Extreme climate menace spans 2,000 miles from New York to Texas on Tuesday

A brand new Extreme Thunderstorm Watch was issued for many of Ohio, in addition to for elements of Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia till Tuesday night. FOX Climate Meteorologist Bob Van Dillen breaks down the most recent on April 29, 2025.

PITTSBURGH – A robust storm system that introduced extreme climate to the central U.S. on Sunday and Monday will proceed to cost east on Tuesday, fueling a 2,000-mile menace zone stretching from the Northeast to Texas.

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A dramatic timelapse video recorded in Snyder, Oklahoma, exhibits a robust thunderstorm producing vivid lightning because the storm swept throughout the realm on Monday, April 28, 2025.

Excessive climate has been dominating the headlines for the reason that weekend, with quite a few stories of thunderstorms slamming communities with hurricane-force wind gusts, large hail the dimensions of teacups smashing windshields and tornadoes knocking over trains.

Now, as these communities work to select up the items, greater than 69 million folks from New York to Texas might want to regulate the sky as forecasters stay involved that highly effective storms may once more produce giant hail, damaging wind gusts and even some tornadoes.

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The very best menace zone has been highlighted throughout two areas of the U.S., with NOAA’s Storm Prediction Heart (SPC) putting parts of Texas and Oklahoma, in addition to communities from Indiana and Kentucky to New York state, in a Stage 3 menace on its 5-point extreme thunderstorm threat scale.

On Tuesday afternoon, a Extreme Thunderstorm Watch was issued for about 8 million folks in elements of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia till 7 p.m. ET.

Flooding, too, is a priority, as heavy precipitation inundates communities within the Plains and Midwest.

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Extreme storms threaten Ohio Valley, inside Northeast

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Ongoing storms from Monday night time continued into Tuesday morning because the expansive system continued pushing off to the east throughout the central U.S.

The Stage 3 extreme climate menace from the Ohio Valley to the Northeast on Tuesday contains cities like Louisville in Kentucky, Columbus and Cleveland in Ohio, Pittsburgh and Erie in Pennsylvania and Buffalo and Syracuse in New York.

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This graphic exhibits the twister menace within the Ohio Valley and inside Northeast on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

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The FOX Forecast Heart says the best menace from these storms shall be damaging wind gusts and huge hail, however an remoted twister can’t be dominated out.

“It relies on the place you are at and the timing for when these storms arrive,” FOX Climate Meteorologist Kendall Smith mentioned.

Extreme climate rocked elements of Missouri earlier on Tuesday morning, with thunderstorms producing 91-mph wind gusts in Springfield. As well as, colleges in Ozark, Missouri, had been informed to shelter in place throughout a Twister Warning.

There have additionally been quite a few stories of bushes and energy strains down in Freistatt, Monett and Aurora.

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Renewed extreme climate menace in southern Plains

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There’s additionally a second space of this large menace zone in parts of Texas and Oklahoma the place folks must regulate the sky Tuesday.

“We now have simply an enormous stretch right here,” FOX Climate Meteorologist Britta Merwin mentioned. “The southern half additionally has a bull’s-eye, a 3-out-of-5 potential right here for extreme climate. A part of the kicker right here for Texas goes to be that potential for very giant hail.”

Communities on this increased-risk zone embody Wichita Falls, Abilene and Midland in Texas.

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Plains, Midwest face heightened flash flood menace

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Heavy rain can be anticipated to result in flash flooding in parts of the Plains and Midwest on Tuesday.

NOAA’s Climate Prediction Heart (WPC) says the specter of flooding will stretch from Texas to the Nice Lakes on Tuesday. Nevertheless, a Stage 3 out of 4 flood threat has been highlighted for parts of Texas and Oklahoma, together with cities like Wichita Falls and Oklahoma Metropolis, Oklahoma.