Over 65 million people face an elevated threat of severe storms just one week after the deadly outbreak in Mississippi and Alabama.
, and parts of this same area could be targeted again.
Louisville, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago and Milwaukee sit in a Level 2 risk zone that surrounds the Level 3. Meanwhile, Dallas, Kansas City, Mo., and Columbus, Ohio, reside in a Level 1 risk area — where the threat of severe weather is more marginal but should be monitored.The unusually expansive risk area — affecting more than 65 million people — accompanies a sprawling storm system packed with jet stream energy, which should allow widespread damaging winds to make it to the surface.
Meanwhile, since the low pressure center will be passing through, surface winds spiraling back into the low will blow from the east or southeast. That will intensify low-level spin, increasing the tornado risk. The atmosphere will be supportive of potential long-track tornadoes that could attain significant strength. However, it’s unclear if storms will take the form of supercells, which are rotating thunderstorms. If they do, a few strong tornadoes could occur.Rotating storms — or supercells — will eventually merge into a sprawling line that will charge east, only gradually losing strength overnight — affecting areas as far north as southern Wisconsin and extending into the Deep South.
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