Severe weather, flash flood threats in Northeast, South, Plains
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The new work week starts out with thunderstorms packing winds, hail and flooding rain in several parts of the country.

5 days agoUpdated: October 5, 2026, 12:33 pm EDTPublished: June 20, 2026, 11:44 am EDT

Severe weather and flooding rain are once again a possibility in parts of the Plains and East, following a weekend of damaging winds and tornadoes in the nation's mid-section.

Tuesday: Rain and storms for Plains and East Coast

There are two areas of severe threat.

First, a line of severe t-storms with damaging winds is possible in parts of the mid-Atlantic, from the Delmarva Peninsula to eastern North Carolina.

Then, clusters of severe thunderstorms with strong wind gusts, hail and a few tornadoes are possible in the Plains from Wyoming to Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, including the Denver area. Flooding is also a risk in parts of the Central Plains.

These severe storm clusters are likely to last into the night in some areas, typical of summertime in the Plains.

Just a few isolated severe storms are possible farther north in the Northern Plains Tuesday.

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How much rain?

Some areas of locally heavy rain on the order of 1 to 3 inches are possible in parts of the East and Plains through Wednesday night, generally in the darker shades of green in the map below.

That could lead to local flash flooding, though some of these areas have been dry this month, particularly in the East.

Sunday's severe weather wrap

It was yet another day of tornadoes in parts of the fatigued Midwest.

There were over 30 reports of tornadoes in southern Illinois into southwest Indiana. Damage was reported in the Evansville, Indiana, metro area, apartments were damaged in Newburgh, Indiana, and homes and vehicles were damaged near Hymera, Indiana.

Then Sunday night, a line of severe thunderstorms swept out of western Kansas into Oklahoma packing damaging thunderstorm wind gusts over 80 mph in some areas. It blasted the Oklahoma City metro area around 2 a.m. with 60 to 70 mph winds and quarter-size hail.

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