Gulf states to face renewed flood threat midweek

By Becky Elliott, AccuWeather.com Meteorologist

March 28,2016; 10:00PM,EDT

A potent storm moving out of the Rockies in the middle of the week will bring a renewed flood threat to the southern Mississippi Valley.
"March will go out like a lion as thunderstorms roar across the middle part of the country at midweek," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Tom Kines said.
This storm will bring flooding rain to parts of the south-central United States, severe weather to the central Plains and Missouri Valley, as well as the chance for snow in the northern Plains and Upper Midwest.
After the storm unleashes a fresh round of cold and snow over the Pacific Northwest and the Rockies through Tuesday, it will intensify as it moves into the Plains on Wednesday.
Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico will begin to stream northward on Wednesday as rain and storms develop in the morning hours across eastern Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Moderate to major river flooding is still occurring at multiple river gauges in this area.
"While not enough rain is likely to fall to bring new, significant rises on area rivers that have experienced flooding in recent weeks, enough rain can fall to prolong the rate of receding waters," according to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.
The Ouachita River at Monroe, Louisiana, and the Boeuf River near Fort Necessity, Louisiana, are still at major flood stage.

Rainfall from Wednesday through Thursday will average 2-4 inches from eastern Louisiana and southeastern Arkansas to Alabama and southwestern Georgia.
"The main threat in terms of new flooding from the rain this week will be along smaller streams and in urban and low-lying areas," Sosnowski said.
In addition to the heavy rain and flood threat, stronger storms will also be a hazard to contend with on Wednesday.
"While the worst of the severe weather will focus on the Missouri Valley, storms across the lower Mississippi Valley could still produce localized areas of hail and damaging winds," AccuWeather Meteorologist Brett Rathbun said.
Flooding rainfall will be the primary threat across the lower Mississippi Valley.
By Thursday, the center of the storm will lift northeast through the Great Lakes. However, storms are expected to continue along the Gulf Coast into Friday.
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Heavy rain and storms look to slowly translate into the Southeast during Thursday into Friday. Localized flooding will persist as a threat.