Flash Flood Threat Targets South, Ohio Valley, East This Week

By Jon Erdman
Published: October 14,2014


 
 
Flash flooding, yet again, will be a threat this week in parts of the South, Ohio Valley, and East not to mention the threat for severe thunderstorms.
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A deep southward dip in the jet stream, or trough, will trudge east though mid-week.
Tapping deep moisture ahead of its attendant cold front, bands of thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall will lead the front's advance from the southern Plains, Ozarks and Mississippi Valley Monday to the East Coast by Wednesday.
The heavy rain threat then should arrive in the Mid-Atlantic states by Wednesday and persist in parts of New England into Thursday.
The map below shows a five-day rainfall forecast from one of our computer models, indicating which areas could see the most rain. Keep in mind locally heavier amounts may fall where thunderstorms repeatedly track over the same areas or when a line of thunderstorms moves slowly.
Keep in mind the most dangerous thing you can do in a flash flood is drive your vehicle into flood waters. Don't become a statistic. Turn around, don't drown.
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Check back with us at weather.com and The Weather Channel for updates to this flood outlook.