Repeated days of storms are causing flash flooding in parts of the Southeast.
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00:00The flooding that we're dealing with, though, as we're traveling down the river from Vicksburg,
00:04all these twists and turns all the way down to Baton Rouge,
00:07major flooding in effect there underway at the areas near Baton Rouge.
00:12Flood walls are protecting the most populated areas,
00:14but there are rural areas where there are homes in water now because of the rain
00:17from two to three weeks ago, hundreds of miles away to the north.
00:21Here we've got some downpours today.
00:22Some of these have been bringing flash flooding.
00:24Here we have Barnwell, South Carolina, with some ongoing flash flooding.
00:28Here's Augusta, Georgia, on the east side of that area, into South Carolina.
00:33Flash flooding in progress there.
00:34Then heading up into northern parts of Kentucky, here we have a little bit of flash flooding ongoing there
00:38in southeastern parts of Boone, south-central parts of Kenton and Campbell counties here.
00:44We're dealing with a little bit of flash flooding right now into this area east of Interstate 75,
00:49so southern parts of Kenton and Campbell counties of Kentucky, some ongoing flash flooding.
00:55And we're going to have more of the same here Friday.
00:57Slow-moving showers and storms to the north.
00:59We stay hot and dry to the south.
01:01So future radar, clusters of thunderstorms.
01:04There is an actual front Friday night into Saturday that actually moves this through the region,
01:09so that'll be a bit of a change.
01:11And we'll have that cooler, drier flow into Nashville and Memphis for much of Saturday afternoon.
01:15So we do get a break for some.
01:17We're not going to see much, though, into Florida.
01:19So, again, a little bit of downpour action Saturday morning.
01:22It would turn cooler and drier to the north, but we do stay hot to the south.
01:25And look at this, record-challenging highs.
01:27We expect to break a record high on Saturday.
01:29And Punta Gorda, you've been dealing with some broiling heat here this week.
01:3394, that would be a degree past where we were on the same date in 1950, 1958, 1975, 93.
01:39We're on track for 94.
01:40Also, Baton Rouge, we should tie the record from the 60s, late 80s, and then just last year at 89 degrees for the same calendar day.
01:48Into Sunday, a little cooler into the Carolinas, but still some heat for the Gulf Coast.
01:53Showers and storms to the north and the nature of Sunday's heat.
01:57Still close to record highs.
01:59We're forecasting almost record highs in most of these areas.
02:02But in Pensacola, we actually are forecasting a true record by 2 degrees there.
02:0688 degrees would do it.
02:07Previous record, 86 from the same day back in 1970.
02:10So some big-time heat within a degree of the record in College Station, Texas.
02:14Into Natchitoches, Louisiana, and into Mobile, Alabama as well.
02:18So pretty impressive heat.
02:19Maybe not so impressive may not be the right word.
02:22People are probably looking forward to a break here as the heat escalates farther west.