Severe storms and heavy rain are expected to affect parts of the South, following weeks of severe weather that killed more than two dozen people across the region.
This comes after a devastating Memorial Day weekend that left communities from Texas to New York picking up the pieces. Tornadoes, storms and heavy rain in the region killed at least 27 people and left hundreds of thousands without power.
This weekend is expected to be moderate compared to the weather of previous weeks, but there is still a possibility of strong to severe storms in some parts of the country.
Storms in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, damaged a police station. Images shared by the Irving Police Department showed mutilated structural elements and panels removed from a parking structure.
“Fortunately, no one was injured and our officers are back on the streets,” the department said on social media platform X.
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth noted reports of downed trees, branches and poles throughout the region, which was in its fifth day of weather-related power outages in some neighborhoods.
Nearly 100,000 customers were without power in Texas and Louisiana on Saturday night, according to utility tracker poweroutage.us.
The Navasota River near the Texas city of Normangee, roughly halfway between Houston and Dallas, reached major flood status on Saturday, according to data from the National Weather Service.
The Trinity River in the Trinidad area, about 100 miles north of Normangee, was at moderate flood stage, according to the data. Both areas were subject to flood warnings on Saturday night.
Forecasters said the system was developing in the Rockies. It was expected to bring strong to severe thunderstorms across the High Plains and West Texas, with damaging hail and gusty winds and a tornado or two possible.
The National Weather Service’s Dallas-Fort Worth office said Saturday night in a forecast discussion that the worst weather had moved east, leaving “a window of quiet weather expected for the rest of this evening.”
However, a second round of storms was possible Sunday night into Monday, the weather service said.
The weather services office in Mobile, Alabama, said much of the rain forecast for the region had passed by dusk, but another round was possible Sunday morning.
On Sunday, the system exiting the Rockies will race toward the northern Plains and Upper Midwest, bringing strong to severe thunderstorms to parts of the Dakotas, Nebraska and Minnesota. Severe thunderstorms can bring damaging wind gusts, large hail and an isolated tornado. There may be a few periods of heavy rain as well in the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest, with a chance of 1-3 inches of rain, but flooding should be minimal.
A storm will hit the Pacific Northwest on Sunday, bringing heavy rain to parts of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Rainfall may reach 2-3 inches, with some flooding possible.
Saturday marks the beginning of 2024 Atlantic and Central Pacific hurricane season. The forecast calls for a hyperactive hurricane season, with 17 to 25 named storms — the highest number the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released ahead of a season, as the average is 14 named storms per season.
Tangni Noriega It is Crystal Minaya contributed.
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