Damaging wind threat moves to Tennessee Valley, mid-Atlantic for final half of July 4th weekend
The Storm Prediction Center has highlighted large parts of Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland and Virginia for being in an increased threat zone for hail and damaging winds on Sunday.
Damaging wind threat shifts eastward for Sunday
Sunday's storms could impact communities around Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.
A renewed round of severe weather on Sunday threatens to blast states from the Tennessee Valley through the Eastern Seaboard, with damaging wind gusts and hail.
Storms on Saturday produced tree damage throughout more than a dozen states with the mid-Mississippi and Tennessee valleys being the prime target.
The St. Louis Police Department reported a driver was killed after a tree fell on her car during a storm. The St. Louis metro area was under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning at the time, but damage in the city was isolated.
Some of the same communities that saw a derecho move through with wind gusts of 90-100 mph on Thursday will start to see a break as showers and thunderstorms will begin to develop further south and east.
![A damaged tree limb is seen in a St. Louis, Missouri, neighborhood after storms moved through the city July 1, 2023.]()
Image 1 of 3A damaged tree limb is seen in a St. Louis, Missouri, neighborhood after storms moved through the city July 1, 2023. (JayT/Twitter)
![A damaged tree limb is seen in a St. Louis, Missouri, neighborhood after storms moved through the city July 1, 2023.]()
Image 2 of 3A damaged tree limb is seen in a St. Louis, Missouri, neighborhood after storms moved through the city July 1, 2023. (JayT/Twitter)
![A damaged tree limb is seen in a St. Louis, Missouri, neighborhood after storms moved through the city July 1, 2023.]()
Image 3 of 3A damaged tree limb is seen in a St. Louis, Missouri, neighborhood after storms moved through the city July 1, 2023. (JayT/Twitter)
Sunday forecast
The weather system responsible for the latest round of wet weather will only slowly budge eastward on Sunday, putting areas from the Mississippi River to the Eastern Seaboard under the highest threat for damaging storms.
Communities such as Louisville, Kentucky; Nashville; Washington, D.C.; and Baltimore are all included in Sunday’s risk zone.
The threat zone is considered to be a 2 out of 5 on the SPC's thunderstorm risk scale.
Forecasters do not expect severe storms to be as widespread as they were on Saturday but warn that a few cells could produce gusty winds and hail.
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DERECHO WITH 100-MPH WINDS RIPS ACROSS MIDWEST LEAVING BEHIND WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
Recovery from 500-mile derecho continues in Midwest
Some communities are approaching 72 hours since storms knocked out power on Thursday.
A line of thunderstorms known as a derecho raced across the Midwest producing winds upwards of 100 mph and causing at least 500 reports of severe weather.
According to data provided by PowerOutage.us, more than 100,000 outages are still active, from Missouri through Illinois and Indiana.
Derecho blasts several states with 100 mph winds
A derecho raced across the Midwest Thursday, bringing 100 mph wind gusts and knocking out power to over 500,000 people.
Local energy providers say they brought in extra crews to reduce restoration times.
Duke Energy, which covers a large part of Indiana and southwest Ohio, reported restoring power to at least 108,000 customers since the storms rolled through.
The mayor of Springfield, Illinois, declared a local state of emergency due to the extent of the damage and utility crews estimated it could be at least Sunday before all homes and businesses in the state capital have power.