Severe weather alerts have been issued as a potential tornado was reported overnight in Southeast Alabama, with flash flooding and other severe weather expected to impact the deep south and beyond. More than 20 million people from Louisiana to the Carolinas are at risk for excessive rain today.
Meteorologists are predicting a very wet day across the east and southeast, extending up to the northeast and even into New England by tonight. A cold front is moving through, bringing heavy rainfall to the north of the warm front. Areas along this path could see two to three inches of rain, with six to ten inches of snow possible in colder regions to the north.