Summertime Thunderstorms News Today

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>> reporter: with more than 1500 flights canceled this weekend, and at least 13,000 delays from coast to coast. >> hopefully it doesnt get canceled again because i definitely need to get home and get stuff done. >> reporter: nasty storms, setting off a cascade of chaos for travelers. >> it was just really draining and frustrating. >> reporter: american and southwest airlines blaming summertime thunderstorms and weather-related challenges for the disruptions. but it is been a rocky summer for air...

Texas coast. the next 48 hours, and then stalls out here, friday, saturday and drifts towards louisiana on saturday. if it did come up that would be the worst case for the houston area. houston gets summertime thunderstorms and they have bad flooding concerns. all of the computer models showing the significance for flash flooding. every in pink, seven inches of ryan over the next five days. isolated totals could easily get up to 10 inches possibly a foot of rain. in the texas coast of louisiana,...

Weather. things are heating up in the northern and central. to the east people are bracing for a big storm. the system moving through could bring showers and thunderstorms along with the threat of flash flooding. meteorologist, janet dean is live with more. whats happening? >> summertime thunderstorms. we have got the heat across the central u.s. and the southeast. then this dip in the jetstream which is allowing these storms to ride along it and bring the potential for heavy downpours as well a...

Unfortunately, we have more rain in the forecast. in fact, this is our flash flood guidance. that means one to two inches after rain, if it falls within three hours, that will cause a lot more flooding. the nature of these storms, summertime thunderstorms. they can dump one to two inches of rain in less than an hour. the radar right now, seeing some scattered showers. fortunately well to the north and east of waynesville. the atmosphere is still prime to give us more heavy rain through monday. w...

Interesting. because theres going to be thunderstorms around, and typical summertime thunderstorms. today, and tomorrow. today for the fillies race, all the ladies will be in action. the oaks, 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. thats the same forecast for the derby which is run just about after 6:00 saturday afternoon. so, its hit and miss. they could have a very sloppy, wet track or just could be warm and sunny. really a flip of a coin. 40% chance of those showers and storms. now as far a...

A little bit. thats been the main point the past few days. the summertime thunderstorms have been quite prevalent across the southeast. really, two-third, three quarters of the country. some of the numbers that have been rolling in are fairly impressive. 4.22 inches of rain in wilmington, north carolina. 3.5. tomahawk, wis wirks which also had a number of tornado reports. lancaster, pennsylvania. speaking of getting into the act, want to show you this video coming in from pennsylvania. swift wat...