Lethal flooding that impacted components of the Southwest U.S. during the last couple of days continued easing with no flood alerts in impact for the world as of Saturday night. Nonetheless, with extra monsoonal moisture on the way in which, the chance for flash flooding will improve for components of the area on Sunday and Monday.
One other space of low stress will carry extra moisture into southern components of California and Arizona on Sunday, elevating the menace for flash flooding. Though the menace stage is barely marginal (a stage 1 out of 4), remoted thunderstorms and intervals of heavier rainfall might result in some localized flooding in susceptible spots.
US 395 was closed on account of flooding, on this display screen seize from a video launched by the California Freeway Patrol – Mojave, on Sept. 19, 2025.
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During the last couple of days, heavy rain and flash flooding drenched the Southwest and even grew to become lethal in a single occasion.
In Barstow, California, a 2-year-old was swept away after their family’s car was swept off a road and overtaken by floodwaters. After a 20-hour search, officers stated the boy’s physique was recovered.
Flash flooding occurred in different components of the Southwest because the heaviest downpours dropped 1 to 2 inches of rain in round an hour for some spots, inflicting some roads to be washed out and something in the way in which of speeding floodwaters to be swept away.
Trying forward, the menace for flash flooding within the Southwest will shift farther east on Monday, overlaying an excellent portion of Arizona and western New Mexico, as bathe exercise will increase over the area. Likewise, localized flash flooding can’t be dominated out, particularly in flood-prone areas.
Any burn scar areas can be particularly vulnerable to harmful flash flooding which might set off particles flows and mudslides. Burned soil lowers the brink for flash flooding, which means even decrease rainfall totals can result in vital flash flooding and different impacts, which unfold shortly.
In the meantime, the menace for flash flooding can even broaden throughout the Central U.S. Monday into Tuesday, stretching from Kansas and Oklahoma all the way in which to Ohio.
Widespread, scattered showers and thunderstorms firing up and pushing via the Plains and Midwest might carry regionally heavy downpours to components of the area, which might in flip result in flooding.
Tropical Storm Gabrielle
Tropical Storm Gabrielle continues to churn within the central Atlantic and can proceed to strengthen. The storm is predicted to turn out to be a hurricane both later Saturday evening or Sunday.
If it does turn out to be a hurricane, Gabrielle would turn out to be the 2nd hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. On common, the 2nd hurricane varieties round August 26, making this hurricane virtually a month later than usually anticipated.
As of Saturday night, Gabrielle was situated about 580 miles southeast of Bermuda.
The middle of the storm is predicted to move east of Bermuda early subsequent week earlier than taking over a extra eastward trajectory throughout the north-central Atlantic by the midweek.
On the very least, Gabrielle will impression Bermuda with harmful surf, massive swells and life-threatening rip currents because it passes east. Nonetheless, the storm’s outer bands might nonetheless clip the island Sunday evening into Monday, bringing rainfall and wind impacts as nicely.
Though Gabrielle is not going to have any direct impacts to the U.S. mainland, it’ll nonetheless generate tough surf and life-threatening rip currents alongside the East Coast, from North Carolina up via Maine later this weekend into subsequent week.
The Nationwide Hurricane Middle can also be watching a weak tropical wave situated off the west coast of Africa because it produces some disorganized thunderstorms.
It has a 20% probability of improvement within the subsequent seven days because it slowly treks throughout the central Atlantic. Whereas it might take an analogous monitor as Gabrielle, additional particulars concerning its improvement and path stay unsure presently. Till then, this disturbance will continued to be monitored intently.
Tropical exercise within the Atlantic is forecasted to slowly ramp again up over the subsequent few weeks as circumstances step by step turn out to be extra favorable for improvement.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs via Nov. 30.
