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The South ends the workweek by waving goodbye to yet another winter soaker.
A strong low-pressure system developed early Thursday and drenched eastern Texas and the Lower Mississippi Valley with upwards of 4 inches of heavy rain. The storm sprinted across the Southeast and is currently looking to make its way offshore.
About 1-2 inches of additional rain continue to fall across Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. The already waterlogged South has been seeing increased flood risks due to the heavy rain. Recent rainfall across parts of the South is running two to six times above normal. Many rivers have risen far past their flood stages and any more rain could lead to major problems.
Flood Warnings continue along many of the South’s riverways, including the lower Mississippi, Yazoo, Big Sunflower, Pearl and Tennessee rivers. Major flooding is occurring in Jackson, Miss., and this rainfall isn’t helping the situation.
On the northern fringes of this system, a band of accumulating snow will set up across North Carolina. Travel this afternoon and evening will likely be heavily impacted.
The storm will be pushed out to sea Friday morning by an advancing wave of Arctic air that will leave the entire eastern tier shivering in their boots. Freeze Warnings are in effect in Waycross, Ga., as well as Jacksonville and Gainesville, FL., where sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 degrees are possible.
Once this system departs the Southeast, a prolonged period of dry weather develops throughout the South on Friday and lasts through the weekend.