06/18/2026
3:10 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 18, 2026
🚨Life-threatening and locally catastrophic ⚠️ flash flooding continues along the central Gulf Coast northeast of New Orleans through southern Alabama with additional heavy rain 🌧 expanding into eastern Georgia the rest of this afternoon. Convergent rain 🌧 bands with 3 to 4"/hr rainfall rates are likely to persist with additional 5 to 10"+ forecast into the evening. Widespread flash flooding, with locally catastrophic impacts likely where this extreme band persists occurs.🚨