Good Monday and welcome to a brand new week. The dawn of a new week will not bring much in the way of anything new in terms of the weather across the state as scattered thunderstorms team up with high temps and humidity levels to continue to dominate the pattern.

Thunderstorms over the weekend caused  some major problems across the region with damaging winds and flooding rains taking center stage. Pike County was hardest hit as flash flooding devastated many communities throughout the county and left two people dead. More on that in a bit.

I mentioned not a lot is going to change this week as the hot, humid weather will continue as will rounds of thunderstorms. Heat will really build up (not that it ever left) from the plains states into the southeastern states as high pressure builds in across the south. The position of the high and overall flow will, once again, keep the core of the heat to our west and south. A ton of moisture will be available for scattered storms to work with. With a front stalled out to our north for much of the week… and the positioning of the high to our south… we will have to watch the northwestern sky for possible strong or severe clusters of storms rolling in here from the midwest. Here is a map I made for the overall pattern…

Just like we have seen in recent days… any storm could go severe or cause flash flooding. Pinpointing when and where is impossible until they actually show up on radar. Speaking of… track any storms that blow up today… right here…

Basically… the same action will continue with us for the bulk of this work week. On days where storms are more scattered and we get more sun… temps will roll back into the lower 90s. The muggy air will be with us regardless of our temps.

I found a couple of “during” and “after” videos of the flooding near the Raccoon area of Pike County. These appear to be shot from the same spot high above the flooding and devastation below…

The power of moving water is nothing short of amazing and is the reason we should never take flash flooding lightly! I will have more updates today as needed so be sure to check back.

Have a great Monday and take care.