Renewed Flood, Severe Storm Threat for Texas, Lower Mississippi Valley
10/25/2009 6:39 AM
Residents of the southern Plains, Texas and the lower Mississippi Valley fear that two storm systems
may renew flooding late tonight into the upcoming week. Some of the storm
By Meghan
Evans
AccuWeather.com
Residents of the southern Plains,
Texas and the lower
Mississippi Valley fear that two storm systems may
renew flooding late tonight into the upcoming week. Some of the storms may also become severe, producing threats like
damaging winds and
hail that could threaten to add to the trouble of people living in these areas.
Water levels are still at flood stage over some locations from East Texas to the lower
Mississippi Valley, following very
heavy rain and flooding that struck the region last Wednesday into
Thursday.
The two rounds of rain and locally severe storms this week could cause a secondary rise and new flooding concerns along regional
streams and rivers.
The first
storm system will spread showers and storms into East Texas and
the lower
Mississippi Valley late today into Monday.
During the afternoon hours today, only spotty showers and storms will develop. By the evening and overnight hours, some storms across Oklahoma and
north-central Texas will become more widespread.
A few isolated storms could become severe this evening, possibly threatening the
Tulsa,
Oklahoma City and
Dallas metropolitan areas.
Damaging winds of 60 mph could down trees and cause power outages on top of the threat of blinding downpours and
flash flooding. Brief hail is also possible with the
strongest storms.
On Tuesday, the threat zone for
drenching storms will be over East Texas into
western Louisiana.
A second
storm system may take shape over the southern Plains during the
middle of next week.
This second storm could be the larger and more slow moving of the two features. Hence, it threatens to unleash more rain and thus cause more flooding
impact than the first on a regional basis.
However, since more rain could fall from either of the two storms on a local basis, both systems bear close watching.
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