A "slight" threat of severe weather continues for Middle Tennessee Thursday, the National Weather Service says, after a round of storms brought damaging winds and heavy rain.

This current rain event is expected to bring 'generational flooding', which only happens once a generation. But memories of 2010 flood still plague some.

The first round of a four-day severe weather cylce slammed into Tennessee Wednesday night into Thursday morning killing at least four people.

Storms ripped through Middle Tennessee Wednesday night and the rain is still coming, raising concerns of flooding on roads.

Richland Creek and Belle Meade experienced flooding from a Middle Tennessee storm. Thursday morning is expected to remain mostly dry around Southern California but forecasters warn that thunderstorms could produce heavy downpours later in the day.

Communities in Middle and West Tennessee are hunkering down as severe weather and inches of rain are expected through the weekend.

A particularly dangerous flooding event is expected from the mid-South into the Ohio Valley as multiple bouts of extreme rainfall, including severe thunderstorms, impact parts of Arkansas, Tennessee,

The Mid-South will face a multi-day threat of heavy rain and severe storms. By far, the highest severe weather risk is Wednesday evening and Wednesday night, when a rare Level 5 out of 5 severe weather risk is in place for much of the Mid-South, including Memphis.

Double-digit rainfall totals are forecast, prompting the National Weather Service to issue “particularly dangerous situation” flood watches in some areas from Wednesday into Saturday. Serious flash flooding and flooding of rivers,