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After making landfall along the Texas coast earlier this week, the remnants of Beta will continue to cause problems across parts of the U.S. through the end of this week. Heavy rain in the Deep South and Southeast will keep the risk of flooding elevated.
The remnants of Beta will slowly move from the Lower Mississippi Valley into the Deep South and Southeast through early Saturday morning. This remnant low is also tapping into an influx of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. The result will be slow-moving, repeated rounds of heavy rain and embedded thunderstorms. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches will likely fall from Alabama to the Carolinas over the next few days, with isolated higher amounts up to 5 inches.
This new rainfall come after several days of drenching rain from the southern Plains into the Tennessee Valley, where widespread rainfall amounts of 2 to 6 inches have already occurred. This will continue to exacerbate flooding today, with concerns for flooding spreading east towards the Southeast coast by Friday.
Flash Flood Watches remain in effect across most of Mississippi into northern Alabama and south-central Tennessee. Additional watches will likely be posted later today or Friday.
If you approach a road covered in water, remember to “Turn Around, Don’t Drown.” It only takes 6 inches of water to cause a car to lose control or potentially stall. A foot of water will float many vehicles, while two feet of rushing water will carry most vehicles away, including SUVs and pickups.
All tropical systems for the remainder of the 2020 season will be named in order of the Greek alphabet. This system is the second Greek named storm of this season. After Beta, the next system will be given the name "Gamma." The Greek alphabet was last used during the 2005 hurricane season, when six Greek named storms occurred. The last storm name that year was Zeta.
This season is on pace to produce more named storms than any other season on record, and we are in the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. Climatologically, conditions remain ripe for tropical development through early to mid-October before slowly declining through the season’s end on November 30.