- EF-1 tornadoes ripped through Cypress, Waller County areas with winds at more than 100 mph, NWS reports
- Houston-area storm damage updates: Clean up continues after NWS says two EF-1 tornadoes and powerful derecho ripped through SE Texas
- Low risk of damaging winds, hail from Saturday storms
- EF 1 tornadoes ripped through Cypress, Waller County areas at more than 100 mph, NWS reports
- Caddo Mounds State Historic Site to celebrate new visitor center, traditional grass house after 2019 tornado
Downpours cause flooding across Deep South
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Storms stretching across the Deep South dumped heavy rains on Mississippi and Alabama on Monday, causing flash floods that covered roads and forced some schools to close.
Dozens of roads were under water in low-lying areas across the Tennessee Valley after a hours of rain, and cars crept along flooded streets in downtown Birmingham. Video showed wakes caused by vehicles traveling on flooded roads slapping the side of a building in Yazoo City, Mississippi.
Several school systems sent students home early as forecasters warned more downpours were on the way.
More than 2 inches (5.08 centimeters) of rain fell during the day in spots, and the National Weather Service said another 4 inches (10.16 centimeters) could fall by Tuesday night. After than, potentially severe storms will move across the region, the National Weather Service said.
Flash flood watches and warnings stretched from eastern Texas into the western Carolinas.
Parts of the region are still soggy from heavy rains last week. In north Alabama, some flooded roads were still closed from last week when the rain began Monday.