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Last Map Update: Sat, Aug 2, 2025 at 3:20:20 am CDT

There are no watches, warnings, or advisories at this time.

Saturday's Forecast
Excessive Rainfall Through Saturday Night
Rainfall Amounts through Saturday Night
5 Day Outlook
A surface frontal system will move into a very moist air mass by the afternoon. This should allow for scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms to develop. Some of the storms will produce frequent cloud to ground lightning and torrential downpours.
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Showers and thunderstorms that develop will have the potential to produce torrential downpours with high rainfall rates in a short period of time. This will increase the localized risk for flash flooding. There is a Marginal Risk (level 1 out of 5) Potential for flash flooding or between a 5 and 14 percent chance.
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A very moist air mass along with an upper-level disturbance and an approach of a surface frontal boundary will bring about the potential for heavy rainfall that may lead to localized flash flooding through Saturday Night. Forecast rainfall amounts are between 1/2 and 1 inch. The reasonably highest rainfall amounts are roughly between 1 and 4 inches. Remember there is a 10 percent chance that these rainfall amounts may be even higher. If these rainfall amounts fall in a short period of time or over the same location for a prolonged period of the time, the risk for flash flooding will increase.
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Here is a quick look at the next 5 days for the region. High rain chances continue into Saturday. Some slightly drier air will reach the region on Sunday with lower rain chances into Sunday before rain chances increase again early next week.
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