Massive cross-country storm to bring severe weather, heavy rain and damaging wind gusts to 35+ states

THE TAKEAWAY

• A cross-country tempest is targeting much than 35 states with terrible weather, dense rainfall and beardown winds.
• The tempest is already bringing dense rainfall to parts of the Southwest and Four Corners region.
• The tempest volition determination east, causing terrible thunderstorms, damaging winds and dense rainfall successful the Central and Southern Plains.
• The strategy volition past interaction the Upper Midwest connected Wednesday, bringing gusty winds and periods of dense rainfall to the region.
• The tempest volition past determination into the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic by midweek earlier tracking toward the Northeast, wherever dense rainfall is expected.

A monolithic cross-country tempest is acceptable to interaction much than 35 states, bringing severe weather, dense rainfall and beardown winds crossed the Central and Southern Plains earlier moving toward the East Coast aboriginal this week.

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The tempest is drafting heavy tropical moisture northbound from the Pacific, fueling rounds of dense precipitation crossed the Four Corners region.

The overview of the cross-country storm

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As the strategy pushes east, a strengthening country of debased unit and an advancing cold front volition bring terrible thunderstorms, damaging winds and further rainfall to the Plains and Midwest earlier reaching the Northeast aboriginal successful the week.

The tempest could besides make question disruptions crossed aggregate regions, with flooding, beardown upwind gusts and dense upland snow adding to the impacts.

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Southwest: Dangerous flooding continues crossed the region

The tempest is already bringing dense rainfall to parts of the Southwest and Four Corners region, including Arizona, confederate Utah, northwest New Mexico and southwest Colorado, wherever ongoing flooding is threatening communities.

Mandatory evacuations are successful spot for parts of the portion arsenic rapidly rising h2o levels endanger homes, roads and businesses. In Sedona, Arizona, portions of the metropolis were urged to evacuate arsenic Oak Creek continued to rise. The creek has reached a grounds level, raising concerns astir large flooding.

The Weather Prediction Center has issued a Level 3 retired of 4 flash flood hazard crossed much than 65,000 quadrate miles — astir the size of Washington authorities — encompassing astir each of cardinal and bluish Arizona and putting much than 4 cardinal radical astatine risk.

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Across cardinal and bluish Arizona into confederate Utah, the heaviest rainfall is expected on and northbound of the Mogollon Rim, including the precocious state astir Flagstaff.

Flagstaff has already received 5.69 inches of rainfall successful October and is expected to spot further rainfall arsenic the tempest continues done Monday morning.

According to the FOX Forecast Center, wide rainfall totals of 3 to 5 inches are possible, with isolated amounts approaching 6 inches.

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Southwest Colorado is besides getting drenched, peculiarly adjacent the San Juan Mountains. Mandatory evacuations were issued for homes and properties successful Pagosa Springs connected Saturday, according to municipality officials.

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A Particularly Dangerous Situation Flood Warning is successful effect for the San Juan River adjacent Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The stream is forecast to emergence to astir 19 to 20 feet precocious Sunday nighttime into aboriginal Monday morning.

The flooding has prompted further concerns for residents. The municipality of Pagosa Springs is advising residents that sewage is being discharged into the San Juan River and urging radical to enactment distant from the h2o portion officials show conditions.

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Meanwhile, dense runoff volition proceed flowing into rivers and drainage systems crossed the region, keeping h2o levels elevated into aboriginal adjacent week.

Rain is not the lone interest crossed the Southwest. While little elevations are dealing with dense rainfall and flooding, colder aerial moving into the portion volition bring snowfall to higher elevations.

The highest elevations of the San Juan, Sawatch, Wasatch and Uinta ranges could person much than a ft of wet, dense snow.

Southwest Colorado's upland passes could spot 12 to 18 inches, with 4 to 10 inches imaginable crossed different high-elevation areas.

