Arthur no longer a tropical storm, but dangerous impacts remain across South

Former Tropical Storm Arthur has dissipated, but its remnants continued to dump heavy, flooding rain as they trekked across the Southeast on the morning of Thursday, June 18.

Heavy rainfall and the potential for life-threatening flash flooding remain the primary hazards with this system, according to the National Hurricane Center. There is also a chance of tornadoes for parts of the southeastern United States through June 18.

"Ongoing heavy rainfall could prolong the flood threat into the weekend," the hurricane center said.

Where is the system going next?

The remnants of Arthur are expected to continue tracking farther eastward through the Southeast from Thursday, June 18, to the morning of Friday, June 19, the Weather Prediction Center said in an online forecast bulletin.

The system's impacts will be felt for the next couple of days in the form of ongoing heavy, flooding rain. The hurricane center said flash flooding and urban flooding are likely in southern Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southern Alabama, southwestern Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.

By June 19, the remnants of Arthur will get quickly mixed up with an advancing cold front as its remaining circulation zips eastward through Georgia and the Carolinas and into the western Atlantic, said WPLG-TV hurricane specialist Michael Lowry in an email to USA TODAY.

"Once it emerges off the Carolina coast late Friday, [June 19] into early Saturday, [June 20], it could try to redevelop over the western Atlantic," Lowry said.

The remnants of Arthur, now considered a disturbance as it moves across the Southeast on June 18, has a low chance of subtropical or tropical redevelopment on June 19 or June 20, the hurricane center said.

"Environmental conditions appear marginally conducive" for some development as the remnants of Arthur move northeastward as it heads toward the Atlantic Ocean, the hurricane center said.

"Regardless of development, heavy rainfall with the potential for widespread and life-threatening flooding is likely across portions of the Southeast United States during the next day or two," the center said the morning of June 18.

Quiet end to June expected

The Atlantic basin looks to settle down to round out the last few weeks of June, with no development expected elsewhere at least into the middle to latter part of next week, Lowry said.