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A cold front stretching from the southern Plains to New England will produce new storm activity this evening
A slow-moving cold front, currently draped across the eastern Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and southern Plains, will fire off some severe activity this afternoon and evening. Storms developing along this front will be capable of producing damaging winds and hail, with a couple tornadoes also possible across northern Texas, southern Oklahoma, and northern Arkansas.
Storms will generally form in clusters this evening, as the strung-out front will struggle to create more organized storm activity. As a result, the Storm Prediction Center has issued a Slight RIsk covering today's severe weather threat. This risk area includes, but is not limited to, Midland, Odessa, and Dallas, Texas, Little Rock, Ark., Shreveport, La., Memphis, Tenn., Louisville, Paducah, and Bowling Green, Ky., Cinncinati and Cleveland, Ohio, Pittsburg, Philidelphia, and Scranton, Pa., and Rochester and Binghamton. N.Y.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for a portion of the southern Great Lakes into the Northeast including Cleveland and Canton, Ohio, Pittsburg, Erie, and Scranton, Pa., and Buffalo, Syracuse, and Binghamton, N.Y.
Elsewhere, a Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for parts of southeastern New Mexico and western Texas, including Roswell and Carlsbad, N.M., and Midand and Sanderson, Texas.
As the front advances eastward tonight into Thursday, a new low pressure system developing along the front will make its way into the Mid-Atlantic. Scattered strong to severe storms will likely develop from southern Pennsylvania to southern Virginia Thursday afternoon and evening, with more isolated severe storms possible in the Tennessee Valley and Lower Mississippi Valley.
It is important to understand the difference between a watch and a warning. A watch means that the ingredients for severe weather are present, while a warning is more serious as it indicates that the severe weather has already formed or been detected. Be sure to stay up to date with the latest weather forecasts via the Weatherbug mobile app or website.