Throughout the week, a series of severe weather threats are looming, including strong thunderstorms producing heavy rain with the potential for flash flooding, large hail, damaging winds, and possible isolated tornadoes.
Multiple days of severe weather looming this week
It’s going to be a very active week, severe weather-wise. A series of disturbances over the plains as cold air moving out of the Northwest collides with warm and moist air in the central US, leading to multiple days of severe weather outbreaks that could bring large hail, damaging winds, flash flooding, and a few isolated tornadoes.
On Monday, the strongest activity will be over Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa in terms of severe weather, which could also veer into Southeast North Dakota and Northeast South Dakota. Large hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes are a possibility.
A threat of flash flooding over northern and eastern North Dakota, into Northwest Minnesota.
On Tuesday, two areas of concern. The first is a continued threat in the upper Midwest around the Great Lakes areas, extending as far south as Northeast Iowa and northern Illinois. The second is in the southern plains, particularly over Western and Northern Texas.
On Wednesday, a threat again in the upper Midwest, affecting portions of the central northern plains over Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, and around the Great Lakes over Wisconsin and Michigan.
On Thursday, a continuing threat in the central northern plains over Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota.
Flash flood threat this week
Heavy rain could lead to flash flooding this week, with the highest amounts expected for Bismarck at 1-2″, Fargo at 1-2″, northern Minnesota at 1-2″ and 1″ over parts of central Wisconsin, the Weather Channel reports.
For Monday, the National Weather Service (NWS) as flood warnings of potential flash flooding over northern and eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. On Wednesday, the NWS is warning of potential flash flooding over northern and central Minnesota into northwestern Wisconsin.
Strong winds, extreme fire danger
This week will start off with extreme fire danger, and strong winds stretch from the West into the North-central Midwest and mid-South. The rainfall outlook will keep things dry as we experience a heatwave. This is going to continue to ramp up the fire danger.
On Monday, NWS red flag alerts for much of the Southwest into the southern Plains, for southern Nevada; northern and eastern Arizona; throughout New Mexico; southern, central, and east Colorado; western Kansas; western Oklahoma; northern and west Texas. Red flag alerts have also been issued over central and northern Michigan.
Heat will move to the East this week, record-breaking temps
Hot dry on the southern plains will keep the fire danger present throughout the week, while a dangerous heatwave could bring record-breaking temperatures. A big boost in temperatures for the southern plains, Missouri Valley, South, mid-South, and into the Northeast. Triple digits in New Mexico and Texas on Monday. Temperatures really climb by midweek, especially for places that have been running below average, as lots of spots see low 90s. A huge spike into record territory for numerous locations on Friday from the central US to the Northeast, the Weather Channel reports.
