Major storm brings flash flooding threat, heavy snow in central US

A large storm over the central U.S. is bringing a range of weather issues, from flooding rain and severe weather to heavy snow in the Rockies. The wintry part of this system continues to wind down as the storm itself weakens over the Plains.

All winter weather alerts have now been canceled.

However, the threat of very heavy rain continues for parts of the South with the potential of significant flash flooding impacting portions of Louisiana in the coming hours. The cold front associated with this storm system is triggering heavy rain across parts of Louisiana and extreme southeast Texas where Flood Watches are in effect for cities such as Lake Charles and Alexandria, Louisiana, and Beaumont, Texas.

While the snow in the Rockies is wrapping up, the dig-out continues after an early season snowstorm brought more than three feet of snow to portions of New Mexico. Angel Fire, New Mexico, picked up 40 inches of snowfall in 36 hours. Las Vegas, New Mexico received 31.7 inches of snow from this storm, breaking their all-time record snowfall of 27 inches in 1958.

Denver, Colorado, ended up with 20 inches of snow, making this their biggest November snowfall in over 40 years and third largest November snowfall on record.

While this was a high-impact, major snow event for portions of the Denver Metro Area, including the south and east sides of the city, which also includes where the official observation site for the city of Denver is located, Denver International Airport.

Downtown Denver and west/north portions of the metro area saw much lower totals and impacts with snow totals generally closer to 8 to 14 inches.

Rafael feeds flood threat

There is a High Risk for flash flooding for parts of southern Louisiana. In this region, widespread flash flooding is likely with the potential for a few significant flash flood events. Parts of Louisiana could see over 3 to 6 inches of rain through Saturday night.