Severe storms and heavy rains are expected to affect parts of the South following weeks of inclement weather that killed over two dozen people across the region.
This comes after a devastating Memorial Day weekend that left communities from Texas to New York picking up the pieces. Tornadoes, storms and heavy rain across the region killed at least 27 people and left hundreds of thousands without power.
This weekend should be tame in comparison to the weather of weeks past, but there is still the possibility of strong to severe storms in parts of the country.
Thunderstorms in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, damaged a police station. Images shared by the Irving Police Department showed mangled structural elements and panels pulled from a parking structure.
"Thankfully, no one was injured, and our officers are back on the streets," the department said on social media platform X.
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth noted reports of downed trees, branches and utility poles throughout the region, which was in its fifth day of weather-related power outages for some neighborhoods.
Nearly 100,000 customers were without power in Texas and Louisiana on Saturday night, according to utility tracker poweroutage.us.
The Navasota River near the Texas town of Normangee, roughly halfway between Houston and Dallas, reached major flood status on Saturday, according to National Weather Service data.
The Trinity River in the area of Trinidad, about 100 miles north of Normangee, was at moderate flood level, according to the data. Both areas were the subjects of flood warnings Saturday night.
Forecasters said the system was developing out of the Rocky Mountains. It had been expected to deliver strong to severe thunderstorms to the High Plains and western Texas, with damaging hail and wind gusts and a tornado or two possible.
The National Weather Service office for Dallas-Fort Worth on Saturday night said in a forecast discussion that the worst of the weather had moved east, leaving "a window of tranquil weather expected the rest of this evening."
A second round of thunderstorms was possible Sunday night into Monday, however, the weather service said.
The weather service office for Mobile, Alabama, said much of the rain forecast for the region had passed through by nightfall, but another round was possible Sunday morning.
On Sunday, the system out of the Rockies will dart toward the northern Plains and Upper Midwest, bringing strong to severe thunderstorms across parts of the Dakotas, Nebraska and Minnesota. Severe storms may bring a chance of damaging wind gusts, hail and an isolated tornado. There may be some periods of heavy rain as well across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest, with a chance of 1-3 inches of rain, but flooding should be minimal.
A storm will push into the Pacific Northwest on Sunday, bringing heavy rain to parts of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Rainfall could reach 2-3 inches, with a couple instances of flooding possible.
Saturday marks the start of the 2024 Atlantic and Central Pacific hurricane season. The forecast calls for a hyperactive hurricane season, with 17 to 25 named storms — the highest number the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued ahead of a season, as the average is 14 named storms per season.
