A large and intense storm system is swinging across the country, whipping up wild weather — including on the East Coast, where there’s a risk of strong-to-severe thunderstorms, as well as potential pockets of damaging winds or an isolated tornado.
The National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center has drawn up an enhanced (Level 3 of 5) risk of severe weather. It covers southeast Virginia and eastern parts of the Carolinas, including Richmond, Raleigh, Wilmington and Charleston. A Level 2 risk spans from near Cleveland along the shores of Lake Erie all the way to north Florida, and encompasses Pittsburgh, Washington, Baltimore, Charlotte and Jacksonville, Florida.
A squall line, which is an organized line of thunderstorms, was active during the morning hours east of the Appalachians, prompting severe thunderstorm warnings and even a few tornado warnings. The squall line had been raging for 36 hours, first forming Monday night in Oklahoma before traversing the Lower Mississippi Valley and Deep South on Tuesday and Tuesday night.
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