Severe storm threat to bring heavy rain and thunderstorms to the Northeast later this week

A enactment of storms is expected to slam the Northeast aft a week of pleasant temperatures and sunshine crossed portions of the region.

Starting Thursday, a terrible tempest menace volition plague the Northeast, bringing dense rain and thunderstorms.

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A Level 2 retired of 5 terrible upwind hazard is successful spot from New York City to Pittsburgh, but the nonstop timing of the storms remains uncertain.

"Showers and thunderstorms lingering into Wednesday nighttime could permission down unreality screen and rain-cooled air, limiting instability crossed parts of the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic," the FOX Forecast Center said.

Despite this, forecasters foretell determination to beryllium capable moisture and instability to surge to the northbound by midday Thursday.

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The moisture, which is driven by an unusually almighty jet stream and a fast-moving cold front, volition beforehand from the occidental U.S., triggering wide thunderstorms.

According to the FOX Forecast Center, cooling aerial volition let for discrete storms susceptible of producing ample and damaging hail.

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Locations facing the top hazard of these storms connected Thursday see Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia.

UNITED STATES - APRIL 15:  Pedestrians shield themselves with umbrellas arsenic they locomotion down a rainfall soaked thoroughfare successful the Brooklyn borough of New York connected Sunday, April 15, 2007. A outpouring tempest with sheeting rains and gusty winds moved into the northeastern U.S. today, canceling immoderate play events and threatening road and hose question astatine the commencement of the workweek. 

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As the persistent dense rainfall continues, it volition substance a Level 2 retired of 4 flash flood hazard crossed portions of the Ohio Valley, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania.

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Stay tuned to FOX Weather arsenic we proceed to way the severity of these processing storms.