effect until noon central time, including fayetteville, arkansas, working through western oklahoma into northeastern or northwestern, i should say, northwestern arkansas. eastern oklahoma to western arkansas. 17 million people at risk. we ve talked about these rainfall rates. 1 to 2 inches an hour. now, you see a line of storms, but we re continuing to see energy feed these storms, and they continue to train. we re looking at an enhanced risk of certainly severe weather rolling even into st. louis, back to springfield, down to little rock, damaging winds is going to be the big issue, as we head through the rest of the day today. isolated hail, which could be 2 inches or larger. a slightly diminished risk of tornados, but that s still in the picture. and watch all of this rain continue to advance with this frontal passage. and as that works its way east,
rain, bridges and overpasses. the rain today will fill in. 10 million people under watches. this area of red in here is 3 inches of rain. a little bit of chance of 4 inches in central louisiana. could have hourly rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour. many of the rivers are in flood stage and we re adding this rain on top of it and that s why we re expecting problems in areas of the deep south. eventually this rain will spread tonight and tomorrow into the southeast. just what you wanted, more rain, right, after an extremely soggy 2018. west of ft. worth, ice possible up towards oklahoma city. holiday travel on the east coast, you ll be fine. rain in the southeast comes in tomorrow. new york city looks pretty dry. we may see a few snow showers as we go throughout the day tomorrow. but the next big rain for you looks to be saturday. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back. i am a family man.
one river was going up. once it gets so high they don t have a choice, so this river at one point was going up seven feet in one hour. pretty incredible rainfall rates in texas. year going to continue with it today. we have flash flood watches from san rio, back through dallas and fort worth. it looks like the rain stays in the forast at least through friday. this is just through thursday. so it s not like epic-type rain but the ground is super saturated. all of it goes into the run off and of course with the river so high, it s more added problems and 54 degrees and rainy is not a fun forecast anyway, let alone with all the flooding. still record heat in tampa. beautiful day in areas of the northeast but the cold air is coming. next half hour i will give you
i can actually walk faster than this storm is moving and that is very dangerous. there s nothing more dangerous or scary than a slow-moving, stalled-out tropical cyclone. you get such prolific rainfall rates in these rain bands. you can get 2 to 4 inches per hour easily. you can get tornado threats as well. the winds are gusting. downing trees already weakened from that hurricane. the floodwaters and the rising water table are weakening structures. so those trees are falling. there s nothing more dang russian for a situation like this. as these rivers begin to crest, it s going to create a more catastrophic situation from a different type of flooding and that s a slow-moving natural disaster portion of this storm. reed timer, appreciate you joining us as always, thank you. cnn s continuing coverage of tropical storm florence continues. we will be broadcasting live from myrtle beach, from north carolina, after this short break.
of north carolina but now pushing inland and also adding states like virginia and even south carolina to that list as well of where we are going to see that rain. we do still have some very heavy rain bands across portions just north of wilmington and to the south of wilmington. those rainfall rates are two to three inches an hour. you have to remember, you have to add that on top of what has already fallen. and we ve had some very impressive amounts. elizabethstown, 20 inches. emerald isle and morehead city, both nearly two feet of rain. swa swansboro has picked up 30 1/2 inches. the key factor for a lot of these cities is it s still raining, they could pick up an additional six, eight, or ten inches of rain on top of what they ve already had. the biggest difference is that that rain is pushing further inland. so cities like charlotte and raleigh are going to start to see some of those heavier bands