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Wet weekend ahead for truckers in Eastern US

Tractor-trailer heading down a wet highway.

Truckers will face a wet weekend from the Mississippi Valley to the East Coast.

Parts of southeastern Missouri and southern Illinois have already seen up to 5 inches of rain and flash flooding Friday morning due to a slow-moving cold front stretching from the Plains all the way to eastern Canada. This was based on radar estimates.

This front will gradually move southward over the weekend, dousing areas of the Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee valleys, as well as the Northeast, with heavy rain. On...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/wet-weekend-ahead-for-truckers-in-eastern-us

Storms could flood parts of eastern US this week

Heavy rain on windshield, looking out toward a highway.

Mother Nature will drop more unwelcome rain in the south-central U.S. The pattern has been hard to break over the past several weeks.

Another system will stall over the region Monday and Tuesday, producing potential repeated downpours in some places that have had too much rain recently. The rain, combined with the saturated ground, could lead to more flash flooding and road closures. Flash flooding already occurred in a few spots Monday morning.

Forecasters at the National Weather Service (NWS)...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/storms-could-flood-parts-of-eastern-us-this-week

Flooding likely this week on some East Coast trucking lanes (with forecast video)

Tractor-trailer heading down highway on a rainy day.

Soaking rains will slow down truckers this week across the eastern U.S., including one of the country’s busiest freight markets. 

Areas of heavy rainfall are developing along a cold front that, as of Monday morning, stretches from the Upper Midwest to the lower Mississippi Valley. The front, and associated rainfall, will move through the eastern third of the country from Monday through early Wednesday.

During this time frame, some places from Georgia to southern New England could get drenched...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/flooding-likely-this-week-on-some-east-coast-trucking-lanes-with-forecast-video

Flash flood threat keeps rolling across southern Plains (with forecast video)

Flash flooding on campus during Monday night’s storms. Avoid Lindsey & Elm until water can go down. #okwx pic.twitter.com/m2aWTg83lV

— OU Nightly (@OUNightlyTV) September 1, 2020

Periods of torrential rainfall have drenched parts of the Plains and the lower Mississippi Valley over the past day or two, with some areas receiving 5 inches or more of rainfall.

Like boxcars on a train, additional rounds of excessive rainfall will hit many of the same areas into Thursday, keeping the likelihood of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/flash-flood-threat-keeps-rolling-across-southern-plains-with-forecast-video

Potential tropical storm soaking parts of the South (with forecast video)

Road closed sign in flooded area.

A stubborn weather system that continues to drench parts of the Southeast could become the next tropical storm later this week.

SONAR Critical Events and radar: Tuesday, July 8, 2020, 8 a.m. EDT; Potential tropical cyclone

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has named the system Invest 98L. “Invest” is short for “investigative area,” which is an area of disturbed weather that the NHC watches for potential tropical cyclone development.

As of this morning 98L was centered to the northwest of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/potential-tropical-storm-soaking-parts-of-the-south-with-forecast-video

Heavy ongoing rainfall may flood more roads from Midwest to Southeast (with forecast video)

Flooded road with "Road Closed" sign.

Heavy spring rains could slow down truckers and freight flows from Ohio to the Carolinas over the next two days.

SONAR Critical Events and radar: Tuesday, May 19, 2020, 9 a.m. EDT

Heavy rains resulted in flooding across parts of Springfield, Ohio yesterday!

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— Live Storm Chasers (@Livestormchaser) May 19, 2020

This has nothing to do with Tropical Storm Arthur, which produced wind gusts close...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/heavy-ongoing-rainfall-may-flood-more-roads-from-midwest-to-southeast-with-forecast-video

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