Large Area of U.S. Braces for Another Day of Severe Weather

New York Times

5 hours ago

After a round of severe weather on Saturday, more thunderstorms are forecast to bring damaging winds, heavy rain, large hail and potentially a few tornadoes across a broad slice of the central and eastern United States on Sunday and Monday.
'It is going to be a fairly active pattern,' said Marc Chenard, a meteorologist with the Weather Prediction Center. 'Severe weather with large areas of locally heavy rainfall in June is pretty typical.'
On Sunday, thunderstorms are possible in an area stretching from New Mexico to Pennsylvania, but they're most likely to occur across the Southern Plains and into Arkansas, Louisiana and Missouri.
Southwest Oklahoma and northern Texas fall within the bull's-eye of the highest risk.
Lashing winds up to 100 miles per hour, hail larger than baseballs and a few tornadoes could all be in the mix. People living in Dallas, Fort Worth and Plano, Texas, as well as Oklahoma City are advised to keep an eye out for weather warnings.
The storms are expected to develop in the mid- to-late afternoon in the Southern Plains and then quickly push east and southeastward. The threat of severe weather will persist in parts of Texas and Oklahoma into the evening and overnight hours.
Active weather is also predicted across parts of the East Coast.
'There will be thunderstorms anywhere from Georgia up into the Mid-Atlantic and the main threat with that will be strong winds,' Mr. Chenard said.
The thunderstorms are expected to be 'efficient rainfall producers,' the Weather Prediction Center said, with the highest threat for flash flooding across the Southern Plains. A portion of the Mid-Atlantic could also see heavy rainfall on Sunday.
On Monday, there's a continued chance for thunderstorms between the Southern Plains and East Coast, but the focus of the greatest threat will shift into the Southeast, the Ohio Valley and the central Appalachians. .
'The main threat will probably be the wind again with the possibility of some hail and maybe a tornado,' Mr. Chenard said.
After Monday, the chance for thunderstorms is likely to continue but the threat of severe weather may lessen.