Severe thunderstorms and flash-flood risk forecast for Ohio Valley and Appalachia early week
The National Weather Service has issued a Level 2 flash-flood warning for parts of the Ohio Valley, West Virginia and surrounding states as heavy rain and thunderstorms move eastward Monday, with wind gusts up to 60 mph expected in parts of the Southeast.
A Level 2 flash-flood threat is expected to affect southeastern Ohio, eastern Kentucky, much of West Virginia and southwest Virginia on Monday, according to the National Weather Service. The region will see rain rates of one to two inches per hour as a new line of severe thunderstorms moves eastward, raising flood concerns in areas still saturated from last week’s storms.
The forecast calls for wind gusts that could exceed 60 mph, particularly across East Tennessee and western and central North Carolina, including the Chattanooga, Charlotte and Raleigh metropolitan areas. The storms are projected to develop along mountain ridges before descending into lower elevations, with the most intense activity expected in the late afternoon and evening.
While rain is expected to clear from the Northeast by Monday morning, isolated showers may persist later in the day. Sporadic thunderstorms could appear along the Southeast coast on Tuesday, but they are currently anticipated to remain below severe thresholds as the system moves out of the region.