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Dangerous Storms to Ravage the Plains, Mid-Atlantic This Evening

June 19, 2019
UPDATED By WeatherBug's Chris Sayles

Strong to severe thunderstorms will ravage the U.S. from the Plains to the Mid-Atlantic this afternoon and evening. Damaging winds, large hail, heavy rain and possibly even a few tornadoes are all possible this evening.

The central and southern Plains are at the forefront for dangerous thunderstorms this evening. A weak low-pressure system located over New Mexico will be the catalyst for strong to severe weather. A sharp boundary between humid air to the east and much drier air to the west will result in thunderstorms firing up over the next few hours. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has issued an Enhanced Risk for severe weather extending from western Texas, Oklahoma and central Kansas. 

A Tornado Watch has been issued for central Kansas. Those in the watch includes Dodge City, Wichita, Salina and Eureka, Kan.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches have also been issued for southeastern Colorado, northeastern New Mexico, and the northwestern Oklahoma and Texas panhandles. The cities in these watches includes Colorado Springs and Lamar, Colo., Clayton, N.M., Boise City and Guymon, Okla., and Dumas, Texas.

Those from southwestern Nebraska into Colorado into Missouri will need to keep a close eye on darkening skies this afternoon and evening. This includes Garden City, Kan., Oklahoma City and Fort Sill, Okla., Springfield, Miss., Amarillo, Midland, San Antonio, Abilene and Ft. Stockton, Texas. Large hail and damaging winds are still the main threats with any storm that develops, but an isolated tornado or two cannot be ruled out. 

Multiple Severe Thunderstorm Watches are in effect for the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, the Delmarva Peninsula, and the Delaware Valley. Cities within this watch include Fredericksburg, Va., Washington D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Dover, Del., and Atlantic City, N.J.

A stubborn front continues to be wrapped over Ohio Valley into the Mid-Atlantic. The combination of warm and humid air to south of this front and cooler and drier air to the north of it will lead to the development of strong to severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.

Heavy rain will be associated with today’s thunderstorms.  A quick 1 to 2 inches of rain could fall, which would likely result in flash flooding.  Flash Flood Watches stretch from southern Illinois into the Delaware Valley and the Jersey Shore.  If you do approach a flooded roadway, remember to “Turn Around, Don’t Drown!”

As thunderstorms develop, make sure you know the difference between a watch and a warning if your city falls under any alerts that are issued. A watch means that conditions are favorable for severe weather to develop and a warning means dangerous weather is imminent or already occurring.