The Brief
- A massive, slow-moving cold front stretching from the Central Plains to the Northeast is pushing severe weather into the Mid-Atlantic region.
- Pennsylvania faces severe weather risks, with damaging wind gusts over 60 mph and heavy downpours threatening to cause localized flooding.
- Deep tropical moisture pulled up from the Gulf of Mexico is fueling the storm system as it moves east.
PHILADELPHIA – A massive cold front stretching across a 1,000-mile corridor of the country is tracking eastward, bringing the threat of severe weather, damaging winds, and flash flooding to Pennsylvania and the broader Mid-Atlantic region.
What’s driving the storms
What we know:
The multi-state weather system is being powered by a slow-moving cold front that is tapping into deep tropical moisture pulled northward from the Gulf of Mexico, according to FOX Weather.
As the front pushes east, it creates prime conditions for strong to severe thunderstorm development across Pennsylvania and neighboring states.
What to expect in Pennsylvania and NJ
Parts of western and central Pennsylvania face a Level 2 out of 5 severe weather threat, with the primary danger being damaging wind gusts exceeding 60 mph and isolated severe cells.…