Severe weather threat over multiple fronts on Thursday and Friday will impact portions of the central US, Missouri and Ohio valleys, mid-South, and Southeast. Biden warns of “another tough hurricane season” this year.
Dual storm fronts puts multiple states under severe weather threat on Thursday and Friday
Two distinct storm fronts will put multiple states under the threat of severe weather on Thursday under risk levels of 2 and 3, with another pair of severe storm fronts on Friday, according to the latest forecasts by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) of the NOAA
Thursday: Over 16 states under severe weather threat from dual storm front
Overall, at least 16 states will be under a level 1 severe weather risk on Thursday.
The first storm front is over the upper Midwest and Great Lakes area with a Level 3 severe weather risk for southeastern Minnesota-west-central Wisconsin, into north-central and northeastern Iowa. A Level 2 severe weather risk for southern and eastern Minnesota, most of Wisconsin, western and northern Iowa, into northern Michigan. A Level 1 severe weather risk includes the aforementioned states, as well as eastern South Dakota, northeastern Nebraska, and northwestern Illinois.
The second storm front will bring a Level 2 severe weather risk for southern and eastern Missouri, southern Illinois, southern Indiana, Kentucky, eastern Tennessee, western Virginia, much of North Carolina, and northern South Carolina. A Level 1 risk extends into all the aforementioned states, as well as southern West Virginia and eastern Georgia.
Friday: At least 11 states under severe weather threat from dual storm front
The first storm front with a Level 2 severe weather risk stretches from northeastern Missouri into West-central and northern Illinois, southeastern Wisconsin, northern Indiana, and most of Michigan.
The second storm front with a Level 2 severe weather risk is over northeastern Texas into South-Central Oklahoma.
However, a Level 1 severe weather risk extends from Texas into Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio.
Biden warns of “another tough hurricane season” this year
President Joe Biden warned on Wednesday that the United States will likely experience “another tough hurricane season” this year, pledging his administration is prepared to respond to storms and help Americans recover from their impact, WESH reported.
Biden’s warning comes as meteorologists announced the same day they are watching a system in the Gulf of Mexico that could develop ahead of Memorial Day weekend. If the system reaches tropical development, the storm will be named Alex.
“We know hurricanes are coming our way,” Biden said. “They grow more extreme every season.”
Biden urged Americans to “pay attention to hurricane warnings and follow the guidance of your local authorities.”
The official start date for the Atlantic hurricane season is June 1, but for the past seven years in a row, a named tropical system has formed in May, KHOU reported.
