Strong and potentially destructive thunderstorms should rub parts of the midwest, central plains and south-east this weekend, with strong precipitation and sudden floods possible in the coming days.
Radical rains and powerful gusts early Saturday have already left more than 50,000 people without electricity in Nebraska, according to Poweroutage.us. According to the National Weather Service National.
The agency provides for “many night thunderstorms” through the parts of the Midwest throughout the weekend and until Monday.
The clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms, in particular the night hours, could drop “very heavy rains” along a corridor extending from the north of the Missouri through southern Iowa and in southern Wisconsin, according to the National Weather Service.
“Time rains amounted to 2.5” as well as rain totals of several days locally at 9 “can be expected,” said the agency on Saturday in its short -range forecast discussion.
As such, there are threats of sudden dangerous floods throughout the region.
In the Southeast, storms could develop and linger on northern Florida and southern Georgia this weekend, fueling strong precipitation on the region.
“Continuous daily precipitation sessions on saturated grounds will lead to a risk of flooding located throughout the weekend, especially in southeast of Southeast Georgia,” said the local branch of the NWS in Jacksonville, Florida, in its weekend forecasts.
In the center and southern Florida, many slow showers and storms could be able to produce damaging winds and heavy showers, NWS said.
Meanwhile, the southwest continues to suffocate with record heat. Temperatures well in triple figures were widespread in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. Phoenix reached 118 degrees Fahrenheit Thursday, establishing a new daily and monthly record for the city. According to the National Weather Service, similar daily temperature records have also been set in other cities in Arizona, including Scottsdale, Yuma, Blythe and Deer Valley.
Although weekend temperatures in Arizona and other parts of the Southwest should be less intense than in recent days, the NWS has declared that high temperatures approaching or exceeding 110 degrees are still possible.
In Albuquerque, in New Mexico, the high temperature of Friday reached 101 degrees, breaking the previous record of 98 degrees of the city which was established in 2011, according to the NWS. A thermal opinion remains in force until Saturday evening, before the storms cross the central and northeast parts of the New Mexico on Sunday.
