Storms and rain expected Sat., heat building next week
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Rain and thunderstorms could be seen again in Massachusetts this upcoming weekend, with a chance for more wet weather to return next week.
A sprawling area of storms infused with tropical moisture is dropping heavy rain along the Gulf Coast and could produce significant flash flooding into the weekend. The threat Friday is not as bad as previously expected,
A system that landed in Louisiana Thursday currently does not have any chance of forming, but it will still bring more heavy rains and potential flooding to southern Louisiana Friday and Saturday. The region remains under a flood watch after much of the New Orleans area was left unscathed Thursday.
Much of the Houston and Galveston area is expected to experience heavy rainfall and scattered thunderstorms on Friday as remnants of a tropical disturbance that made its way from Florida move out of the Gulf.
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This amount of rain would have been welcomed spread over six months,” she said. “But we’ve gotten it in two months."
Heavy rain overnight Thursday and into early morning Friday led to damages and road closures in Benton County.
Kansas City metro faces record rainfall and flash floods, prompting water rescues. Warnings issued for mulitple areas of the metro, including Independence, Raytown, and Blue Springs.
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MLive Flint/Saginaw/Bay City on MSNHeavy rain last night, radar shows more than 5 inches in spotsPart of northern Lower Michigan got blasted with the heaviest rain. The highest official rain measurement was 5.36″ at Crawford, MI. An area between Grayling and Frederic has radar rain estimates between six inches and eight inches. Anything colored in yellow had at least two inches total rainfall.