Multiple severe weather trouble was spotted on Friday for the upper Midwest and the East, with continuing severe weather outbreaks through the weekend for the north-central U.S. and Great Lakes regions, as well as red flag warnings.
NWS weather alerts for Friday
Be aware and keep safe as you head out for the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued the following weather alerts for Friday…
Tornado watch: Central, Northwest, and northeast North Carolina; northern, eastern, and western Virginia; Southeast and eastern West Virginia; Southern, Central, and Western Maryland; Washington, D.C.
Flood watch: Western North Carolina; Northwest South Carolina; eastern and southeastern West Virginia; Western Virginia; eastern Maryland; Delaware; New Jersey; southeastern and central Pennsylvania.
Red flag alerts: southern Nevada; southeastern California; northwestern Arizona; southern, eastern, and eastern-central Utah; western and southwestern Colorado; northern, central, and southern New Mexico; extreme western Texas.
Wind advisory: southwest Oregon; northern and southeast California; western and southern Nevada; northwestern Arizona.
Severe weather outbreaks forecast daily over Memorial Day weekend
A trough in the jet stream in the West and a ridge in the East is going to keep the weather pattern stormy through the holiday from the Northwest to the upper Midwest, while two trouble spots on Friday as the weekend kicks off, the Weather Channel reports. Here is the 3-day forecast.
Friday: 2 severe weather fronts, potential flash flooding in East
Thunderstorms over the Northwest into the North-central U.S., with another front over the Ohio Valley, mid-South, Southeast, mid-Atlantic, and Northeast, and both of these fronts will bring severe weather.
The first front is over the Northwest and upper Midwest with a Level 2 severe weather risk issued by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) for southeastern Montana, northeastern Wyoming, Southwestern North Dakota, and northwestern South Dakota. A Level 1 risk extends into surrounding states, including Idaho and Nebraska.
The second front in the East will bring the risk of damaging winds, large hail, and flooding rain, and the NWS has issued a tornado alert and flood watch. A Level 2 severe weather risk was issued by the SPC over eastern South Carolina, eastern North Carolina, central and eastern Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, southern and eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and southern New York. A Level 1 risk stretches from Florida to Maine. This front will also bring the risk of potential flash flooding over portions of North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
Sleet possible in the Northeast over portions of Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.
Saturday: Sleet, severe weather, critical fire weather
Sleet will be more widespread across the Northeast and parts of the West over portions of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Northern California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado.
Thunderstorms across the northern tier of the Northwest into the Great Lakes region, as well as over the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
A Level 2 risk of severe weather in the upper Midwest over much of South Dakota through north-central and central Nebraska.
Critical fire weather is possible over southeastern Utah, northeastern and eastern Arizona, southwestern Colorado, and throughout New Mexico.
Sunday: Expansive severe weather threat over upper Midwest
Sleet in the Northeast and West over portions of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Northern California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado.
Thunderstorms across the northern tier from the Northwest to the Great Lakes, extending into the Midwest, as well as over most of Florida, while the rest of the nation is forecast to remain thunderstorm-free.
An expansive threat of strong thunderstorms for the upper Midwest with a Level 2 severe weather risk over north-central Kansas into central and eastern Nebraska, northwestern Iowa, eastern South Dakota, southeastern North Dakota, over most of Minnesota, and into northwestern Wisconsin.
Critical fire weather is possible over most of New Mexico and northern Texas.
