Cross-country storm brings significant weekend severe weather threat to central US, soaking rain to Northeast
The Midwest will see heavy rain by Friday, while the Ozarks and Mississippi Valley will have to contend with a severe weather threat in addition to the rain before the system reaches the Northeast by Sunday.
Coast-to-coast storm to bring severe weather to central US, days of rain to Northeast
The FOX Forecast Center is monitoring a brewing severe storm threat for the Ozarks and Mississippi Valley this weekend. Tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail are all possible as a strong cold front sweeps across the country. This same system will bring days of heavy rain into the Northeast beginning Sunday.
The FOX Forecast Center is monitoring a potent fall cross-country storm that will cover 40 states and bring severe weather to the central U.S. and days of heavy rain to the Northeast this weekend and into early next week.
The storm is currently working its way east through the Rockies after dropping record-setting rain on California earlier in the week and heavy snow in the Sierra.
The Midwest will see heavy rain by Friday, while the Ozarks and Mississippi Valley will have to contend with a severe weather threat in addition to the rain before the system reaches the Northeast by Sunday.
Weekend severe storm threat for central US could bring tornadoes and large hail
The cold front driving this powerful storm brought heavy rain to the Dakotas Thursday morning. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued a Level 1 out 5 risk of severe thunderstorms for an area covering parts of Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas through Thursday, with hail and strong wind gusts as the primary threats.
The severe weather system is expected to intensify Friday, first bringing scattered thunderstorms from Oklahoma to northwestern Missouri in the morning, while bringing a more significant afternoon threat to the Ark-La-Tex region, the Ozarks and the Mississippi Valley late Friday afternoon and into the evening.
Tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail are all possible, though the exact intensity of thunderstorms on Friday and Saturday will be determined by the amount of daytime heating.
Higher afternoon temperatures will increase the strength of the storms later in the day and evening.
A large swath of the country from Texas to Ohio will face this severe weather threat Saturday. Be sure to check the FOX Weather app for more details as the forecast becomes more refined.
Northeast to see days of heavy rain on the heels of nor'easter
By Sunday afternoon, the cold front will make its way into the Ohio Valley and interior Northeast, with places like Buffalo, New York, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, facing periods of moderate rainfall to close out the weekend.
A low-end flash flood risk covers western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio on Sunday.
The rain is forecast to intensify Sunday night, reaching the heavily populated Interstate 95 corridor in time for the Monday morning commute.
Heavy rain is expected to persist through early Tuesday, with widespread rain totals of 1-2 inches across the Northeast and northern New England and localized amounts of 2-3 inches of rain possible.
In addition, while the main area of low pressure responsible for the wet weather begins to lift into Canada Tuesday, computer forecast models suggest that another area of low pressure may develop, and soggy conditions could linger across parts of New England into midweek.