Severe storm threats ramp up in the central US

Round after round of storms could lead to dangerous winds and flooding from Texas up to Missouri.

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00:00Zooming in on radar, there's that rain I was talking about the last couple of hours,

00:04but it's really going to get going. It's fueling flood watches that are in effect. And I do want

00:09to point out, think about where this is in Texas. So Austin, Kerr County, the Hill Country,

00:14and I point that out especially because we had that widespread devastating flooding over the

00:19summer. This is not going to be a repeat of that situation. This storm is very different. So let me

00:24first make that clear. However, we have flood watches in effect. Flash flooding is expected

00:29here with a couple inches of rainfall. So let's get a little bit more into the details here.

00:34A couple days of severe weather threats. Today, this is the area we're most concerned about.

00:39Flash flooding is going to be one of the bigger threats, but damaging wind gusts, hail, also things

00:43to be aware of and to be staying weather aware of, especially as we head into the overnight hours.

00:47That's really when the bulk of this is going to move in. You can see on future radar what I mean

00:52when I say that. And off the bat, a lot of heavy rainfall, reds, oranges, yellows, indicating that

00:58heavy rainfall here on future radar. We have rounds of it. That's why flash flooding is such

01:03a concern. But we're at 9 p.m. We're moving into Dallas overnight. We just see more of this move

01:08in, but we just get an influx of moisture coming from the south. So Thursday, 630 a.m., Little Rock,

01:14you'll need the windshield wipers on on your morning commute if that's when you're heading out

01:17the door. But we just continue with round after round of heavy downpours, thunderstorms along with

01:22this Thursday. That's really going to be our bigger severe weather day compared to the last

01:27couple of days, especially. We're not talking about a severe weather outbreak, but we are talking

01:31about that enhanced risk that I'll show you exactly where we're concerned about in a second.

01:36Now, we go forward to Friday. We see this linger. We still get some scattered thunderstorms

01:41into Texas, but the bulk of this system will have moved north and east. It's actually headed

01:45into the Ohio Valley and the Mid-Atlantic. This is what I was just referencing. Here's the area

01:50we're most concerned about for severe weather on your Thursday. All types of severe weather

01:54possible. And you'll notice we do have that level 2 out of 4 moderate risk area. Getting into the

01:59Dallas metro, not everybody included there, but south and west mostly, you're most likely to see

02:05damaging wind gusts and flash flooding, but you can't rule out hail in an isolated tornado or two.

02:10This gives you an idea, that context of why we're so concerned about flash flooding.

02:15Two to four inches of rainfall between now and Friday evening. Austin, Dallas, Kerr County,

02:21you're in the two to four category. And you'll notice we have a couple areas of darker green.

02:26That's what we're talking about, four to eight inches, even up to 10 inches of rain. It's our

02:29AccuWeather Local Storm Max. So make sure you have multiple ways to be alerted to flash flood warnings,

02:34tornado warnings, thunderstorm warnings, all of it.