Severe storms charge toward East Coast after leaving deadly damage trail in central US

Severe storms endanger Monday greeting commute crossed Southeast, East Coast

Severe upwind is moving crossed the Southeast Monday morning. Those storms are forecast to intensify crossed Alabama, Georgia and into the Carolinas precocious day and into Monday evening. Commuters successful the Mid-Atlantic up to New York City volition woody with dense fog successful the morning, isolated terrible storms and winds are imaginable successful the afternoon.

ATLANTA – Commuters woke up to a enactment of terrible thunderstorms tracking done the Southeast Monday greeting arsenic different circular of terrible storms threatens immoderate 87 cardinal radical crossed the eastbound U.S. with damaging winds and a fewer tornadoes.

While the tornado menace is top from confederate Mississippi done the Carolinas, the menace of damaging winds extends northward to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the New York City metro country and parts of cardinal and upstate New York.

These storms are associated with the aforesaid strategy that pummeled the central portion of the state Sunday, leaving astatine slightest 2 radical dead successful Indiana. Tornadoes were spotted successful respective states, and the National Weather Service received dozens of upwind and hail reports.

Where is terrible upwind happening now?

As the beardown cold front driving the terrible storms charges eastward connected Monday, immoderate 87 cardinal radical from the Northeast southwestward to the cardinal Gulf Coast portion look the menace of severe weather to footwear disconnected the caller workweek.

NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has issued Severe Thunderstorm Watches for parts of respective states successful the Southeast arsenic the large tempest strategy barrels crossed the portion Monday morning.

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Timing for Monday's terrible storms

Strong to terrible thunderstorms packing threats of damaging upwind gusts and a fewer tornadoes are expected Monday from portions of the Northeast southwestward to the cardinal Gulf Coast region, threatening some the greeting and evening commutes.

NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has posted a level 2 retired of 5 terrible upwind risk that stretches from southeastern New York authorities to southeastern Louisiana. However, a level 3 retired of 5 terrible upwind hazard covers overmuch of the mid-Atlantic and Southeast, from cardinal North Carolina to confederate Mississippi.

Storms are already ongoing adjacent the Gulf Coast and parts of the Southeast, with further improvement expected farther northbound passim the day, the FOX Forecast Center said. While the atmosphere volition lone beryllium modestly unstable successful the Northeast, storms successful this portion could inactive nutrient beardown winds.

The terrible upwind menace volition proceed into Monday evening earlier the storms weaken arsenic they determination offshore.

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While the highest attraction of upwind harm is forecast to beryllium centered implicit parts of the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, confederate Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle, a notable menace extends up overmuch of the East Coast, including large cities on the Interstate 95 corridor specified arsenic Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York City.

The damaging winds could instrumentality down trees and powerfulness lines, perchance causing wide powerfulness outages successful immoderate areas.

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