Severe weather is expected to affect 70 million Americans from Sunday to Tuesday in the Midwest.
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center issued an enhanced risk outlook for the multi-regional storm system, designating it a Level 3 out of 5 risk for severe weather.
In the Northeast, intense thunderstorms are expected to develop Sunday afternoon in a corridor across the Upper Ohio Valley to the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania and the Catskill region of upstate New York .
Destructive winds, hail and tornadoes are possible as the storm slowly tracks southward through Sunday evening.
Severe risk forecast for Sunday evening.
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A series of these strong to potentially severe storms are expected to impact cities from Pittsburgh to New York on Sunday evening, from 10:00 p.m. ET to 11:00 p.m. ET.
In the Midwest, a dynamic weather system moving across the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains from the Dakotas to Texas has the potential to form storms capable of becoming supercells and producing very large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes on Monday.
Severe weather is forecast for Monday and Tuesday.
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Scattered severe thunderstorms are likely across the southern and central Great Plains, primarily Monday evening, when large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes are possible.
Storms could begin as early as 5:00 p.m. CT from central Texas to Nebraska, then continue to develop overnight throughout the region.
By Tuesday morning, storms are expected to impact areas from eastern Nebraska to Kansas City, Missouri and parts of Iowa. These storms could still be strong, even violent.
The aftermath of the tornadoes that passed through the Indian Lake, Ohio area on March 15, 2024.
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The strongest storms are expected Tuesday afternoon in areas from Des Moines, Iowa, to Columbia, Missouri.
Scattered severe thunderstorms are likely Tuesday evening from Chicago to east of Dallas.
Wednesday morning, strong to severe storms may persist in the Ohio River Valley.
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