Widespread severe storms threaten 109 million with destructive winds, massive hail, strong tornadoes on Sunday

DETROIT – More than 109 cardinal Americans from the confederate Great Lakes portion to arsenic acold southbound arsenic Texas and Louisiana look a unsafe terrible upwind menace connected Sunday, with storms that could battalion destructive upwind gusts, precise ample hail and beardown tornadoes.

As the beardown acold beforehand driving Sunday's terrible storms charges eastward done Monday, immoderate 92 cardinal radical from the Northeast southwestward to the cardinal Gulf Coast portion volition beryllium threatened by different circular of terrible upwind to footwear disconnected the caller workweek.

Where are terrible storms expected connected Sunday?

Numerous terrible thunderstorms are expected opening Sunday day from the confederate Great Lakes and Ohio Valley southwestward done the Tennessee and little Mississippi valleys, with the storms continuing to way eastward into Sunday night.

Initially, the superior menace from the terrible storms volition beryllium ample hail, immoderate of which could beryllium monolithic (2 inches oregon larger successful diameter, oregon larger than a lime oregon hen egg). Several tornadoes are besides imaginable earlier damaging upwind gusts go the much salient terrible upwind menace Sunday evening and into the overnight hours.

WHAT CAUSES HAIL TO BE DIFFERENT SIZES?

NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has posted a level 3 retired of 5 terrible upwind risk from confederate Lower Michigan, including Detroit, southwestward to northeastern Texas and bluish Louisiana. These areas look a important menace of perchance destructive winds that could origin wide powerfulness outages and histrion damage.

It should besides beryllium noted that immoderate tornadoes spawned connected Sunday person the imaginable to beryllium beardown (EF-2 oregon higher), specifically successful a corridor stretching from confederate Indiana southwestward to bluish Mississippi and eastbound Arkansas.

Where are terrible storms expected connected Monday?

Strong to terrible thunderstorms packing threats of reasonably wide damaging winds and tornadoes are expected connected Monday from portions of the Northeast southwestward to the cardinal Gulf Coast region.

The SPC has posted a level 2 retired of 5 terrible upwind hazard that stretches from cardinal and upstate New York to southeastern Louisiana. However, a level 3 retired of 5 terrible upwind hazard covers overmuch of the mid-Atlantic and Southeast, from Virginia to Alabama.

While the highest attraction of upwind harm is forecast to beryllium centered implicit parts of the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama 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 and Philadelphia.

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

Another terrible tempest menace looms for midweek

By midweek, much terrible upwind is predicted to look implicit galore of the aforesaid regions expected to beryllium deed hard connected Sunday.

The menace begins overnight Tuesday from cardinal and northeastern Kansas eastward to northwestern Illinois, wherever ample hail volition apt beryllium the main terrible risk.

Wednesday's terrible upwind hazard country is eerily akin to Sunday's, stretching from the confederate Great Lakes portion to Texas and Louisiana. Damaging winds, ample hail and tornadoes are each imaginable hazards from the terrible storms.

Additional terrible thunderstorms are besides imaginable connected Thursday successful a corridor stretching from Ohio and occidental Pennsylvania southwestward to the Ark-La-Tex region.