Areas of Excessive Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorms for Friday

Heavy to excessive rainfall may produce areas of flooding Friday and Friday night from central Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected from central Texas to middle Tennessee and central Kentucky Friday afternoon into early Friday night. Large hail and damaging winds are the main threats. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Thu, May 1, 2025 at 10:50:21 pm CDT

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Recent Prelim. Rainfall Totals

Isolated thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening across Central Texas where a warm and unstable environment will exist. Each storm that develops may be severe with large hail and damaging winds.

A cold front will bring additional chances for strong to severe thunderstorms to the region on Friday. Main threats will be damaging winds, large hail, with a lower tornado threat. Periods of heavy rain may also lead to a localized flooding threat, particularly for areas who have already received abundant rain.

After a precipitation-free weekend, rain chances will return to the forecast on Monday in Central Texas and Tuesday in North Texas. There is a potential some storms to be strong to severe, along with heavy rainfall. Continue to follow the forecast in the coming days!

Here are some of our highest rainfall totals from our mid-late week event. These totals come from differing observation sites and reports across the region, and your specific location may have observed more or less rainfall.