Sunday, June 28, 2015

Severe Storms Target Midwest on Sunday as Stormy Week Unfolds

By Brian Lada, Meteorologist
June 28,2015; 9:09PM,EDT
 
 
Thunderstorm activity will ramp up Sunday afternoon and evening across portions of the Midwest and Plains which will begin a stormy week ahead for the region.
A storm diving south into the region on Sunday will spark powerful thunderstorms capable of producing damaging winds, large hail and even a few tornadoes in an area from eastern Iowa south into Illinois and Missouri.
Cities such as St. Louis, Springfield, Illinois and Cedar Rapids, Iowa will be among the threat.
Those in the region should pay close attention to severe weather warnings through the evening. If you hear rumbles of thunder when outside, seek shelter as the storms will be close enough to produce cloud-to-ground lightning in the vicinity.

Chicago should be far enough to the east to avoid Sunday's damaging storms; however, a few showers and non-severe thunderstorms are still forecast to move through the city.
For the remainder of the week, umbrellas and raincoats will be put to good use as a stormy weather pattern sets up over the region.
Showers and thunderstorms will be widespread across the Midwest most days this week; however, no day is expected to be a complete washout.
Away from the severe threat, Sunday may turn out to be the driest day until Wednesday with a zone of dry weather reaching across Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
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Showers and thunderstorms will become more widespread for Monday and Tuesday with the wet weather reaching from Minneapolis to Indianapolis and through Detroit and Cleveland.
Anyone looking to get work done in the outdoors either of these days should try to do so in the morning, as the afternoon looks to bring the greater chance for showers and storms.
A small number of storms may turn severe each afternoon, especially around the Ohio Valley.
While not as strong as Sunday's storms, those on Monday and Tuesday can still bring wind gusts strong enough to bring down trees and cause sporadic power outages.
Wednesday is forecast to bring a small break in the unsettled weather for much of the region, but showers and thunderstorms will ramp back up for Thursday and Friday.
In addition to all of the rain and travel disruptions, the wet weather pattern will also keep temperatures below normal through much of the week.

This wet weather pattern is nothing new to the Midwest. The past several weeks have been unusually wet in this part of the country, especially in areas south of the Great Lakes.
"In portions of Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, rainfall since May 1, 2015, has been twice that of normal," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.
As a result, river levels are running higher than normal with portions of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers in a major flood stage, according to the National Weather Service.
With more wet weather on the way, flooding along these rivers is likely to continue through the week, while at the same time bringing a renewed flood threat to areas that have seen flood waters recede.
The rain that falls through Tuesday will also add to the impressive rainfall totals across the region for the month of June.
St. Louis has received over a foot of rain so far in June, making it the second wettest June on record. Not much more rain is required to break the old record for the wettest June, 12.69 inches set back in 1948.
Content contributed by AccuWeather Meteorologist Andy Mussoline

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