Heavy to Excessive Rainfall This Week from the Southwest into Central U.S.; Severe Weather in the Southern Plains

Pacific tropical moisture wrapping into a storm will continue a multi-day heavy rainfall event this week that will impact multiple areas in the Plains and Intermountain West. Isolated severe thunderstorm wind gusts and possibly a tornado or two could occur tonight from southern and eastern New Mexico into west Texas. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Wed, Sep 30, 2026 at 2:52:20 am CDT

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Heavy Rainfall & Flooding - Wednesday to Friday

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Rain will fall over most or all of our area beginning Tuesday and lasting into Friday. Two areas are favored for zones of heavy rain through Thursday morning, with uncertainty about amounts and timing between those areas.

Thunderstorms are expected to develop Wednesday afternoon and persist through much of the night. The environment will favor severe weather with damaging winds, hail and heavy rainfall being the main hazards. A very low tornado risk does exist, especially overnight Wednesday.

There is a risk for severe storms on Thursday afternoon into the early evening hours along and east of Hwy 81 Damaging wind gusts will be the main hazard along with some large hail potential.

Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall leading to the potential for flooding are expected from Wednesday into Friday.

Widespread rain chances, along with severe weather and flooding potential, Wednesday through Thursday. Unseasonably cooler more fall-like temperatures late this week into the weekend

Local Weather History For September 30th...

Much of Oklahoma and northern Texas saw one of their warmest
Septembers in 2019. Tulsa ended the month with their second warmest
September on record with the average temperature more 8 degrees above
normal. Oklahoma City saw their seventh warmest September, Wichita
Falls and Lawton both saw their fifth warmest September, while Gage
saw their warmest on record. Statewide, it was Oklahomas third
warmest September on record.'

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