WEATHER: Heavy rain, severe weather play havoc with East Coast
The same system brought two reported tornadoes -- one in southern Louisiana and one near Savannah, Georgia -- as well as gusty winds near 60 mph from New Orleans to Raleigh, North Carolina, on Saturday.
Flood alerts have been issued from southern Virginia to New Jersey, including Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Edison, New Jersey. Storms moving into this region could quickly drop 1 to 2 inches of rain on already saturated ground. Therefore, flooding could become a concern in this region Sunday. As the low pressure passes along the border of North Carolina and southern Virginia, a couple of thunderstorms could turn severe -- with damaging winds, large hail and a brief tornado.Meanwhile, in the Central Plains, a cold front moving in from the north could spark a round of severe weather across eastern Nebraska and Iowa. Some severe weather could also develop in the high plains of western Texas. Damaging winds and large hail are possible in both locations.
Unfortunately, forecast models are increasingly showing an active week ahead for severe weather. A new system moving into the western U.S. will organize as it moves into the southern Rockies early this week. By Tuesday, this system will help bring some severe weather across the high plains of Texas and eastern New Mexico.
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