Severe storms to focus from Plains to Great Lakes through midweek
Locally severe storms will continue to fire up over the central United States through the middle of the week, including the risk of flooding, damaging wind and tornadoes.
Dan DePodwin, AccuWeather vice president of forecast operations, was live on the AccuWeather Network to discuss flash flooding.
The primary zone for severe thunderstorms through Thursday night will extend from the Plains to part of the Great Lakes region, AccuWeather meteorologists say.
While severe weather will continue over the Central states, it will focus a bit farther to the south and east when compared to Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the most likely zone with at least localized coverage of severe thunderstorms will extend from eastern Wyoming, southeastern Montana and northeastern Colorado to much of northern Michigan and into part of central Ontario. As it did Tuesday, Minneapolis also lies within this zone of severe weather.
On Thursday, the central part of the Great Lakes region is likely to experience at least some heavy, gusty thunderstorms and possibly a few that are severe.
A zone from eastern Michigan to southern Ontario are expected to see more potent thunderstorms. Any thunderstorm yield a tornado.
On Friday, some heavy, gusty and severe thunderstorms will make their way into the Northeast states.
Thunderstorms in this zone will be capable of producing strong winds and heavy downpours capable of producing flooding, especially in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
The area along the northern tier of the U.S. is a common zone for severe weather during the middle of the summer due to the proximity of the jet stream and a source of hot and humid air to the south.
Flash flooding to remain a concern for part of central US
Portions of the Dakotas and Nebraska, eastward to part of the Great Lakes region, will experience rounds of heavy rain through midweek.
This zone of torrential downpours will tend to shift southward later in the week and during the weekend and will revisit some areas that were soaked in recent days from Iowa to the Ohio Valley states.
Where downpours repeat or linger for more than several minutes, the risk of flash flooding will increase substantially.
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