Northeast faces damaging wind threat as severe weather targets nation's largest cities
NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has placed major cities such as New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Washington at a Level 2 out of 5 severe weather threat.
Millions across Northeast and mid-Atlantic under Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Parts of the Interstate 95 corridor are the latest to be placed under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the threat of damaging wind gusts during thunderstorms.
NEW YORK – Some of the nation’s largest Northeast and mid-Atlantic cities are facing the threat of severe weather on Wednesday.
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The Storm Prediction Center has issued Severe Thunderstorm Watches from Connecticut through Kentucky until after sunset. New York City is included in the weather alerts.
The main threats include scattered damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph and isolated large hail events up to 1.5 inches in diameter.
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The worst storms are expected in a swath stretching from New York to Kentucky. Along this zone, NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has placed major cities such as New York City, Philadelphia, Columbus, Ohio, Memphis and Baltimore at a Level 2 out of 5 severe weather threat.
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The primary threat with any severe storms will be damaging winds, but hail and even tornadoes are possible.
The SPC added an area across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut with a low tornado threat for the afternoon and evening hours.
"It's going to hang in there overnight, and then by tomorrow (Thursday), we still have the showers out there for your early-morning commute," FOX Weather Meteorologist Bob Van Dillen said. "Things clear out just a little bit. Then it gets unsettled for the weekend."