The Memorial Day weekend kicked off with a multi-day thunderstorm and heavy rainfall system hitting the south-central part of the country, forecasters said. Hundreds of thousands of people were under a severe thunderstorm watch the afternoon of Saturday,

We have launched a FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY for both Saturday and Sunday for strong to severe thunderstorms that may develop as we go through the weekend. In the mountains count on rain and thunderstorms with a cold mix above 10,

Weather and flood threats increase into holiday weekend. Any pause in storminess after the week-long barrage that ended Wednesday is short-lived, as severe weather and flood threats increase into Memorial Day weekend across a big chunk of the south-central United States.