The Ohio Valley and Northeast regions saw storms after a rainy Monday that left areas of the South pounded by heavy rain, hail, powerful winds, and suspected tornadoes.
Across the Great Lakes and the Northeast through midweek, strong winds and late-season snowfall are predicted, according to a post made on X by the Weather Prediction Center of the National Weather Service on Tuesday.
According to NBC26, the local station in Wisconsin, a winter storm warning has been issued for the period of one p.m. on Tuesday to one p.m. on Wednesday.
According to the prediction, there will be a lot of wet, heavy snowfall during the next 24 hours, along with wind gusts up to 40 mph and slick roadways. As the storm moves through, snow will persist through Thursday in northeast Wisconsin before clearing off on Friday to reveal bright skies.
In central Indiana and Ohio, there is a risk of hail and strong winds. The weather service issued a warning, stating that tornadoes may be brought to Indiana by the storms. According to Columbus, Ohio’s NBC station WCMH-TV, there is a remote risk of tornadoes in the area.
With 16 million people from Illinois to Pennsylvania under flood watches on Tuesday, flooding is a serious threat.
With strong thunderstorms sweeping throughout parts of the Ohio Valley on Tuesday, there will be a greater risk of flooding. Flash floods can result from 1 to 2 inches of rain falling each hour.
Over portions of the lower Great Lakes, the Ohio and Tennessee valleys, and the central Appalachians, the Weather Prediction Center issued a minor risk of excessive rainfall until Wednesday morning due to the heavy rain. Because of the rainy weather, there will probably be isolated flash flooding; the most vulnerable places will be cities, highways, and small streams.
15 million people in Florida and the mid-Atlantic region might be at danger of severe storms on Wednesday.
at Florida and the mid-Atlantic, 15 million people might be at danger of severe storms on Wednesday.
According to the center, the Northeast could get heavy, wet precipitation and possibly sleet from Wednesday afternoon through Friday due to a secondary low-pressure system around the mid-Atlantic coast.
Significant snow accumulations are to be expected in Upstate New York and northern New England, which could make driving dangerous due to poor visibility and snow-covered roadways.
Additionally, the center warned that there was a remote chance of strong thunderstorms across the Florida Peninsula on Wednesday and Thursday early. Frequent lightning, strong wind gusts, hail, and maybe tornadoes are predicted throughout this storm, according to the report.
Following a rainy Monday that saw portions of the South hammered by heavy rain, hail, high winds, and maybe tornadoes, comes the springtime storms.
