Record heat and sunshine have been abruptly replaced by a weekend of storms, prompting a third day of severe weather threats in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast and an increasing threat of flooding near the Appalachians.
A slowly moving eastward front has taken advantage of abundant moisture, courtesy of the lingering effects of the warm, humid air mass that set records in the region for several days this week.
Severe storms with wind gusts of more than 50 to 70 mph hit the Northeast on Friday, leaving tens of thousands of people without power in Massachusetts and New York and generating more than 200 storm reports for the NWS, a large majority reporting trees and/or power lines downed in the fierce storm. gusts.
Andover, Massachusetts, was hit hard by severe storms and city officials report that several major and secondary roads remain closed due to downed trees and power lines. Much of the city remained without power as of midday Saturday.
While rain and thunderstorms are forecast this weekend, the serious threat is not as widespread for Saturday.
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has a Level 2 out of 5 risk for severe weather in eastern Pennsylvania, although this time Philadelphia is just outside the zone, but the risk covers northwestern New Jersey and a swath from southern New York.
Due to the threat, a severe thunderstorm watch was issued for Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore through the evening.
Damaging wind gusts again of 50 to 60 mph are the greatest threat for severe thunderstorms, along with bursts of heavy rain and frequent lightning.
New York will experience heavy rain this weekend. AP
Flash flooding is expected throughout the northeast corridor. FOX Weather
Flood Watch in effect for parts of the Mid-Atlantic
Further south, the concern is not the wind or hail, but the heavy rain from storms.
Thunderstorms along and east of the Appalachians could bring rainfall of 2 to 4 inches per hour, and repeated batches of storms could cause flash flooding.
Flood watches are in effect through Saturday night from southern West Virginia, through western Virginia and into western North Carolina, including Roanoke, Virginia and Charlotte, North Carolina.
Strong storms are expected in the New York metropolitan area this weekend. Weather in Fox
Sunday remains wet
Sunday doesn’t look like much, if anything, it will be drier in the mid-Atlantic or Northeast with rounds of showers and thunderstorms expected to continue.
The threat of severe weather eases by Sunday, but a quarter to a half as much rain is likely to keep skies gray and puddles rising.
Rain is forecast on Monday and at times into the middle of next week, before drier weather gives residents a chance to drain later next week.
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