Responsible for the same storm Meters of snow fall in Colorado and New Mexico Localized showers and severe thunderstorms will continue to hit parts of the southern Plains through Friday night, AccuWeather meteorologists say. Although thunderstorms will lessen in intensity in the Mississippi Valley on Saturday, there will still be areas of showers.

Moisture near the ground, combined with updrafts thousands of feet high driven by strong winds, will fuel thunderstorms from central and eastern Texas to Oklahoma through Friday night.

This pattern is similar to that in spring, except that the sun’s heating is less strong.

Storms will still be strong enough to trigger damaging winds, damaging hail and torrential showers. A few of the strongest storms could produce tornadoes that could occur for some time after dark on Friday, adding to the danger for those attending football matches in the area.

Thunderstorms and downpours in areas immediately north and west of the severe weather area may be severe enough to trigger flash flooding in urban and small streams. Drivers need to be careful through Friday night as some roads may be exposed to rapidly rising waters.

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Apart from flash flooding, rain will be beneficial, with abnormally dry and drought conditions over a wide area worsening before early November.

Light rain will fall in the Mississippi Valley on Saturday due to Rocky Mountain storms and tropical moisture partly related to Raphael It will remain over the Gulf of Mexico.

Showers earlier this week dumped 6-10 inches of rain on parts of eastern Missouri, pushing the Meramec River into the St. This sent major flooding near and west of St. Louis into phase. Floods occurred on election day took the lives of manyincluding two poll workers.

Rain on Saturday is expected to be less heavy than on the Plains Friday night and earlier this week. However, despite long-term drought in most of the region, dangerous flash floods can still occur.

The same storm system will end a long drought streak in the Northeast this weekend into early next week. Some There wasn’t enough rain in some parts of the Northeast to do more than briefly moisten the soil within two months.

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