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Heavy Rainfall in the Southwest and Southeast This Weekend; Monitoring Tropical Cyclone Formation Which Could Impact the Southeast U.S.

Heavy rainfall from monsoon thunderstorms may bring isolated flash and urban flooding to the Desert Southwest. A near-stationary front will bring numerous showers and thunderstorms to much of the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. Tropical wave (AL94) is likely to become a depression. Significant uncertainty remains in the track and intensity, but chances for impacts to the Southeast are increasing. Read More >

Fig. 8. KMAF base reflectivity loop from 1828 to 1938 UTC shows convection associated with one of Claudette’s outer rainbands moving over the McDonald Observatory. This convection likely generated the relatively stronger winds noted on the Mount Fowlkes meteogram between 1830 and 1930 UTC.