Heavy to severe thunderstorms and potentially flooding rain will affect parts of the Plains, Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes into Easter weekend. Travel and outdoor plans may be disrupted, with locally dangerous conditions expected, especially where storms occur after dark.
Heavy thunderstorms this week may bring hail, damaging winds, tornadoes and flooding rain from the Plains to the Great Lakes, disrupting travel and outdoor plans into Easter weekend.and potentially flooding rain will affect parts of the Plains, Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes into Easter weekend.
Travel and outdoor plans may be disrupted, with locally dangerous conditions expected, especially where storms occur after dark.On Tuesday, the risk of severe weather will broaden from southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, extending east through western and central New York and northwestern Pennsylvania and southwestern to central Oklahoma and parts of central Texas. "Tuesday's storms may bring large hail, damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes, with the greatest concentration from southern Michigan to northeast Illinois, the northern parts of Indiana and Ohio," AccuWeather Meteorologist Brandon Buckingham said.Wednesday's severe storms to focus over South Central states On Wednesday, the severe weather threat is forecast to shift south and consolidate over the Plains and parts of the Mississippi Valley. Severe weather is anticipated from central Texas through central and southeastern Kansas into southwestern and central Missouri. As on Tuesday, a more concentrated zone of severe storms with large hail, damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes is forecast. That zone is likely to extend from north-central Texas, including Dallas, into central and northeastern Oklahoma, including Tulsa and Oklahoma City.Farther to the east, heavy thunderstorms will drench portions of the Ohio Valley and the mid-Atlantic region Wednesday. Along with downpours that can slow travel, some storms may produce winds strong enough to break tree branches and send trash cans and recycling bins flying.The risk of severe weather will continue across parts of the Mississippi Valley and Plains Thursday and Friday, with Thursday’s storms capable of producing strong wind gusts and hail from northern Arkansas to southern Michigan.From late Friday to Friday night, the severe weather threat will shift farther southwest as another storm moves out of the Rockies. By Friday night, the severe weather threat zone will extend from central Texas to southwestern Iowa.On Saturday, the risk of severe thunderstorms will extend along an advancing cold front from northeast Texas to southwest Ontario and western New York. The main threats will be from damaging hail and wind gusts.As the parent storm lifts northeast across the Great Lakes this weekend, a trailing cold front will trigger drenching showers and locally severe thunderstorms as it pushes eastward and southward across the Mississippi Valley and the Appalachians.Each round of showers and thunderstorms may bring localized flash and urban flooding. Where downpours repeat daily or every other day, the risk of small-stream flooding and significant rises on some rivers will persist. A general 1-4 inches of rain is forecast this week from Texas and the north-central Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes and central Appalachians, with locally higher amounts of up to 6 inches possible. While not all of the rain will fall at once, multiple rounds of disruptive rainfall are likely. In drought-stricken areas, repeated rainfall may bring some relief and reduce the risk of spring wildfires. winter will stage a comeback across the northern tier of the central and northeastern U.S., bringing widespread snow and iceare prompted by our expert meteorologists who monitor and analyze dangerous weather risks 24/7 to keep you and your family safer.
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