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Thunderstorms some locally severe will erupt from central Texas northward into part of Nebraska into Friday night.
The worst of the storms are likely to occur in Texas.
People from the central Plains to the Gulf Coast should anticipate disruptions to travel and outdoor activities.
In some communities dangerous conditions can develop as people finish their weekday routines and begin their weekend ventures.
A storm responsible for heavy snow over the Colorado Rockies will linger west of the Plains states into the first part of the weekend.
The storm will push a swath of dry air eastward into a zone of increasing moisture.
Near the boundary between the dry and moist air locally severe storms will erupt over parts of the central and southern Plains to central Texas.
The greatest risk for storms in this swath will be for isolated strong wind gusts and flash flooding.
These storms are expected to remain west of the Interstate 35 Corridor from Dallas to Wichita Kansas on Friday.
A couple of storms may move across these areas late Friday night but are not expected to be severe.
Despite storms becoming severe from western Oklahoma to north-central Texas any rainfall will be beneficial due to the extreme to exceptional drought over the area.
However too much rain in a short amount of time can lead to flash flooding. flash_flood
Some storms will pass over areas that were hit with heavy rain this week.
In these locations only a moderate amount of rainfall could lead to flooding. The flat terrain over much of Texas and Louisiana tends to favor flash flooding.
According to AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Steve Travis “There is a threat of flooding downpours and damaging winds along with the chance of a brief tornado in the San Antonio and Austin metro areas.”
The storms could organize into a large complex of flooding rain and severe weather.
“Storms will sweep eastward reaching Houston during Friday night” Travis said.
flooding rain and severe weather.The threat of severe weather and flooding will not end Friday night.
Yet another round of drenching and locally severe storms will erupt from the central Plains to the Gulf Coast on Saturday.
The severe weather and flooding potential will pivot farther to the northeast as the weekend progresses.
The threat could include tornadoes centered over the middle Mississippi Valley states on Sunday.
While the storms will continue to threaten lives and property rainfall is needed over a large part of central Texas to the central Plains.
AccuWeather will continue to provide updates on the flooding and severe weather throughout the weekend.
Source : http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/severe-storms-to-fire-across-t/45727601
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