Massachusetts Weather Forecast: Potential Storm Rings in March

The Storm Prediction Center said 45 million people from Texas to OH faced some risk of bad weather, and that the area from the southwest Missouri into IN faced a “moderate risk” for significant storms. Otherwise, large hail and damaging winds are expected.Preparedness actions.Review your severe weather safety procedures for the possibility of risky weather today. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency in several counties, including Cook, that have suffered deaths, injuries and severe damage from weekend storms. “We’re going to have a couple waves of storms in the area”.

Early reports indicated the tornado caused damage Tuesday afternoon to buildings in Ottawa, located southwest of Chicago.

We have issued a Yellow Weather Alert for Wednesday as the storms could impact the evening commute and other plans.

The primary round of severe weather holds off until this evening, when the actual cold front tracks through Mid-Missouri. This will lead to the possibility of localized flooding tonight and into midday Wednesday.

And a lot of the essential pieces are there for severe storms to form. What I mean by that is the change in wind speed and direction with height. Meaning our air will stay cool and damp all day, completely saturating the column to the highest levels and giving us a totally unfavorable environment.

Thunderstorms also are invading the region today into the afternoon. No storms are forming as of this moment because a cap is in place in the atmosphere.

The stronger storms on Wednesday will follow persistent rains and scattered storms that are expected to last throughout the day and into the night on Tuesday.

“We got hit hard but everyone including residents and staff are safe and accounted for”, nursing home officials said in a Facebook post.