United States: Following the storm in Houston that resulted in the loss of eight people at the weekend, 25 million citizens are expecting more weather turbulence throughout the United States.
A forecast by the National Weather Service (NWS) indicated that there was likely to be severe thunderstorms on Tuesday in the central part of the midwest and the western great lakes region, with areas most at risk being Iowa as well as some parts of its neighbors.
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The NWS said, “Severe thunderstorms will continue this morning across Iowa with a risk for mainly damaging winds,” as the Guardian reported.
According to posts on social media platform X, the NWS’s official Des Moines alerted of severe thunderstorms along with wind gusts of speed up to 70mph and flash flooding.
The weather body stated, “Line of severe thunderstorms currently moving through the Des Moines metro. Wind speeds of 60-70mph & hail of up to 1 inch in diameter have been reported. Severe thunderstorm warnings and multiple flash flood warnings are in effect. Seek shelter until these pass!”
Furthermore, it warned that “Discrete storms are possible initially, evolving into an organized line of severe storms by evening. More isolated severe storms will be possible farther south into portions of eastern Oklahoma, northwest Arkansas, and central Texas.”
What does the weather warning say?
Tornadoes and other types of severe winds of up to 75mph together with 2in hail were expected on Tuesday through Wednesday in the regions under discussion.
Furthermore, the downpour might result in some flash flooding in those upper Midwestern regions on a random basis through Tuesday night, as per the NWS.
Across the remainder of the region, mostly isolated to scattered thunderstorms from the mid-afternoon into the evening on Tuesday are expected along a front and the dry line; the NWS noted that the threat of large to very large dime-sized hail or 3in in diameter and locally severe winds could present themselves further, the Guardian reported.
On Wednesday morning the center of the disturbed weather system is anticipated to shift towards the southern Canada and there is a probability of heavy rain to sharply subside across the Great Lakes.
By Wednesday morning, the center of the system is expected to move towards southern Canada, with the heavy rain threat expected to quickly decrease across the Great Lakes.
The NWS stated that a trailing cold front could possibly become “nearly stationary across the southern Plains where the next phase of severe weather and excessive rainfall is forecast to emerge,” as the Guardian reported.