Thunderstorms are set to bring welcome drought relief to the mid-Atlantic and Southeast over the second half of this week, but it will come at the risk of flash flooding.
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00:00Stormy zone here Thursday into Friday and here's the key. The front is stalling
00:05out so it's not going to be moving north, not budging south, just staying put and
00:09along that, along with daytime humidity, we're still drawing our winds up from
00:13the Gulf of Mexico. We're going to be developing thunderstorms and these can
00:18produce high rainfall rates where there can be instances of flash flooding. At
00:22the same time, we'll also have some drought relief. That drier air primarily
00:26is going to be shifting to the south here toward Interstate 64 and that's
00:31about as far south as it is going to make it. So again, as we look our way into
00:36Thursday, yet again Nashville mid 80s. I know we're down below the historical
00:39average, but there will be quite a bit of humidity, hence the wet weather around
00:43Orlando mid 90s on tap where there can be some showers and thunderstorms and
00:47even some potency to these thunderstorms here too on Thursday. Beyond the flash
00:52flooding, there could also be damaging winds and some of these can top 55
00:56if not even 60 and a 65 MPH. So definitely a day to be weather aware,
01:02have multiple ways to receive those severe weather notifications. You can
01:05always download our free Accuweather app and with that right at your
01:08fingertips again, you have access to warnings in real time. Just have those
01:12push notifications on temperature wise on friday back into the 80s. We're
01:16going to continue to see thunderstorms and also we're monitoring a tropical
01:20wave here later on this weekend that can bring a little uptick in downpours
01:24to the sunshine state of florida