US Eastern Portion: Storm Packing Tornadoes, Hail To Hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland

Weather experts said that a storm packing tornadoes and hail are expected to strike Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

They warned that the risk of severe weather would continue on Tuesday and Wednesday as the threat of the storm will shift farther to the eastern portion of the United States.

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Based on the forecast, the severe weather threat from Tuesday to Tuesday evening will extend from the northern parts of Indiana and Ohio and western Pennsylvania, southward to near the central Gulf coast and eastward to the Chesapeake Bay region and part of the Delmarva Peninsula.

Meteorologists said that storms in the broad zone will pack strong wind gusts, hail and localized flash flooding.

The National Weather Service (NWS) said a highly impactful, major spring storm would produce numerous hazards in the next few days as it strengthens over the Southern Plains on Monday night and pushes northeastward Tuesday across the Mid Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley and into the Lower Lakes.

This is forecasted to become nearly stationary over the Lower Lakes on Wednesday.

Severe weather is likely to develop across portions of the Southern to Central Plains late Monday afternoon or evening and spread northeastward quickly across the Lower Missouri Valley, Mid Mississippi Valley Monday night into early Tuesday.

Meteorologists warned that this severe weather threat would then spread into portions of the Ohio Valley, Tennessee Valley and Southeast on Tuesday. On the other hand, large hail, high winds and tornadoes are all possible with the severe weather in the next two days.

Flood Watches

In addition to the severe weather threat, heavy rains and flash floods will also be possible late Monday into Tuesday from the Lower Missouri Valley, across the Mid Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley and into the Central Appalachians.

So far, flood watches currently stretch from central Illinois, across large portions of Indiana, Ohio, northeast Kentucky, much of West Virginia, far southwest Pennsylvania and far western Maryland.

Further, much above average temperatures will continue across the South on Tuesday ahead of a strong cold front forecast to be pushing eastward from the Southern Plains on Tuesday and into the Southeast by Wednesday.

Weather forecast has shown that record high overnight low temperatures are possible ahead of this strong front Tuesday morning from the Lower Mississippi Valley, Tennessee Valley, Southern Appalachians and Southeast and again Wednesday morning across the Southeast and most of Florida.

In the wake of this front pushing eastward across the South, much cooler temperatures are forecast across the South on Wednesday and the Southeast by Thursday.

Meanwhile, the greatest threat of tornadoes will extend from central Tennessee to part of southeastern Indiana, central Ohio and western West Virginia.

These areas will also include much of central and eastern Kentucky. Multiple tornadoes could be spawned in this rather heavily-populated zone.

However, any severe thunderstorm outside of this area has the potential to produce a brief tornado. The major cities of Nashville, Cincinnati, Columbus, Ohio, and Charleston, West Virginia, are among the metro areas at risk for violent storms on Tuesday.