Stormy Days Ahead for the South

1 Aug 2021, 7:14 pm

A cold front is bringing in some much needed relief to some oppressive heat to the South, but it is also bringing a threat for severe storms, heavy rain, and possible flooding. As the front stalls and fades, storm activity is now forecast to last through much of this week in some locations over the Southern U.S.

Set Up

Plenty of Gulf and Atlantic humidity will be in place for storms to utilize in their initiation.

Flood Threat

On Monday, a few thunderstorms clustered around the front from East Texas and stretching east to the Atlantic Coast will bring a level I and II risk for possible flooding.

By Tuesday, the flood risk will pool closer to just along the Lower Mid-Atlantic Coast.

Forecast

Storms will fire up and be most numerous on Monday.

But, by Tuesday an area of low pressure will help to enhance storm coverage west, or behind the front and that will bring the heaviest rain closer to the Lower Mid-Atlantic Coast.

Rainfall Forecast

Our forecast data have the heaviest rain totals clustered closer to the Gulf and Lower Mid-Atlantic Coasts

More updates on today’s storms will be coming up all day on WeatherNation.

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Devon Lucie

Devon is a native of Macomb in Western, Illinois but has made his travels across the country from Las Vegas to Washington, D.C. with stops in Tulsa, Little Rock, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City. His passion for weather developed at an early age and can be traced back to when he was 5 years old and dressed up as a walking tornado for Halloween. His college education came through the Universit... Load Morey of Oklahoma where he completed his B.S. in meteorology with a minor in math. Devon has been through weather extremes from 110°+ heat in Las Vegas, to 3 feet of snow in Washington, D.C. where in his first winter experienced the all-time record snowfall for the season (winter of 2009/2010)! He’s also chased tornadoes in Oklahoma and saw his very first off of I-70 on the front range of Colorado.