Soaking rain to lead to flash flood risks for some in the Southeast

This weekend is bringing the threat of severe weather to the Mississippi Valley, just before a sharp cooldown arrives on Sunday.

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00:00I do want to start off with the severe threat for tomorrow because it is an elevated risk level,

00:05two out of four moderate, which, you know, it's January. It's not severe weather season. You

00:09could have severe weather any time of the year, but having a moderate risk, well, it's something

00:13to pay attention to. I mean, all severe weather is something to pay attention to. So what do you

00:17need to be prepared for? Truly, all types of severe weather are possible here. One difference

00:24tomorrow versus today, flash flooding becomes a bigger threat. So what are you most likely to see?

00:29Well, it is the wind and the flash flooding. That's what gets into that medium or moderate risk.

00:35But we've had hail today. We've had tornadoes today. Expect some tomorrow as well. Be prepared

00:40for everything. Make sure you have multiple ways to receive watches and warnings. All those good

00:44reminders. I mentioned the flood watches. Let's dive into it. So the ones right around Green Bay,

00:51further to the north in Wisconsin, that's ice jam flooding concerns. Snowpack, ice, you have rain

00:56falling on top of it, causes some problems. Further to the south, well, that is just plain

01:00old heavy rainfall. Too much at once leads to ponding and flash flooding. Let's break down

01:05those details a little bit more. Why are we concerned about that? Well, it's the rainfall

01:08totals. I mean, take a look. Knoxville, Birmingham, Jackson, two to four inches of rain. Yeah, it's

01:14Friday into Saturday, but still, that's just too much all at once. Pro-con situation, though,

01:18because we do need the rain. We just, you know, don't want so much in just a 48-hour

01:23period that leads to flash flooding. We're going to take another quick look at future

01:27radar and clouds. Pick up where we left off, so 4 a.m. Friday. Here's how it progresses

01:32throughout the day. Watch for the explosive heavy rainfall that really starts to become

01:36more widespread. We're at 1 p.m. We're going to see more of this as we see our next round

01:41of rain that's moving further north. We do get Friday evening. We do get rain to the

01:47east coast as well. Not necessarily higher impact as far as the severe weather threat,

01:50but northeast, you get in on the action as well. Here's our next round starting to move

01:54into the northeast. Here's where, Chicago, you get the snow Saturday afternoon, and then

02:00things just continue as this works its way north and east and starts to work its way

02:05out of here. It's slow to exit the southeast. I mean, expect some scattered thunderstorms

02:08that are just going to really continue for the foreseeable future there. Sunday, it really

02:13is more about the snow, especially into the Great Lakes and the northeast, because we see

02:18temperatures drop behind the cold front. Precipitation continues. Cold enough for snow.