Storms move on: Severe risk for Mid-Atlantic & Midwest

As we forecast on Wednesday, the storms that swept through parts of the Tennessee Valley and South overnight left lots of wind damage, and hail reports. Severe weather takes a small break today across the Tennessee Valley, only with a few isolated storms. Let’s discuss.

After almost 100 damaging winds reports and 15 hail reports, the same storm system moves east and is expected to spread strong to severe storms across eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia during the late morning and early afternoon hours.

This first round of storms does not come as organized and potent as when they swept through Tennessee, northern Mississippi, and Alabama, but there could be a couple that will bring damaging gusts of at least 60 mph and hail.

We are also examining the chance of another late afternoon round of severe storms that could move through the areas east of the Tennessee Valley. Storms that develop in this second round during the late afternoon hours could produce damaging gusts and a tornado or two cannot be ruled out.

For the second half of the day, scattered severe storms will also affect parts of the northern central Plains and Upper Midwest. The main area where there could be a swath of damaging gusts and large hail is focused over eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota. Large storms are possible producing winds gusts of at least 60 mph and at least golf-size hail during the late afternoon hours. As the low-pressure system and warm front move east, we expect the threat to diminish after sunset once the atmosphere loses the day’s heating.

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