Potentially dangerous and damaging thunderstorms will affect more than 100 million people into Wednesday night and again on Thursday and Thursday night in the Midwest. Storms will also drench parts of the East daily.
The risk of severe weather will extend into Thursday night across parts of the United States that are home to more than 200 million people, affecting the Midwest and portions of the Northeast. The main risks to lives and property will be from powerful wind gusts and, in some cases, tornadoes.
“All of the ingredients required for severe thunderstorms will be in place across the Plains and Midwest for a severe weather outbreak through Thursday,” AccuWeather Meteorologist Brandon Buckingham said. “Wind gusts capable of approaching 100 miles per hour, hail the size of softballs and dozens of tornado reports across the Plains and Midwest are expected.”
The setup is similar to Monday’s over the central and northern Plains, which brought more than 200 reports of high wind gusts and a handful of tornadoes. The severe threat will slowly shift eastward across the North Central states through Thursday night…