At a Glance

A tropical disturbance will move into the Carolinas and Virginia with locally heavy rain on Wednesday.The system has a high chance of developing into a tropical storm prior to moving inland.Flash flooding will be possible in the Appalachian foothills of Virginia and North Carolina.This system brought more than a foot of rain to Miami in three days.

A tropical disturbance will bring rainfall from parts of the Carolinas into Virginia on Wednesday, regardless if it forms into the second Atlantic tropical storm of 2020.

This disturbance is located just off the Southeast coast and will spread inland today over the Carolinas. It has become much better organized in the past few hours and now has a 70% chance of forming into a short-lived tropical storm before that happens, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The next tropical storm in the Atlantic would be given the name Bertha.

(The potential area(s) of tropical development according to the latest National Hurricane Center outlook are shown by polygons, color-coded by the chance of development over the next five days. An "X" indicates the location of a current disturbance.)

Regardless of development, this disturbance will bring soaking rainfall and possible flooding into parts of the Carolinas and Virginia through Wednesday night. Gusty winds will also accompany this system as it moves inland.

The National Weather Service has issued flash flood watches for portions of central North Carolina and western Virginia, where the ground is already saturated by recent rainfall. This includes Charlotte and Greensboro, North Carolina, and Roanoke, Virginia.

Rain chances will continue across the Southeast into late week because of a separate weather system approaching from the south-central states.

Current Radar, Watches and Warnings

(Watches and warnings (when active) are issued by the Storm Prediction Center and the National Weather Service.)

This system will also produce dangerous surf and rip currents along the coasts of Georgia and the Carolinas on Wednesday. Beachgoers are advised to stay out of the ocean.

South Florida has been soaked by this same disturbance since Memorial Day weekend. Miami International Airport picked up 14.67 inches of rain from Sunday through Tuesday. in the Miami metro area on Tuesday.

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