responding to nan rainfall arena and are urging residents to enactment location if it is safe to do truthful and not thrust done flooded streets.

More flooding for nan South

Meanwhile, dense rainfall has returned to nan Southern Plains, wherever parts of cardinal Texas person already been devastated by vulnerable flash flooding that claimed complete 100 lives.

This beforehand will stall complete nan Southern Plains this weekend, keeping scattered thunderstorms successful nan forecast done Sunday crossed New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas. Around 17 cardinal successful this region are nether flood alerts, including Dallas, San Antonio, Kerrville and Wichita Falls successful Texas, Oklahoma City and Tulsa successful Oklahoma, and Ruidoso, New Mexico.

Rainfall totals will mostly scope from 1 to 5 inches, pinch up to 8 inches possible, done nan weekend. Local pain scars, particularly successful Ruidoso, will beryllium highly susceptible to further flash flooding. Rainfall rates successful this area could transcend 2 to 3 inches per hour.

Heat successful nan West

Around 14 cardinal passim nan Western 3rd of nan state and occidental New York are included successful power alerts this weekend.

In nan West, watches agelong from parts of Washington done nan Grand Canyon. Spokane, Washington; Reno, Nevada; and Bakersfield and Fresno, California, are included successful these alerts, pinch immoderate successful effect done Monday. Highs will mostly scope 10 to 20 degrees supra average, pinch temperatures maxing retired successful nan 100s to 110s. A fewer play records will beryllium threatened successful Reno and Phoenix, and successful Eugene and Medford, Oregon.

Heat alerts are besides successful effect Saturday day for parts of occidental New York including Syracuse and Binghamton. Temperatures are astir 5 to 15 degrees supra mean successful this region, pinch day power indexes topping 95 to 100 degrees.

Air value and wildfires

Air value alerts are successful effect Saturday day for each of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and parts of Colorado owed to wildfires.

Smoke from ample fires successful cardinal Canada continues to spill complete nan separator this weekend, producing mediocre aerial value crossed nan Upper Midwest. Minneapolis and Duluth, Minnesota; Green Bay and Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Detroit are included successful these alerts done Monday.

In nan Southwest, nan White Sage Fire continues to pain successful bluish Arizona. As of nan past report, it has burned astir 10,973 acres and is 0% contained. Temperatures adjacent nan occurrence will soar into nan triple digits Saturday afternoon, pinch breezy winds up to 25 mph.

Smoke from this wildfire is pushing into parts of southwest Colorado, pinch aerial value alerts successful effect for Durango and Telluride.