Millions from the Ohio Valley to the Southeast are at risk of seeing severe thunderstorms on Sunday
Severe thunderstorms capable of producing large hailstones, damaging wind gusts and possible tornadoes could affect more than 30 million people from the Ohio and Tennessee valleys to the Southeast on Sunday.
The threat of severe weather continues for several days Sunday with tens of millions at risk from the Ohio and Tennessee valleys to the Southeast, with more people at risk at the start of the work week along the East Coast from the Philadelphia region through Baltimore and Washington and Washington. It extends as far south as Atlanta.
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Tornado and severe thunderstorm watches were issued Sunday
A Tornado Watch has been issued for Illinois and parts of Missouri and Iowa until 10 p.m. Central Time.
In the Southeast, severe thunderstorm watches have been issued for parts of Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee into the evening hours.
Several tornadoes were spotted in central Illinois Sunday evening, while areas under a severe thunderstorm watch saw dozens of wind reports across the Southeast.
Tornadoes were reported in Colorado, Iowa, on Saturday
Some of the first thunderstorms to develop Saturday afternoon produced tornadoes in Colorado and Iowa. SPC received at least six witness reports from the two states of tornadoes briefly on the ground.
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Vanessa Ribeiro Lawton captured photos of one of the tornadoes around Black Forest, Colorado, north of Colorado Springs.
There were no initial reports of widespread damage in any of the areas affected by the hurricanes.
Severe weather threat Sunday: Ohio Valley and Tennessee, southeast
The powerful storm system is now tracking eastward across the Mississippi Valley and into the Ohio and Tennessee valleys and parts of the Southeast.
More than 30 million Americans in 11 states are below Level 2 out of 5 on the Storm Prediction Center's thunderstorm risk scale, with major cities like Indianapolis, St. Louis, Louisville, Nashville, Atlanta and Montgomery, Alabama, seeing increased risk. From exposure to severe thunderstorms capable of producing large hailstones and damaging wind gusts.
Damaging winds, large hail, and flash flooding threaten on Sunday, August 6, 2023.
However, these are not the only extreme climate threats.
There is a risk of tornadoes across parts of extreme southeastern Iowa, northeastern Missouri, including St. Louis, southern Illinois, southern Indiana, including Indianapolis, and northern Kentucky, including Louisville.
Hurricane threat on Sunday, August 6, 2023.
Severe thunderstorm warning map for the United States
Severe weather threat Monday: Northeast to southeast
As the weekend concludes, the severe weather threat will shift farther east on Monday, bringing the danger to the East Coast from the northeast across the mid-Atlantic and into the southeast.
The SPC has placed millions of people in the eastern half of the United States below Level 3 out of 5 on its thunderstorm risk scale.
Cities in the increased risk zone include more than 24 million people in Baltimore and Washington, as well as in places like Roanoke, Virginia, Greensboro and Charlotte, North Carolina, Knoxville, Tennessee, and Greenville, South Carolina.
As with Sunday's severe weather threats, millions of people on Monday will be at risk of seeing damaging wind gusts, large hail and possible tornadoes.
The hurricane threat includes a large area of the East Coast extending from south-central New York State through Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the western regions of the Carolinas and into parts of the Southeast.
Hurricane threat on Monday, August 7, 2023. (Fox Weather)
Major cities are at risk from a tornado, including Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Greensboro, Charlotte and Atlanta.
While the East Coast will see the greatest severe weather threat on Monday, other strong storms may develop to the west.
The EPA has highlighted an area of the Central Plains and Rocky Mountains as Level 2 out of 5 on its thunderstorm risk scale.
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The area of greatest concern will be in northeastern Colorado, southwestern Nebraska and northwestern Kansas.
Large hail and damaging wind gusts will be the main threats, but meteorologists warn a tornado or two are possible in those areas.
