295  
FXUS01 KWBC 082012  
PMDSPD  
 
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD  
411 PM EDT TUE SEP 08 2026  
 
VALID 00Z WED SEP 09 2026 - 00Z FRI SEP 11 2026  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER  
PARTS OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER  
PARTS OF THE SOUTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY AND THE OHIO VALLEY ON  
THURSDAY....  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER  
PARTS OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY...  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER  
PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES ON THURSDAY...  
 
A FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS  
AND THEN WESTWARD TO THE GREAT BASIN WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO THE  
NORTHEAST, THEN INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND THEN INTO THE SOUTHERN  
PLAINS BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN  
ROCKIES, THEN MOVE EASTWARD TO THE MID-ATLANTIC, THE  
OHIO/TENNESSEE VALLEYS, AND INTO THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN PLAINS BY  
THURSDAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE MIDDLE  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON TUESDAY. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A  
SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE  
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE  
ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH  
FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, SMALL STREAMS, AND LOW-LYING  
AREAS BEING THE MOST VULNERABLE.  
 
SIMILARLY, THE SPC HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH WEDNESDAY  
MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A  
FEW TORNADOES.  
 
ON WEDNESDAY, THE THREAT OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE  
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/CENTRAL PLAINS. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS  
ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS  
OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/CENTRAL PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY INTO  
THURSDAY MORNING. THE ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY  
LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, SMALL  
STREAMS, AND LOW-LYING AREAS BEING THE MOST VULNERABLE.  
IN ADDITION, ON WEDNESDAY, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE  
HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHWEST. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS  
ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS  
OF THE SOUTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE  
ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH  
FLOODING, WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, SMALL STREAMS, LOW-LYING AREAS,  
AND BURN SCARS BEING THE MOST VULNERABLE.  
FURTHERMORE, SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER  
PARTS OF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE, THE SPC  
HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER  
THE LOWER GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY  
MORNING. THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS, HAIL, AND A  
FEW TORNADOES.  
 
ON THURSDAY, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP  
ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY FROM PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST TO THE  
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS. HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE  
OHIO VALLEY/CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. THEREFORE, THE WPC HAS ISSUED A  
SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/4) OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF THE  
OHIO VALLEY/CENTRAL APPALACHIANS ON THURSDAY. THE ASSOCIATED  
HEAVY RAIN WILL CREATE MAINLY LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING,  
WITH URBAN AREAS, ROADS, SMALL STREAMS, AND LOW-LYING AREAS BEING  
THE MOST VULNERABLE.  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTHEAST COAST TO  
PARTS OF THE MIDDLE AND WESTERN GULF COAST THROUGH THURSDAY  
EVENING. ELSEWHERE, ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN  
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION/NORTHERN ROCKIES.  
 
ZIEGENFELDER  
 
GRAPHICS AVAILABLE AT  
HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/BASICWX/BASICWX_NDFD.PHP  
 
EXTREME HEAT KEY MESSAGES AVAILABLE AT:  
HTTPS://WWW.WPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/KEY_MESSAGES/LATESTKEYMESSAGE_1.PNG  
 
 
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