NWS Issues Warning for Severe Weather and Flooding from Southern to the Northeastern US

Severe storms and heavy rain have been forecasted to hit areas from the southern to the northeastern regions of the United States in the coming days.

US weather authorities have indicated the severe weather is expected to generate large hail, strong gusty winds, and tornadoes.

The US weather forecast was issued as the country is entering its Atlantic hurricane season.

In addition, it came amidst the ongoing trail of destruction in Mexico by Hurricane Agatha, which was initially projected to strike Florida and its surrounding coastal regions.

Since March, multiple tornadoes from severe storms have plagued the US spring season.

With this, recent forecasts and research indicated that the possibility for a combination of severe weather, as well as both named and unnamed storms linked to the hurricane season from early June.

NWS Weather Forecast

The National Weather Service (NWS) on Tuesday, May 31, issued its latest weather advisory regarding a frontal system moving southward across the US, traversing the eastern and central regions of the country and threatening to bring severe storms and torrential rain.

The Weather Prediction Center (WPC) of the NWS also issued other forecasts pertaining to the arrival of cooler temperatures across the Great Plains and Midwest by mid-week and increased hot weather across the Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic.

Scattered rain showers, but still dominated by tranquil, seasonal conditions, are also expected west of the Rockies, the NWS - WPC weather advisory indicates.

The short-range forecast is valid from Wednesday to Friday, June 1 to June 3.

Northeast US Weather

The US weather agency predicts a slow-moving cold front navigating in a southwestward direction will continue to trigger scattered showers and severe weather across New York and most parts of New England.

This entails that weather hazards related to the adverse weather like flash floods and strong winds may affect not only New York but also the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Other Severe Storm Forecasts

In a separate forecast, The Weather Channel reported that the threat posed by severe thunderstorms or "severe t-storms" will be mainly concentrated in two area on Wednesday.

The first area will be from Ohio to western Pennsylvania and New York state, wherein the primary thunderstorm hazard will be damaging wind gusts.

The second area will from Oklahoma to Texas, where there is a possibility of large hail and destructive wind gusts, which can spread into western Texas.

Meanwhile, the severe t-storms on Thursday, June 2, will affect the mid-Atlantic and bring the mentioned storm hazards from parts of Virginia to southern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey.

The impact of the storm system could reach as far as Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas.

In a supplemental forecast, AccuWeather meteorologists saie that the system will shift to east over the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes on late Wednesday and the Northeast on Thursday.

The severe weather forecast comes after four storm-spawned tornadoes wreaked havoc across Minnesota, including in Forada and Plato in Minnesota, but with no reported fatalities or injuries, as per local news outlet FOX 9.