U.S. Faces 3 Days of Severe Storms as Heat Relief Arrives Later This Week
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 10
U.S. Faces 3 Days of Severe Storms as Heat Relief Arrives Later This Week
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 10
Summary
Damaging winds, heavy rain and isolated tornadoes are expected Monday from the Dakotas through Illinois into Pennsylvania, with New York City on the edge of the risk zone.
Above-average, muggy heat is fueling repeated afternoon thunderstorms, while forecasters see the highest near-term flash-flood threat from northern Illinois into Ohio through Tuesday morning.
Tuesday pushes the eastern severe-storm corridor south into the Mid-Atlantic, putting Philadelphia and Washington at some risk as Ohio and West Virginia face a higher flood threat from repeated rain.
Wednesday shifts the storm system farther south, concentrating the strongest severe risk over South Dakota while cooler air spreads north of the front.
Later this week, that southward push should drag the core heat away, giving much of the Midwest a multiday break and eventually bringing relief to the Northeast corridor.