More severe weather on the horizon for weary north-central US
By
Mary Gilbert, AccuWeather meteorologist
Updated Aug 10, 2021 9:32 PM EDT
This video shows a massive tornado that could be seen spinning near the town of Virgil, Illinois, on Aug. 9. Multiple tornadoes were spotted in Illinois that day.
The hits just keep coming for the north-central United States as a stormy pattern persists for portions of the region. Daily rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms have brought the North Central states damaging wind gusts, flooding rainfall and hail each day since last Thursday.
Late Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning, severe thunderstorms unleashed damaging wind gusts across a more than 500-mile-long swath from the Texas Panhandle to eastern Nebraska. These storms also unloaded torrential rainfall across Omaha, Nebraska, which led to widespread, dangerous and destructive flash flooding.
AccuWeather forecasters say the risk for severe thunderstorms will still persist across the North Central states through Tuesday night.
During Monday afternoon and night, severe weather tracked through the north-central U.S., delivering hail, strong wind gusts and even an outbreak of tornadoes.
This image, from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center division shows a filtered tally of severe weather reports from Monday and Monday night. Tornado reports (red) were clustered over northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. (NWS/NOAA)
The hail was mostly confined to central North Dakota with hailstones of up to 3 inches in diameter falling over Wells County. One hail report from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) reported nickel to quarter-size hail in Dawson County, Nebraska, as the storms picked their way through the state.
The southeastern portion of Nebraska, while having been hit the hardest by severe storms over the weekend, was spared by the worst of the storms with Monday's episode.
In a second area of concern on Monday night, areas from northeastern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin to northern Indiana and parts of central Michigan dealt with feisty storms. This area included Chicago and Milwaukee.
By Monday evening, the SPC had already listed 16 preliminary tornado reports in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
Chicago's O'Hare International Airport saw roughly 274 flights canceled amid the severe weather, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation. Midway International Airport saw about 25 cancellations.
Power flickered out in some areas of eastern Michigan on Monday evening as the storms rolled through, the majority of outages occurring in Macomb and Alcona counties, according to PowerOutage.US.
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The threat for severe weather will consolidate once again into one larger area of concern into Tuesday night, according to AccuWeather forecasters.
"The storm that develops later Tuesday into Tuesday night will be stronger overall and the resulting thunderstorms that develop will be quite intense," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Matt Rinde said.
Storms are set to first develop across central Iowa and far southeastern Minnesota. As the evening progresses, the coverage of storms will expand eastward and impact portions of northern Illinois, Wisconsin and parts of southern Ontario, Canada.
Storms will continue to push eastward overnight and bring the risk for severe weather to parts of Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
More than 39 million residents live in an area covered under the slight risk for severe thunderstorms into Tuesday night. This includes cities such as Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee and Cleveland.
Rinde noted that damaging winds will be the biggest concern with the storms into Tuesday night, but flash flooding and even an isolated tornado are not out of the realm of possibility.
More than 141,000 customers in Wisconsin were left without power by Tuesday evening, the majority of the outages in the state's southeastern counties plus Brown County, according to PowerOutage.US. Another 76,000 and 24,000 customers were left without power across Illinois and Michigan, respectively.
Winds of up to 70 mph had been clocked in both Iowa and Wisconsin, and one location Waukesha County, Wisconsin, reported winds of up to 77 mph, according to the SPC.
By midweek, conditions look to settle down somewhat across the central U.S., giving some locales a break from severe weather chances for the first time in nearly a full week.
Later in the week, AccuWeather forecasters say a cold front will dig across the country and usher in cooler and more comfortable conditions from the Midwest to the Northeast.
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More severe weather on the horizon for weary north-central US
By Mary Gilbert, AccuWeather meteorologist
Updated Aug 10, 2021 9:32 PM EDT
This video shows a massive tornado that could be seen spinning near the town of Virgil, Illinois, on Aug. 9. Multiple tornadoes were spotted in Illinois that day.
The hits just keep coming for the north-central United States as a stormy pattern persists for portions of the region. Daily rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms have brought the North Central states damaging wind gusts, flooding rainfall and hail each day since last Thursday.
Late Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning, severe thunderstorms unleashed damaging wind gusts across a more than 500-mile-long swath from the Texas Panhandle to eastern Nebraska. These storms also unloaded torrential rainfall across Omaha, Nebraska, which led to widespread, dangerous and destructive flash flooding.
AccuWeather forecasters say the risk for severe thunderstorms will still persist across the North Central states through Tuesday night.
During Monday afternoon and night, severe weather tracked through the north-central U.S., delivering hail, strong wind gusts and even an outbreak of tornadoes.
This image, from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center division shows a filtered tally of severe weather reports from Monday and Monday night. Tornado reports (red) were clustered over northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. (NWS/NOAA)
The hail was mostly confined to central North Dakota with hailstones of up to 3 inches in diameter falling over Wells County. One hail report from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) reported nickel to quarter-size hail in Dawson County, Nebraska, as the storms picked their way through the state.
The southeastern portion of Nebraska, while having been hit the hardest by severe storms over the weekend, was spared by the worst of the storms with Monday's episode.
In a second area of concern on Monday night, areas from northeastern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin to northern Indiana and parts of central Michigan dealt with feisty storms. This area included Chicago and Milwaukee.
By Monday evening, the SPC had already listed 16 preliminary tornado reports in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
Chicago's O'Hare International Airport saw roughly 274 flights canceled amid the severe weather, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation. Midway International Airport saw about 25 cancellations.
Power flickered out in some areas of eastern Michigan on Monday evening as the storms rolled through, the majority of outages occurring in Macomb and Alcona counties, according to PowerOutage.US.
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The threat for severe weather will consolidate once again into one larger area of concern into Tuesday night, according to AccuWeather forecasters.
"The storm that develops later Tuesday into Tuesday night will be stronger overall and the resulting thunderstorms that develop will be quite intense," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Matt Rinde said.
Storms are set to first develop across central Iowa and far southeastern Minnesota. As the evening progresses, the coverage of storms will expand eastward and impact portions of northern Illinois, Wisconsin and parts of southern Ontario, Canada.
Storms will continue to push eastward overnight and bring the risk for severe weather to parts of Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
More than 39 million residents live in an area covered under the slight risk for severe thunderstorms into Tuesday night. This includes cities such as Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee and Cleveland.
Rinde noted that damaging winds will be the biggest concern with the storms into Tuesday night, but flash flooding and even an isolated tornado are not out of the realm of possibility.
More than 141,000 customers in Wisconsin were left without power by Tuesday evening, the majority of the outages in the state's southeastern counties plus Brown County, according to PowerOutage.US. Another 76,000 and 24,000 customers were left without power across Illinois and Michigan, respectively.
Winds of up to 70 mph had been clocked in both Iowa and Wisconsin, and one location Waukesha County, Wisconsin, reported winds of up to 77 mph, according to the SPC.
By midweek, conditions look to settle down somewhat across the central U.S., giving some locales a break from severe weather chances for the first time in nearly a full week.
Later in the week, AccuWeather forecasters say a cold front will dig across the country and usher in cooler and more comfortable conditions from the Midwest to the Northeast.
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