Massive August storm to trigger severe weather across Midwest and NortheastBy Andrew Wulfeck, Scott Sistek, FOX Weather
August 5, 2023
The FOX Forecast Center is tracking a potent storm system that has the potential of producing rounds of showers and thunderstorms across most of the northern tier of the country over the weekend and during the start of the upcoming workweek.
The combination of a southerly flow and moist, unstable air will lead to rounds of rains kicking off ahead of an eastward-advancing cold front.
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center placed a region covering 3 million roughly along the Kansas-Oklahoma border in a level 3 out of 5 threat on its severe thunderstorm risk category scale. Cities in this zone include Wichita, Kansas and Tulsa, Oklahoma though this heightened threat also covers parts of southeastern Colorado, the northern Texas Panhandle, and a sliver of southwestern Missouri.
Those in that region will likely see wind gusts in excess of 75 mph and at least golf-ball-sized hail with any severe thunderstorms.
Due to the threat, Severe Thunderstorm Watches were issued for more than half a dozen states from Colorado to Tennessee and Mississippi.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/05/august-storm-to-trigger-severe-weather-across-midwest-and-northeast/
