It is expected that strong and potentially destructive thunderstorms beaten parts of the west medium, the central plains and the southeast this weekend, with heavy rains and floods possible in the next few days.
Radical rain and powerful winding gusts on the early Saturday already left more than 50,000 people without energy in Nebraska, according to Poweroutage.us. The most severe climate could be on their way, according to the National Meteorological Service.
The agency is predicting “numerous night storms” in parts of the west media over the weekend and until Monday.
Storm to severe storm groups, particularly in night hours, could drop “very strong rain” along a corridor that extends from northern Missouri to southern Iowa and south of Wisconsin, according to the National Meteorological Service.
“The rain can be expected per hour at 2.5” together with the rain totals of several days at 9, “said the agency on Saturday in its short -range forecast discussion.
As such, there are threats of dangerous sudden floods throughout the region.
In the southeast, the storms could be developed and delayed in northern Florida and southern Georgia this weekend, feeding heavy rains over the area.
“The continuous daily rounds of heavy rains in saturated terrain will bring a risk of flooding located over the weekend, especially in the southeast of Georgia Costero,” said the local NWS branch in Jacksonville, Florida, in its weekend forecast.
In the center and southern Florida, numerous showers and slow motion storms could be able to produce harmful winds and heavy downpours, said the NWS.
Meanwhile, the southwest continues to advance through record heat. Triple digits temperatures were generalized in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. Phoenix reached on Thursday 118 degrees Fahrenheit, establishing a new daily and monthly record for the city. Similar daily temperature records were also established in other cities in Arizona, including Scottsdale, Yuma, Blythe and Deer Valley, according to the National Meteorological Service.
Although weekend temperatures in Arizona and other southwest are expected to be less intense than in recent days, the NWS said that the high temperatures that are approaching or exceeding 110 degrees are still possible.
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, the high temperature of Friday reached 101 degrees, exceeding the previous record of the city of 98 degrees established in 2011, according to the NWS. A heat notice remains in force until Saturday night, before the storms go through the central and northeast parts of New Mexico on Sunday.
