According to AccuWeather analysts, a big multiday severe weather outbreak that caused tornadoes in Texas and points east will continue through Wednesday night across the Southeast.
From northern Florida to eastern Virginia and maybe southeastern Maryland, the day will bring further severe weather, including the possibility of a few tornadoes. Hundreds of miles to the northwest, the second round of strong thunderstorms is expected.
Because the atmospheric energy producing the dangerous conditions will be departing, the risk of severe thunderstorms at midweek [in the Southeast states] may be short-lived compared to previous days during the outbreak, Meteorologist Paul Pastelok said.
Severe Thunderstorms
Severe thunderstorms that swept across Mississippi, Louisiana, and southern Alabama Tuesday night will continue to move eastward into northern Florida and south Georgia until the noon hours of Wednesday. Storms in the north were not deemed severe, but they were dumping a lot of rain. During the morning commute, motorists and pedestrians in the Atlanta metro region saw heavy downpours, locally strong gusts, and thunder and lightning.
Thunderstorms will strengthen across central and eastern regions of the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia during Wednesday afternoon and evening, as the danger of locally severe thunderstorms remains in parts of northern Florida and southeastern Georgia.
Strong wind gusts, hail, and flash floods are among the weather events that residents in the Southeast should be prepared for. Tornadoes and waterspouts aren't entirely out of the question.
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Increasing Concerns
AccuWeather experts are increasingly concerned about a secondary region of severe weather on Wednesday and the southeastern United States. Severe thunderstorms are expected to erupt across a large area of the Ohio Valley on Wednesday afternoon.
Storms are expected to hit a vast area of the country, from eastern Indiana through Kentucky, West Virginia, and southern Pennsylvania, bringing severe wind gusts, heavy rain, and perhaps an isolated tornado. Due to rapidly shifting circumstances, residents of large cities such as Louisville, Kentucky; Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will need to keep an eye on the sky Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Forecasts
Forecasters predict a storm could build following a cold front that slows and stalls over the Southeastern states on Thursday, potentially causing further severe weather over parts of the Atlantic coast.
According to Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, the major hazard with any bigger storm that roars to life on Thursday appears to be locally destructive winds and quick, torrential downpours.
One or two tornadoes may spin up along the coast anywhere from southern Virginia to Florida as they did on Wednesday.
Showers and thunderstorms are expected to spread from eastern North Carolina to parts of the Florida Peninsula on Thursday.
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