The past 72 hours have featured relentless rains across the southern Plains, with wide swaths of 2 to 5 inches and totals in some spots exceeding half a foot. Walters, in southwest Oklahoma, has logged 10.14 inches since Sunday night, and another round of heavy rains is slated for Thursday night.

Millions across the United States are being impacted by severe storms bringing torrential rain and flash flooding. In Texas and Oklahoma, high waters prompted evacuations and rescues. Now, another round of potentially dangerous thunderstorms is on the way.

These storms will stick around overnight and into Friday, May 2, with the main threats being large hail, damaging winds and a tornado or two, according to the NWS. A weakening trend is expected as storms reach the Interstate 20 corridor Friday morning.

After an active weather day with several inches of rain, large hail, and strong gusty winds, things are calming down, briefly.

An advancing cold front will enhance showers and thunderstorms across North Texas for Friday. Some storms could become severe with the primary threats of heavy rainfall, damaging winds and large hail.

Expect warm weather today with isolated afternoon & evening storms. Storms become more numerous by the weekend.

Rain and thunder will linger deeper into the evening across western Maryland on Thursday.

As a cold front pushes into the Gulf coast region, rain chances will spike into the weekend.Scattered shower chances are in the forecast Friday ahead of the sy