Rounds of severe storms to rattle, drench eastern US

Severe thunderstorms will continue to prowl the eastern United States through the weekend with some areas at risk for damage stemming from high winds, hail and flooding.

Thunderstorms will erupt on the eastern side of a heat dome anchored over the western United States through the weekend. Some communities will be rattled by severe weather or drenched by downpours on multiple days, Accuweather meteorologists say.

The most far-reaching impacts from the storms will be torrential downpours that can slow travel and gusty winds that can break tree limbs and lead to sporadic power outages. However, some of the storms will take severe weather to another level.

A swath of wind and hail reports covered the Plains through the Midwest as a result of an initial round of severe weather that occurred on Friday. On Saturday, the risk of severe weather advanced more to the east and south over the Central and Great Lake states.

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The severe weather risk with flooding downpours will push into the eastern Great Lakes, Appalachians and the Tennessee Valley on Sunday. However, the potential for severe weather will linger over portions of Texas and eastern Oklahoma.

Flash flooding, localized strong wind gusts and hail will be a concern for portions of north-central and northwestern Texas to New Mexico on Sunday. The cities of Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Nashville and Little Rock, Arkansas, could be faced with severe weather for a time.

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