Severe storms to spring to life in eastern US
Rounds of drenching downpours and severe thunderstorms will erupt from the Midwest to the East into the weekend, threatening outdoor plans and football games. A few tornadoes are possible in the Northeast.
Hail blew into a Wichita apartment as a severe storm hit Wednesday. The NWS warned of tennis ball-sized hail and 70 mph winds, urging residents to seek shelter.
A brief surge of springlike conditions will help to fuel locally heavy to severe thunderstorms across the East this weekend.
While the risk of tornadoes is relatively low with the setups into Saturday evening, occasionally, severe thunderstorms produce brief tornadoes.
After showers move through the Appalachians Saturday morning, daytime heating will enhance activity along much of the Atlantic Seaboard Saturday afternoon and evening.
The greatest risk of severe thunderstorms producing wind gusts of 55–75 mph, hail and torrential downpours will extend from southern New Hampshire to northern Georgia.
Travelers along the Interstate 95 corridor Saturday afternoon and evening should expect delays. Air travel may also be affected at major hubs from Boston and New York City to Washington, D.C., and perhaps Charlotte and Atlanta.
The greatest chance of a handful of tornadoes on Saturday afternoon is from northern New Jersey to southern Maine.
Thunderstorms may affect parts of Florida and Atlantic Canada on Sunday, and while the storms may disrupt travel and outdoor plans, many areas in the East are experiencing worsening drought and could benefit from non-flooding rainfall.
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A significant flash flood threat may develop in parts of Texas this weekend into early next week, as one of the fronts stalls over the region and tropical moisture streams in.
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