AccuWeather meteorologists say the severe weather threat that began over the weekend will continue along the Southeast Coast through Monday evening.
The first round of severe weather rolled through Saturday afternoon into Saturday evening, bringing hail and heavy rain to Central Texas. Hail up to the size of golf balls occurred. On Sunday night and Sunday, a second round of severe storms brought hailstones the size of baseballs from eastern Texas to southwest Mississippi.
By Monday morning, the severe weather conditions over the weekend had turned into a large band of heavy rain across Alabama, Georgia, the western Florida Panhandle and the Carolinas. Several flash flood warnings were in effect in this corridor with reports of street and river flooding.
Heavy rain is expected to remain a concern through the evening hours as a band of heavy rain slowly advances eastward and expands northward.
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There is a potential for isolated tornadoes within severe thunderstorms, with the greatest risk across the Florida Panhandle, southeastern Georgia, and southwestern South Carolina. Hail and damaging wind gusts can also occur in the strongest storms.
“Flight delays at airports like Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the world's busiest, are likely to increase as heavy rain and thunderstorms continue into Monday,” AccuWeather Meteorologist Alex Da Silva explained.
Travelers along Interstates 10, 20, 75 and 95 can expect traffic slowdowns as rain and thunderstorms cross the area. Motorists will also need to be careful of areas of standing water or debris on secondary roads.
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The storm is expected to cover much of the Northeast with a half-foot to a foot of snow and major travel problems Monday night into Tuesday.
Meanwhile, locations across the South Central and Southeast will trade the recent stormy pattern for calmer, drier conditions as a high pressure area arrives in the storm's wake.
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