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Rain Coming to Drought-Stricken Southern U.S.

A storm tracking across the Southern U.S. will bring heavy to excessive rainfall over portions of west-central Texas into tonight then from central Texas through the central Gulf Coast on Friday. The Southeast U.S. will see heavier rain Saturday. While much of this rainfall will be beneficial to the drought, excessive rainfall may bring areas of flash and urban flooding. Read More >

Dry conditions return by Thursday afternoon. Dry weather lingers through Friday before another round of beneficial rain arrives Friday evening into Saturday. Dry weather returns Sunday, to continue through the first half of next week.
Cloud cover and rain leads to much cooler and well below normal highs on Saturday. Warmer highs return Sunday as dry and sunny conditions return but highs will still end up well below normal.