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The heavy, bedewed snowfall could bring down histrion limbs and origin powerfulness disruptions portion creating slippery travel conditions crossed upland passes. Combined with ongoing flooding, the further snowfall could marque immoderate areas hard to access.

Strong winds volition adhd to the already unsafe conditions. Southwesterly winds could gust betwixt 30 and 50 mph Sunday crossed upland ridges.

Winds volition past displacement to the northwest Monday, with akin gusts possible. Blowing snowfall could trim visibility connected upland roads, portion blowing particulate whitethorn impact parts of the godforsaken successful the Southwest.

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Plains: Severe tempest menace develops Monday

While flooding and upland snowfall stay large concerns crossed the Southwest, the tempest is expected to displacement eastbound of the Rockies connected Monday, bringing a renewed menace of terrible thunderstorms, damaging winds and dense rainfall to the Central and Southern Plains.

Monday's terrible outlook. 

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Severe thunderstorms are expected to make Monday day and evening crossed parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and northbound Texas arsenic a acold beforehand and dryline propulsion done the region.

Warm, humid aerial up of the strategy volition substance the storms, portion beardown winds volition enactment organized thunderstorm development.

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The FOX Forecast Center said these storms could nutrient ample hail, damaging upwind gusts and a fewer tornadoes.

The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Level 2 retired of 5 terrible tempest hazard crossed parts of south-central and eastbound Kansas, occidental and cardinal Oklahoma and northbound Texas.

Damage near aft a tornado swept done Barnsdall, Oklahoma connected May 6, 2024. 

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The storms are expected to merge into a enactment and determination eastbound crossed Oklahoma, Kansas and northbound Texas by Monday evening and into the overnight hours.

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The main menace volition beryllium damaging straight-line winds, but a fewer tornadoes could inactive develop. The terrible menace volition gradually alteration arsenic the storms determination east.

On Tuesday, the acold beforehand volition determination into the Deep South, bringing the menace of damaging winds to states including Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama.

The imaginable tornado intensity. 

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Midwest: Heavy rainfall and gusty winds people the region

The tempest volition determination toward the Upper Midwest connected Wednesday, bringing gusty winds and periods of dense rainfall to the region.

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According to the FOX Forecast Center, upwind gusts of 40 to 50 mph are imaginable from eastbound Kansas and Nebraska done Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The beardown winds could make hazardous question conditions and pb to imaginable delays.

Potential tornado harm seen successful Marshall, Illinois, connected June 18, 2026.

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Heavy rainfall is expected to dispersed crossed Texas and Oklahoma done Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin arsenic moisture from the South moves north.

Many locations could person 1 to 2 inches of rainfall oregon more.

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The Weather Prediction Center has placed these areas nether a Level 1 retired of 4 excessive rainfall hazard crossed a twelve states.

ANTIOCH, ILLINOIS - APRIL 21:  A location on the  Fox River watershed is surrounded by floodwater connected April 21, 2026 successful Antioch, Illinois. 

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Widespread terrible flooding is not presently expected, but periods of dense rainfall could pb to localized flooding successful Omaha, Des Moines and Minneapolis.

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East Coast: Heavy rainfall moves east, ending adust streak

The tempest volition determination toward the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic by midweek earlier tracking toward the Northeast, wherever dense rainfall is expected to interaction the region.

Rain should statesman spreading into the Ohio Valley connected Wednesday earlier reaching the I-95 corridor astir Thursday oregon Friday.

The magnitude of rainfall expected connected Wednesday. 

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The strategy whitethorn past dilatory down adjacent the Great Lakes arsenic a secondary country of debased unit develops oregon strengthens on the East Coast. This could gully moisture inland and widen the play of rainfall done Friday nighttime and into aboriginal Saturday.

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Widespread rainfall totals of much than an inch are imaginable crossed the Northeast, with localized amounts approaching 2 inches from cardinal Pennsylvania and Maryland done the New York City country and confederate New England.

The downpours could origin insignificant flooding crossed the region.

Stay with FOX Weather arsenic this communicative continues to unfold.