SEVERE WEATHER Updated Feb. 22, 2020 11:35 AM
Sunny skies to end the week and start the weekend have given creeks and rivers across the South a chance to recede, but the reprieve will be short-lived.
Across the region, wet weather is set to return on Sunday.
The same storm system responsible for bringing welcome rainfall across the Southwest and accumulating snow to portions of the Four Corners region will begin to spread rain into the southern Plains and mid-Mississippi River Valley.
During the day on Sunday, the steadiest rain is expected to target places like Wichita, Salina and Emporia, Kansas.
Into Sunday night, rainfall will likely expand eastward up the interstates 44 and 70 corridors in Missouri, bringing wet weather from Joplin and Kansas City into St. Louis before dawn on Monday.
The storm system will continue to trek eastward at the start of the week, with rainfall predicted to return to places like Jackson, Mississippi; Birmingham, Alabama; and Atlanta.
“The good news is this system will move through rather quickly, especially in areas hit hard by recent flooding. Places like Jackson, Mississippi, which has received nearly 10 inches of rain this month, should have on the order of 0.50 to 1 inch,” AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dave Samuhel said.
Any additional rainfall across the Southern states early next week will only add insult to injury as flooding relief efforts continue.
While many of the smaller creeks and streams will likely be below flood stage by this time, some of the main waterways - including the Mississippi River - will continue to be out of their banks.
In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the river was nearing major flood stage as of late Saturday night, and with the predicted rain early next week, the river will likely be in major flood stage until next weekend.
Above shows the latest observed river levels of the Mississippi River, and the projected river height, according to the River Forecast Center early on Saturday morning.
Wet weather will likely stick around into Tuesday, especially across the Southeast.
A second wave of energy may spark up additional rounds of rain through midweek across much of Georgia and the Carolinas.
“Low pressure will reform over Georgia, slowing the system down. So areas from the Florida Panhandle through Georgia into the Carolinas will be looking at rainfall of 1-3 inches, locally higher,” Samuhel added.
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While this rainfall event is not expected to surpass totals seen earlier in the month across the Deep South, any additional rainfall could prompt localized flooding.
Drier conditions are in store across the entire South heading into late week as an area of high pressure will build in behind the departed storm system.
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