By Renee Duff, AccuWeather.com Meteorologist
November 18,2015; 10:56PM,EST
Areas from the Gulf Coast to the southern Appalachians should brace for flooding downpours and damaging winds through Wednesday night.
The same system that produced tornadoes, flooding and blizzard conditions across the Plains through Tuesday will roll across the Southeastern states with torrential rain and severe thunderstorms at midweek.
Severe Weather Targets Southeast
The storms still have the potential to bring damaging wind gusts and a small number of short-lived tornadoes.
Flash flooding and gusty winds will be the main threats through Wednesday night.
According to AccuWeather Meteorologist Evan Duffey, there is a large area of extremely moist air near the Gulf Coast.
This moist air can be thought of as a sponge soaked with water.
"As this system works across the Southeast states, it will wring moisture out of the air and rainfall rates of an inch or more per hour will ensue," Duffey said.
Intense rain rates combined with a slow-moving system will equate to blinding downpours, flash flooding, road closures and flight delays.
"Rainfall amounts will reach as high as 3 inches, with locally higher totals in the most drenching downpours," Duffey said.
If you ever encounter a flooded roadway, remember to turn around and find an alternate route. Just several inches of flowing water can result in loss of control of a vehicle.
In addition to flooding, gusty winds outside of severe thunderstorms are possible.
"When rain falls from the sky with such intensity, it is easy to pull stronger winds from higher up in the atmosphere down to the surface," Duffey said.
This will create the threat for damaging winds in the vicinity of heavier downpours.
The threat for damaging winds will diminish after the storms cross the southern Appalachians during Wednesday night.
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Flash flooding will still be a concern at the local level across the Carolinas and eastern Georgia on Thursday.
In South Florida, only spotty showers and thunderstorms are likely on Thursday.
This system will move off the Southeast coast on Thursday night, and an area of high pressure will quickly follow in its wake, bringing drier weather into the weekend.
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