Heavy Monsoonal Rains Could Lead To Flooding – National Weather Outlook For August 20, 2022

National Weather Forecast

On Saturday, heavy monsoonal showers and storms will continue across the Southwest, with some of that precipitation spreading into the Texas Panhandle later in the day. We are also tracking a stalled-out boundary with disturbances along it from the Southern Plains to the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, as well as a slow-moving area of low pressure in the upper Midwest with a frontal boundary extending south from it.

Heavy rain will spread from the Southwest to the Texas Panhandle through the weekend, with the potential of 3-5”+ in some locations. Heavier rain is also possible in the Southeast with some 3”+ tallies.

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