Patchy Storms Raise Flooding Risk as Heat Returns Next Week

Overview

• Showers and thunderstorms moved into many regions on Friday, and additional regionally timed rounds are expected through the weekend.
• The primary hazards are brief, intense rainfall that can cause localized flash flooding, frequent lightning, and isolated damaging wind gusts where storms train or stall.
• Forecasters say the overall severe threat is low to marginal, but isolated storms could produce 40–60 mph gusts and rainfall rates above one inch per hour in the strongest cells.
• A drier, less humid stretch is likely for many northern areas by Sunday while the Southeast and parts of Florida face increasing rain and temporary flood risk from Sunday into early next week as a boundary stalls.
• After the wet window, models show a heat surge early next week with several days of highs in the low‑to‑mid 90s, prompting heat advisories and public guidance on cooling and limiting outdoor exertion.