A multi-day severe weather pattern is tracking east from the Plains toward the Appalachians through Sunday, bringing potential for damaging winds, flash flooding, hail, and isolated tornadoes.
The main corridor of severe weather is forming south of a larger rain system moving from the Plains into the Ohio Valley. According to AccuWeather senior meteorologist Alex Sosnowski, the principal hazards each day remain localized flash flooding and destructive wind gusts, along with the possibility of brief tornadoes and large hail.
Forecasts place Friday’s severe activity across an expanse stretching from Colorado and the Texas Panhandle eastward into Iowa, Illinois, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and western Mississippi.
Major metro areas facing potential impacts include St. Louis; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Memphis, Tennessee.
By Saturday, the primary severe threat shifts into the Ohio and Tennessee valleys. Portions of southeastern Indiana, southwestern Ohio, central Mississippi, and central Alabama face risks of strong thunderstorms into Saturday night. Affected population centers include Cincinnati, Birmingham, Louisville, Nashville, and Knoxville.
The threat area moves into the Appalachians by Sunday. While overall atmospheric conditions for widespread severe weather become less favorable, strong thunderstorms capable of producing flash floods and damaging wind gusts are expected from West Virginia south to northern Georgia.
Alongside the primary weather system, spotty afternoon and evening severe storms remain possible through Sunday across two other regions: the southern High Plains and the Gulf Coast.
Forecasters note these localized storms can produce brief heavy downpours, frequent lightning, and isolated high wind gusts before weakening.
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