Severe storms to rumble, rattle southern US through midweek
As storms roll across the southern United States through midweek, some communities will be hit with damaging wind gusts and flash flooding.
While the risk of severe weather in the Midwest diminished quickly around sunset Tuesday, the likelihood of thunderstorms posing danger and risk of property damage will continue in parts of the southern United States through Wednesday night, AccuWeather meteorologists say.
Some storms will pack a punch as a cool front pushes eastward across the Southeast.
Thunderstorms moved eastward across Alabama, the Florida Peninsula and southwestern Georgia into Tuesday night, some bringing gusty winds and hail to parts of the region.
Into Wednesday night, the threat of severe weather shifted farther to the east across northern Florida and expanded northward along the Atlantic coast into the southeastern parts of Georgia and South Carolina.
"Like Tuesday night, the main threats into Wednesday night will be from strong wind gusts, hail and flash flooding," Bauer said. "A small number of the strongest storms may also produce a brief tornado or waterspout."
Some of the major cities at risk for severe weather Wednesday included Jacksonville, Florida; Savannah, Georgia; and Charleston, South Carolina.
Those spending time outdoors are urged to keep alert for changing weather conditions. Motorists should never attempt to drive through flooded roadways.
Part of the same system will help spawn a slug of heavy rain from South Carolina to eastern North Carolina, southeastern Virginia, and the immediate mid-Atlantic coast to southeastern New England into Thursday night. Some of the rain may come back westward to Interstate 95 in the Northeast, perhaps near the Baltimore area, where officials and crews are assessing the Key Bridge collision and collapse.
Farther to the west, a new zone of severe thunderstorms kicked off in parts of central Texas Wednesday night.
The main risk from the Texas storms was the combination of large hail and strong wind gusts in the general area from near San Antonio to close to Dallas.
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