Back-to-back storm systems will result in widespread precipitation across the central and eastern U.S., with the heaviest rain (locally 2 to 4 inches or more) expected from eastern Texas to the southern Atlantic Coast, excluding southern Florida.  Sporadic strong thunderstorms will accompany the Southern rain.  A broader area will receive light to moderately heavy rain, with 5-day totals expected to top an inch in most areas along and south of a line from southeastern Kansas into the lower Great Lakes region. 

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