Weather forecasters have warned that a massive storm surge is expected to move into the Pacific Northwest on Sunday
with strong winds and heavy rains that can be expected to return to their homes during Thanksgiving week
According to AccuWeather, severe thunderstorms will impact about 25 million people later on Tuesday in the south-central United States. Parts of northeastern Texas, northwestern Louisiana, and central and eastern Arkansas are likely to be affected initially by the system.
The Mississippi Valley could experience “severe storms with a possibility for powerful tornadoes, wind damage, and some hail Tuesday,” according to the National Weather Service.
Plans for Thanksgiving and Black Friday were likely to be complicated by the storm because it had already started to rain heavily and steadily in certain areas of Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas Thursday afternoon. During the holiday weekend, however, there were no reports of substantial travel delays.
Supercells and an “increased danger” of severe storms are likely late Tuesday along the Mississippi River, according to Galina. According to the forecasting agency, the storm will move across the middle of the Mississippi Valley and into the Northeast on Sunday.
High winds are expected to be produced by the same storm from the Midwest to the Northeast. According to Galina, the system is likely to develop Tuesday morning and proceed into Kansas while bringing snow to the north. It will then hit the Great Lakes region on Wednesday.
