Ohio Valley, Northeast: Heavy, Severe Storms Return Monday

By Becky Elliott, AccuWeather.com Meteorologist

June 7,2015; 9:17PM,EDT

 

 

Residents of the Northeast and Ohio Valley will be coping with a wet start to the week, as intense thunderstorms and rain spread over the region on Monday.
The disturbance that brought severe storms to the Upper Midwest on Saturday will push east and be the trigger for thunderstorms as the weekend ends and new week begins.

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By Monday, a cold front will be slowly advancing east from the Great Lakes to the mid-Atlantic and New England coasts.
A good amount of cloud cover, rain showers and thunderstorms will accompany this front in the morning hours of Monday.
"Downpours and heavy thunderstorms will fire up across the interior Northeast Monday and then head toward the coast through Monday night," stated AccuWeather Meteorologist Andy Mussoline.

Parts of the Northeast are still in moderate drought, with some locations abnormally dry, so this cold front will deliver much needed moisture to the region.
"The I-95 corridor from New York City to D.C. should be void of storms through the early afternoon, but heavy thunderstorms may threaten the evening commute home," Mussoline continued.
The strongest storms of the day will erupt from Kentucky and northern Tennessee to Pennsylvania and southern New York Monday afternoon and evening. In addition to blinding downpours, hail and damaging winds are concerns.
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Cities at risk for the strong to severe thunderstorms include Cincinnati, Ohio; Lexington, Kentucky; Charleston and Morgantown, West Virginia; Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Hagerstown, Maryland, and Binghamton, New York.
"The cold front triggering the thunderstorms will bring up plenty of moisture from the south and southwest," said AccuWeather Meteorologist Brian Thompson.
It will be great day to utilize AccuWeather Minutecast® to track and monitor rain start and end times at your exact location.

"Any thunderstorm in this moisture-laden air mass will likely produce torrential downpours that will have the potential to produce flooding. Low-lying and poor drainage areas will be the most likely places to see flooding, but urban street flooding will also be a possibility," Thompson added.
Always remember that it only takes 6 inches of water to stall a car and 1 foot of water to float a vehicle. Don't ever attempt to drive through a flooded road, as the road below may have a washout that is not visible underneath the water.