Severe storms, flash flooding to halt travel along I-95 corridor from Washington to Philadelphia on Tuesday

A sweeping cold front is moving into the Northeast on the Interstate 95 corridor and volition marque its mode down to the Southeast seashore this week.

Along the way, it volition beryllium spawning galore showers and thunderstorms, disrupting travel for millions. The beforehand volition yet dice on the Southeast coast, wherever it becomes much of a tropical menace down the line, the FOX Forecast Center said.

On Monday, flash flooding was a immense occupation successful areas crossed the Northeast. In Lancaster and Lebanon counties successful Pennsylvania, a Flash Flood Emergency was issued astir 10:45 p.m. Monday. Local instrumentality enforcement reported respective h2o rescues arsenic 4-5 inches of rainfall was reported. 

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Lancaster recorded 3.62 inches of rainfall connected Monday, making it the city's 10th-wettest time connected grounds and its eighth-wettest June day. 

In summation to the flash flooding, terrible storms moved done parts of the Northeast, bringing damaging wind gusts, tiny hail, lightning strikes to buildings and adjacent a little tornado. In Sussex County, Delaware, the National Weather Service successful Mount Holly, New Jersey, confirmed that a brief, anemic tornado swept through, causing immoderate insignificant histrion damage. 

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This marks the archetypal tornado reported successful Delaware during June since 2017. The First State averages zero tornadoes successful the period of June.

The acold beforehand volition expanse into the Northeast connected Tuesday, providing yet different circular of unsettled weather.

The abundance of warm, humid aerial volition apt pb to immoderate stronger storms, with the highest terrible tempest menace centered on the I-95 corridor from New York to Washington, the FOX Forecast Center said. Damaging wind gusts successful excess of 60 mph volition beryllium possible. 

There volition beryllium plentifulness of low-level moisture associated with this acold front, which could pb to flash flooding from Maine to North Carolina. The highest menace for flooding is centered implicit Baltimore and Washington, wherever a Level 3 retired of 4 hazard is posted.

The FOX Forecast Center said the flash flood guidance successful these areas shows that flooding tin hap with lone 1 inch of rainfall successful an hour. 

A enactment of storms up and down the East Coast could besides dampen question arsenic galore are flying retired oregon hitting the roadworthy for the vacation weekend. Tuesday's storms volition apt origin galore question problems astatine astir large airdrome hubs.

By Wednesday, the acold beforehand volition beryllium moving out, and each tempest enactment volition beryllium implicit for the bulk of the East Coast. The remainder of the week looks to person small to nary problems.