Unseasonable warmth is setting the stage for damaging thunderstorms capable of bringing powerful wind, large hail and tornadoes to nearly 175 million people in the central and eastern United States Sunday and Monday.
March has already dealt a slew of potent storms and tallied up more tornado reports than as of the same time last year. Some of the same areas hit hard by a deadly storm two weeks ago could end up in the path of the next round of thunderstorms. While this weekend’s forecast doesn’t look to be as extreme, danger could ramp up quickly and there are millions of people potentially in harm’s way.
The weekend will start off feeling more like late May or early June from the Plains to the East Coast before a wide-reaching storm and potent cold front develop in the central US and race east.
A few severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and hail are possible Saturday night, mainly from Kansas and Missouri to Iowa, as the storm starts to form. But a much more widespread and dangerous severe weather threat will develop on Sunday once the storm hits full strength.
Here’s what to expect this weekend and early next week.
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