The total rainfall Saturday shows you spotty quarter inch to half inch amounts, mostly in the southern half of Michigan. There certainly could be small areas up to one inch of rain, but that rain would still happen in just an hour or two. Also notice some areas of northern Michigan are projected to not get any rain at all.

"Heavy rain is already moving through Louisiana and will continue over the next few days," AccuWeather's Alex DaSilva said.

North Carolina has declared a state of emergency after Tropical Storm Chantal caused severe flooding and at least six deaths. Gov.

Heavy rain and storms bring a flooding threat to the southern half of the state tonight with more storms in the 7 day forecast.

After one round of storms and heavy rain moving through northern KY this afternoon, a Flood Watch is issued and will stay put until midnight.

We remain on alert for scattered storms with heavy rain through this evening, but we also have new First Alert Weather Days for a heat wave next week.

The good news is a marked decrease in intensity of the thunderstorms in the past two hours. As of 7:30 p.m. there is only one isolated severe thunderstorm warning in effect over the entire Great Lakes region. The National Weather Service has watched this decline and cancelled the severe thunderstorm watch in effect for this evening.

A band of overnight storms early Thursday brought between 3 and 5 inches of rain to much of Douglas County, flooded part of a government building and closed Lawrence’s outdoor pool, and a week of dangerous heat is expected to follow.

Chief Meteorologist Lisa Teachman temperatures quickly return to the nineties on Friday and continue to climb into next week.

Clouds build Friday afternoon with perhaps a bigger surge of moisture. This time the showers and storms will move from southwest to northeast, beginning in east Alabama around late morning or midday and continuing through the afternoon. Rain coverage is forecast to be closer to 50%. Highs back into the 90s for pretty much everyone.

Over 11,000 people in the Kansas City area were without power as of 9:48 a.m. Thursday, according to the Evergy outage map. Over 3,00 people in Jackson County, and more than 6,000 in Johnson County were also without power. Restoration is delayed and there is no estimated restoration time available.