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6/17/2026, 4:56:18 PM
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But we begin tonight with this first named tropical storm of the season slamming into the US at this hour.
Hitting the Gulf Coast from Texas to Georgia tonight.
Tropical Storm Arthur winds up to 45 mph and a storm surge up to 4 feet expected to drop up to 20 inches of rain at the same time tonight.
in the Midwest at this hour.
There are tornado watches and warnings up right now across multiple states and damaging winds possible right into the northeast.
Chief meteorologist Ginger Zee in the storm zone.
She leads us off tonight.
>> Tonight millions on alert for [music] severe storms in the Midwest.
As Tropical Storm Arthur hugs the Texas coast.
Life-threatening flooding possible from Texas to Louisiana.
Our Melissa Adan in Galveston.
>> Tropical Storm Arthur formed this morning and it is bringing gusty winds here along the Texas coast as well as this storm surge up to 4 feet in some parts.
But the main concern, rainfall totals up to 20 inches in some parts.
>> Outside [snorts] New Orleans in Covington, Louisiana, Luke and Nicole Barwick are filling sandbags.
>> God willing, this is, you know, an adventure we won't have to to go through, but just in case, we want to be safe.
>> Flash flooding turning deadly overnight in Magnolia, Texas.
Authorities say they recovered the body of a 15-year-old who drowned in a flooded retention pond.
In the Midwest, a major threat for tornadoes, destructive winds, and flooding looming through tonight.
AccuWeather storm chasers tracking the system.
In Monmouth, Illinois, straight-line winds from an early round of storms derailing this train.
>> So we're watching the Gulf tonight, the Midwest, potentially the northeast next.
So Ginger, what's the latest with this tropical system?
>> Yeah, we had tornado sirens just about an hour and a half ago here, David, but now there is a tornado warning just 10 miles to our south.
There are several along this line that we're seeing all the way back into Kansas.
One up there in southwestern Wisconsin by itself.
Flood watches from Detroit to Lexington the The couple of hours.
Any cell that forms on this line has the potential to twist.
We have known that these ingredients have been together a lot of this energy in the atmosphere, and
that's why Indianapolis over to Springfield, Charleston, Illinois all included tonight.
Now, tomorrow, you mentioned it, where we end up with a level two out of five, Burlington, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, all of New Jersey, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Roanoke, Virginia.
Main hazard there is damaging wind.
Go to the Gulf Coast, we've got to talk Arthur.
It is hugging the coast now, but it will move over Louisiana.
It's not just that coastal flooding and the surge push, but really about that life-threatening flash flooding.
flooding. Baton Rouge to Atlanta under flooding watch tomorrow, 2 to 4-in per hour rainfall rates, David.
>> All right, watching Arthur and this really dangerous situation across the Midwest at this hour, Ginger. Thank you.
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