Northeast Region Faces Multiday Severe Weather Stretch with Damaging Winds and Potential Flooding

A multiday stretch of severe weather is moving across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions from Tuesday through Thursday. The weather pattern is driven by a meandering front and a heat dome, which is steering the jet stream into the area. Severe thunderstorms moved across New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania on Tuesday, producing wind gusts as high as 70 mph and causing power outages for more than 85,000 customers. These storms brought heavy rain and flash flood warnings. Wednesday is expected to bring the greatest potential for damaging winds, large hail, and a couple of tornadoes. While most areas will see manageable rainfall rates, the strongest storm cells could produce 2 inches of rain per hour, leading to isolated flash flooding in low-lying areas. By Thursday, the storm threat will shift south toward the Mid-Atlantic and Washington, D.C. A final round of storms may occur on Friday before the region transitions to cooler, drier weather for the weekend.

Sources

• CNN
  Relentless storm threat slides south after days of flooding and damage in the Northeast
• FOX 5 New York
  NYC Weather Forecast: Tracking storm risks
• NBC New York
  High risk of damaging wind, hail as days of severe storm threats kick off Tuesday

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Paywall and unreadable sources

• Bloomberg.com
  Severe Thunderstorms Threaten From Great Lakes to New Jersey
• The Weather Channel
  Northeast severe storm threat, includes DC, Pittsburgh