Severe thunderstorms to erupt over the East Coast on Monday
By
Brandon Buckingham, AccuWeather Meteorologist
Updated Jun 16, 2023 9:45 AM EDT
The same storm system bringing widespread severe weather to the South during Easter Sunday will continue its destructive march eastward into Monday.
Much of the Interstate 95 corridor from northern Florida into southern New England will face the threat of isolated tornadoes, hail, damaging wind gusts and flash flooding.
By pre-dawn Monday morning, the storm system is expected to feature an entire broken line of thunderstorms advancing ahead of a cold front.
Cities just to the east of the Appalachian Mountains across the Piedmonts of Virginia, the Carolinas and southward into Georgia will likely face the threat of severe weather before or around sunrise.
Damaging wind gusts, hail, flash flooding and an isolated tornado threat are predicted to span from central Virginia to Greensboro and Charlotte, North Carolina and southward into the Augusta, Georgia area early on Monday morning.
The powerful line of thunderstorms will continue to march eastward towards the Interstate 95 corridor into midday.
Although the tornado threat may not be quite as severe as what is expected during the day on Sunday, any kink in the line of thunderstorms could spin up a tornado very quickly. Tornadoes of this nature can be just as dangerous as a mile-wide tornado, as often times there is very little warning notice prior to their formation.
These tornadoes will have the ability to race eastward at a pace of 40-60 mph.
Severe thunderstorms of this nature are possible in Raleigh, Fayetteville and Wilmington, North Carolina; Columbia, Myrtle Beach and Charleston, South Carolina and along the Interstate 16 corridor in Georgia from Macon to Savannah.
Potentially severe thunderstorms will also expand northward into portions of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast as the storm system lifts into the region.
Multiple rounds of heavy showers and thunderstorms are predicted to track across Philadelphia and New York City throughout the day on Monday, with the best chance for damaging wind gusts, hail and an isolated tornado between the late morning and afternoon hours.
Strengthening southwesterly winds in excess of 100 mph are forecast less than a mile above the surface from the mid-Atlantic coastline into southern New England by midday on Monday. Any heavy shower or thunderstorm could be capable of forcing those strong winds down near ground level.
Although gusts of 100 mph are not expected at the surface, some storms will be capable of producing gusts up to an AccuWeather local StormMax™ of 70 mph.
Stemming from the threat of multiple rounds of wet weather across the Northeast, localized flash flooding may also become a concern, especially in urban and hilly areas. On top of the threat for severe thunderstorms, flash flooding will also be possible in Harrisburg and Allentown, Pennsylvania; Trenton, New Jersey and into Upstate New York.
As the center of the powerful storm system tracks through the Great Lakes during the day on Monday, strong wind gusts are also predicted in areas that won't see thunderstorms roll through. A wide swath of wind gusts in excess of 45 miles per hour is likely to impacts millions.
While the gusty winds will continue into Monday night across the Northeast, the threat for severe thunderstorms will decrease as wet weather tracks off the Atlantic Coast.
With the exception of the immediate coastlines across the Southeast, all thunderstorm activity is forecast to come to an end by sunset on Monday.
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Severe thunderstorms to erupt over the East Coast on Monday
By Brandon Buckingham, AccuWeather Meteorologist
Updated Jun 16, 2023 9:45 AM EDT
The same storm system bringing widespread severe weather to the South during Easter Sunday will continue its destructive march eastward into Monday.
Much of the Interstate 95 corridor from northern Florida into southern New England will face the threat of isolated tornadoes, hail, damaging wind gusts and flash flooding.
By pre-dawn Monday morning, the storm system is expected to feature an entire broken line of thunderstorms advancing ahead of a cold front.
Cities just to the east of the Appalachian Mountains across the Piedmonts of Virginia, the Carolinas and southward into Georgia will likely face the threat of severe weather before or around sunrise.
Damaging wind gusts, hail, flash flooding and an isolated tornado threat are predicted to span from central Virginia to Greensboro and Charlotte, North Carolina and southward into the Augusta, Georgia area early on Monday morning.
The powerful line of thunderstorms will continue to march eastward towards the Interstate 95 corridor into midday.
Although the tornado threat may not be quite as severe as what is expected during the day on Sunday, any kink in the line of thunderstorms could spin up a tornado very quickly. Tornadoes of this nature can be just as dangerous as a mile-wide tornado, as often times there is very little warning notice prior to their formation.
These tornadoes will have the ability to race eastward at a pace of 40-60 mph.
Severe thunderstorms of this nature are possible in Raleigh, Fayetteville and Wilmington, North Carolina; Columbia, Myrtle Beach and Charleston, South Carolina and along the Interstate 16 corridor in Georgia from Macon to Savannah.
Potentially severe thunderstorms will also expand northward into portions of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast as the storm system lifts into the region.
Multiple rounds of heavy showers and thunderstorms are predicted to track across Philadelphia and New York City throughout the day on Monday, with the best chance for damaging wind gusts, hail and an isolated tornado between the late morning and afternoon hours.
Strengthening southwesterly winds in excess of 100 mph are forecast less than a mile above the surface from the mid-Atlantic coastline into southern New England by midday on Monday. Any heavy shower or thunderstorm could be capable of forcing those strong winds down near ground level.
Although gusts of 100 mph are not expected at the surface, some storms will be capable of producing gusts up to an AccuWeather local StormMax™ of 70 mph.
Stemming from the threat of multiple rounds of wet weather across the Northeast, localized flash flooding may also become a concern, especially in urban and hilly areas. On top of the threat for severe thunderstorms, flash flooding will also be possible in Harrisburg and Allentown, Pennsylvania; Trenton, New Jersey and into Upstate New York.
As the center of the powerful storm system tracks through the Great Lakes during the day on Monday, strong wind gusts are also predicted in areas that won't see thunderstorms roll through. A wide swath of wind gusts in excess of 45 miles per hour is likely to impacts millions.
While the gusty winds will continue into Monday night across the Northeast, the threat for severe thunderstorms will decrease as wet weather tracks off the Atlantic Coast.
With the exception of the immediate coastlines across the Southeast, all thunderstorm activity is forecast to come to an end by sunset on Monday.
Keep checking back on AccuWeather.com and stay tuned to the AccuWeather Network on DirecTV, Frontier and Verizon Fios.
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