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Severe Weather to Tear Through The Midwest and East Coast

July 18, 2019
By WeatherBug Meteorologist, Mark Ellinwood
Two disturbances will create stormy weather from the northern Plains to the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic today.

Already this morning, an area of severe storms has produced wind gusts as high as 89 mph in southeastern South Dakota. This area of storms is forecast to continue through the Midwest this evening.

Other spotty areas of severe storms will likely develop in the north-central U.S. this afternoon and evening. Southeastern Montana and northeastern Wyoming through Nebraska, the Dakotas, and the Upper Midwest could all see new storms blossom overhead.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for southwestern North Dakota, western South Dakota, and extreme northeastern Wyoming. This watch includes Bowman, N.D., Sundance, Wyo., and Rapid City, S.D.

Further east, the remnants of Barry are triggering showers and thunderstorms throughout much of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic this evening. The strongest storms will likely develop from eastern Pennsylvania and southeastern New York to southern New England. The I-95 corridor from Philadelphia to Boston could see severe weather today, with damaging wind gusts being the main threat.

Be sure to understand the difference between a weather watch and a warning. A watch means that an area is being monitored for dangerous weather. A warning means that dangerous weather is imminent.

Keep in mind that lightning is one of Mother Nature's most dangerous killers. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to the storm to be struck by lightning, even if the sun is shining.