Overview
- Federal forecast centers kept layered alerts in place Tuesday, with a marginal severe-storm risk from the Storm Prediction Center for parts of the coastal Carolinas, the Florida peninsula, and the central Gulf coast.
- The NOAA Weather Prediction Center posted a flood alert at level 2 of 4 from south Louisiana to the Mobile area, signaling a localized but meaningful threat for high water.
- Heavy weekend rain of 3 to 6 inches left soils saturated from Louisiana through Georgia, and FOX Weather highlighted the I-10 corridor from New Orleans to Jacksonville as a particular concern for quick runoff and road flooding.
- Forecasters expect damaging straight-line winds, large downpours, and pockets of hail, while the tornado threat should stay limited due to weak low-level winds.
- As the front reaches Florida Tuesday night, widespread totals near 1 to 2 inches from Tallahassee to Jacksonville are likely and could offer some drought relief even as brief street flooding remains possible.