Flooding rain for Eastern US, while Central US, Plains brace for possible freezing rain and light snow (ABC News)
A slow moving frontal system is causing widespread hazardous weather concerns across much of the central and eastern U.S. On the warmer side of the system, the threat is heavy rain. On the colder side of the system the threat is freezing drizzle, light snow, and mixed precipitation.
Radar is estimating that nearly 2 to 3 inches of rain fell in the Nashville area on Saturday, with more falling early Sunday morning. Several road closures were reported in the region due to water covered roadways. Flooding caused problems in southwest Virginia and southeast Kentucky as well. Dickenson County, Virginia reported road closures, mudslides and evacuations due to relentless heavy rain.
The Cumberland River in Baxter, Kentucky has risen nearly 18 feet since Saturday morning due to heavy rain and is now in major flood stage. Harlan County, Kentucky has declared a state of emergency due to the heavy rain and flooding.
On the cold side of this frontal system there are wintry impacts that will cause hazardous travel on roadways. There is a chance for some freezing drizzle and light freezing rain across parts of the plains Sunday morning, including parts of the Dallas, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma areas. Light freezing drizzle and sleet has already been reported across eastern Kansas, and parts of Missouri. And another little round of snow is moving through parts of Iowa, Illinois and Michigan.
This can be a particularly dangerous situation. Area roadways will appear wet, but are actually coated in some ice and therefore drivers can be caught off guard. Winter weather advisories have been posted from parts of central Texas all the way to Michigan on Sunday morning. Some of this mixed precipitation arrives into parts of the northeast during the day on Sunday.
On the warmer side of this frontal boundary, several rounds of heavy rain are moving in from the south with widespread flooding concerns from the Florida Panhandle to southern Massachusetts. Rainfall rates on Sunday morning in parts of southern Alabama and Florida are nearing 1.5 inches per hour. Flash flooding has already been reported in parts of West Virginia and eastern Kentucky Sunday morning. Flood watches have been posted from Dothan, Georgia all the way Trenton, New Jersey.
Along the Gulf coast, a couple of strong thunderstorms could develop Sunday morning. Some intense thunderstorms were already been reported in the Florida Panhandle on Sunday morning.
Around 7 a.m. on Sunday, heavy rain will be falling across the I-95 corridor from Washington, D.C to Boston. Light snow and some mixing will be moving through parts of the Midwest, including Chicago and Indianapolis. By 7 p.m. Sunday, the system will start to dry out and move east, but some locally heavy downpours can be expected across parts of the Southeast, and into parts of the New York and Boston metro areas.
Some locations will pick up 2 to 4 inches of rain through Sunday night, including much of the Appalachians from northern Georgia to western Maryland. While some of this region needs rainfall due to a prolonged dry stretch, this rain is coming to fast and too heavy. Urban and street flooding will be possible today in cities including, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, and Hartford.
On the cold side of this frontal system there are wintry impacts that will cause hazardous travel on roadways. There is a chance for some freezing drizzle and light freezing rain across parts of the plains Sunday morning, including parts of the Dallas, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma areas. Light freezing drizzle and sleet has already been reported across eastern Kansas, and parts of Missouri. And another little round of snow is moving through parts of Iowa, Illinois and Michigan.
This can be a particularly dangerous situation. Area roadways will appear wet, but are actually coated in some ice and therefore drivers can be caught off guard. Winter weather advisories have been posted from parts of central Texas all the way to Michigan on Sunday morning. Some of this mixed precipitation arrives into parts of the northeast during the day on Sunday.
On the warmer side of this frontal boundary, several rounds of heavy rain are moving in from the south with widespread flooding concerns from the Florida Panhandle to southern Massachusetts. Rainfall rates on Sunday morning in parts of southern Alabama and Florida are nearing 1.5 inches per hour. Flash flooding has already been reported in parts of West Virginia and eastern Kentucky Sunday morning. Flood watches have been posted from Dothan, Georgia all the way Trenton, New Jersey.
Along the Gulf coast, a couple of strong thunderstorms could develop Sunday morning. Some intense thunderstorms were already been reported in the Florida Panhandle on Sunday morning.
Around 7 a.m. on Sunday, heavy rain will be falling across the I-95 corridor from Washington, D.C to Boston. Light snow and some mixing will be moving through parts of the Midwest, including Chicago and Indianapolis. By 7 p.m. Sunday, the system will start to dry out and move east, but some locally heavy downpours can be expected across parts of the Southeast, and into parts of the New York and Boston metro areas.
Some locations will pick up 2 to 4 inches of rain through Sunday night, including much of the Appalachians from northern Georgia to western Maryland. While some of this region needs rainfall due to a prolonged dry stretch, this rain is coming to fast and too heavy. Urban and street flooding will be possible today in cities including, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, and Hartford.
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