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

The storm will bring heavy rainfall to the region, and a flood watch was in effect for southeastern Louisiana through Friday night.

Much of the U.S., including North Carolina, has experienced a significant increase in intense rainfall and widespread flooding throughout July, often unrelated to tropical systems and impacting areas outside designated floodplains.

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.

Showers and storms will be around at times Friday with 93-L moving near, though flooding issues look mainly spotty.

Heavy rain and storms impact the area tonight. A flood watch continues until midnight. Heavy rain and storms impact the area tonight. A flood watch continues until midnight.

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

Omaha's Weather Leader shows the beautiful weather we have this evening, but also highlights the chance of storms this weekend. Meteorologist Luke Vickery has the forecast you trust.

Spotty storms are possible in Kansas City on Friday, July 18, with highs in the upper 80s. A heat wave follows this weekend and 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.

As mentioned yesterday, we’re watching two rounds of showers and storms.