31.   Melting snow will combine with moderate to heavy rain to heighten the risk of flooding.

32.   On Saturday night, melting snow and ice will combine with the downpours to heighten the risk of flash flooding from northern Ohio to Pennsylvania.

33.   On Monday, in the wake of a cool front, dry breezes spread across the state, accelerating evaporation rates and heightening the risk of fires.

34.   Poor cost-control heightens the risks.

35.   Rising oil prices heighten that risk by raising the cost of production for businesses.

36.   Rubio believes allowing concealed weapons only would heighten the risk of violence.

37.   Saturday, the moisture-laden system will douse parts of central and south Texas with heavy rains, heightening the risk of flooding.

38.   Slow-moving thunderstorms will heighten the risk of flooding across portions of the southern Rockies, where tropical moisture remains trapped in the low and middle atmosphere.

39.   Showers and storms will then press east toward the Mississippi Valley and Southeast States, heightening the risk of flooding, especially in areas saturated by earlier downpours.

40.   Some strong thunderstorms with torrential rain will develop, heightening the risk of local flooding in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.