Severe Risk from the Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley Tuesday

8 Jun 2021, 2:15 am

A risk of severe storms is in the forecast for areas in the Lower Mississippi and Ohio Valleys this afternoon. Here is a look at what areas could see some damaging winds

Severe Outlook

The severe risk has shifted more East today and includes cities like Memphis and Evansville. Here is a look at the areas included in the isolated severe risk for today.

Severe Risks

The main weather threat today will be damaging winds over 58 mph. The hail and tornado threat are very low with today’s particular set-up.

Forecast

Storms will be pushing through these areas all morning and into the afternoon. Once the sun goes down the severe risk will begin to diminish. Heavy rain could lead to some isolated areas of flash flooding too. Definitely need to be weather aware for this region.

Keep checking with WeatherNation for more updates on today’s severe weather risk.

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Devon Lucie

Devon is a native of Macomb in Western, Illinois but has made his travels across the country from Las Vegas to Washington, D.C. with stops in Tulsa, Little Rock, Kansas City, and Salt Lake City. His passion for weather developed at an early age and can be traced back to when he was 5 years old and dressed up as a walking tornado for Halloween. His college education came through the Universit... Load Morey of Oklahoma where he completed his B.S. in meteorology with a minor in math. Devon has been through weather extremes from 110°+ heat in Las Vegas, to 3 feet of snow in Washington, D.C. where in his first winter experienced the all-time record snowfall for the season (winter of 2009/2010)! He’s also chased tornadoes in Oklahoma and saw his very first off of I-70 on the front range of Colorado.