Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 346 PM EDT Sun Apr 02 2017 Valid 00Z Mon Apr 03 2017 - 00Z Wed Apr 05 2017 ...Threats of severe weather and flash flooding will impact areas from the Southern Plains to the Southeast today and Monday... ...Expect snow to occur through the Rockies over the next few days... Severe weather and flash flooding will be a concern through Monday as a cold front slowly moves across Texas toward the Southeast. The cold front is currently moving over South Central Texas and will approach southeast Texas this evening. Convection will move eastward across East Texas and into Louisiana by tonight. The Storm Prediction Center has these areas in a high risk for severe weather (please check www.spc.ncep.noaa.gov for more information). In addition, areas along the western Gulf Coast are in at least a slight risk of severe weather as this complex of thunderstorms continues its easterly track through tomorrow morning. Flash flooding will also be an issue for parts of East Texas and the lower Mississippi Valley--with WPC having a moderate risk for flash flooding mostly in central Louisiana and western Mississippi. The threat for both severe weather and flash flooding shifts to the Southeast as the front moves across this region--with most of the severe weather occurring from the central Gulf Coast and into South Carolina. Once the cold front is east of the Appalachians by Tuesday morning, the severe weather and flash flooding will no longer be threats. Showers with some embedded thunderstorms can be expected along the East Coast on Tuesday. Another cold front will drop southeast across the Intermountain West and Rockies over the next couple of days. This will bring precipitation chances to these regions, with higher elevation snow expected in the northern Rockies through tonight. As the front progresses southward tonight and Monday, precipitation will occur throughout the Central Great Basin and Central Rockies--including higher elevation snow. As the system continues moving south and intensifies over the Plains, precipitation and snow will increase especially across Colorado. This system will move over the Plains on Tuesday, bringing with it convection across the Plains and into the middle and lower Mississippi Valleys. Reinhart/Wix Graphics available at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/basicwx/basicwx_ndfd.php