Severe storms with softball-size hail and tornadoes will continue into late week, while excessive heat spans most of the US. Disastrous flooding closes all entrances to Yellowstone National Park, wildfires, and more.
Severe weather: 3 storm fronts could bring large hail, tornadoes, flooding
Strong thunderstorms will threaten the upper Midwest, Midwest, and Southeast on Tuesday with a Level 2 severe weather risk on three separate fronts, according to the Storm Prediction Center (SPC).
The first storm front is over eastern and northern South Carolina, much of North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, and will be most active during the morning hours, according to the Weather Channel.
Midwest storms will become more active during the evening hours. The second storm front is over northeastern North Dakota into northwestern Minnesota. The third storm front is over central and eastern Nebraska into southeastern South Dakota, over most of Iowa, and into southern Minnesota.
On Wednesday, another round of severe and potentially stronger storms for the upper Midwest over parts of northern Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois.
On Thursday, severe weather over the mid-Atlantic and Northeast for portions of Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York.
Strawberry supermoon
A strawberry supermoon will light up the skies this week, as the moon reaches its peak fullness and its closest point in orbit nearest earth on Tuesday, June 14, the Weather Channel reports.
Excessive heat for most of US
Excessive heat will continue through at least Wednesday afternoon, with the potential of 120+ high-temperature records being set Tue-Wed, CNN reports. The heat will extend throughout the southerly areas of the West, Southwest into the Midwest, and for most of the eastern half of the nation with the exception of the Northeast.
Disastrous flooding closes all entrances to Yellowstone
An unprecedented level of rainfall in Montana caused disastrous flooding in Yellowstone National Park leading to rockslides and mudslides on roadways, taking out chunks of highway asphalt as the riverbank collapsed, ABC reported. All entrances to the park have been closed. A large house for National Park employees was swallowed up and washed away as the event was captured on video, K2Radio reported. The Tom Miner bridge also collapsed due to flooding.
Critical fire weather: Wildfire updates
Red flag warnings over Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, while three wildfires are burning at an uncontrolled rate just north of Flagstaff, Arizona. This week’s weather is threatening to worsen conditions for firefighters battling the blazes, CNN reports. All three fires had 0% containment as of Monday afternoon.
