A huge storm will bring life -threatening tornados and potentially historical floods into what could be the worst 24 hours of extreme weather this year.
The National Weather Service (NWS) warns that more than 15 states are on the path of this big storm that brings intense rainfall for millions of people from the Gulf coast to the northeast.
The storm watches now include Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, Arkansas, West Virginia and parts of Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.
More than a foot rain will accumulate in some areas between Wednesday and Saturday. There could be more than 18 centimeters of rainfall in parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky, AcUWeather warned.
In these states, very large hail and 'significant' harmful winds are also expected.
The rest of the middle of the south is also confronted today with a 'serious threat'. These areas can expect them to be a 'more scattered but Still an important threat of tornados, big hail and harmful wind, “the NWS said.
AccuWeather Senior Storm Warning meteorologist William Clark warned that this storm could bring four to five months of rain to a striving of 1,000 miles long strip of the country in just four days.
The worst of this historical flooding event is expected to immerse parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana from Wednesday evening.
AccuWeather warned that this week there could be more than 18 centimeters of rainfall in parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky
Meteorologists with the National Weather Service warn that at least 12 states in the south and midwest are already under a serious flood watch (stock)
Meteorologists warn that this week's storm could bring the equivalent of 4 to 5 months of rain to the south and midwest in just 4 or 5 days (stock)
AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter warned: “Dangerous situations can escalate to life-threatening emergency situations in a matter of seconds with a flash flow threat as serious as this one.”
“If the amount of rain we expect in the middle of the nation, it would exceed the average of 500 to 1,000 years,” Clark added. “Really, the potential is for a historical flood event.”
At least 10 states, from Texas to Michigan, are confronted with a moderate to good chance that deadly Twisters will form tonight.
AccuWeather says that the High Tornado risk zone comprises parts of Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas and Noord -Louisiana.
Tornado watches started on Wednesday morning in parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri, where residents encouraged to 'be prepared'.
“Do cover now!” Officials of the office wrote in the Alert of Kansas City. “Go to a basement or an inner room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building.”
'Avoid Windows. If you are outside, in a mobile home or in a vehicle, go to the nearest substantial hiding place and protect yourself against flying debris. '
This newest tornado threat is less than three weeks after a 'mega storm' was torn by the same part of the US in March.
More than 40 people died because of the extreme weather event, which dropped more than 70 tornadoes on communities in the south and midwest.
However, that storm did not come close to supplying the amount of rain and the potential for historical flooding meteorologists warning that this new storm could bring.
Meteorologists say that the landfill on Wednesday 500 and 1000 years of precipitation averages could break, making this a historical and fatal flooding event
The serious storm began to tear through parts of the US and won a Tornado watch in four states on Wednesday morning
“Parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas could see one to almost two feet of rain towards the end of the weekend,” Porter added.
'This is essentially an atmospheric river setup that will pull huge amounts of moisture from the tropics to the central US'
The AccuWeather team warns that the period from Wednesday morning to Wednesday evening will probably bear the biggest threat of extreme weather that the US has seen this year.
It was already a chaotic first three months of 2025, with waves of winter storms, tornados and floods that pummelen most of the country.
In February, a 'Polar Vortex -ineen deposit' left a mess in much of the US, which brought feet of snow, landslides and flee to millions of Americans.
A 'polar vortex collapse' in fact means the large, cold swirl of air that is constantly turning around around the North Pole, starts to wiggle or break apart, causing cold arctic air to fall to places such as the US or Europe.
Meteorologists noted that the Jetstroom brought that cold air from the north was locked up in an almost perfect straight line over America, who went from west to East that entire month.
This non -stop weather system continued to feed winter storms, which developed in the plains and the midwest and fell into the northeast and New England.
Things did not get better in March, because another Polar Vortex collapsed in the middle of the month, predictors had a late start to the spring.
Predictors say that different areas are confronted with a great chance of seeing a tornado developing on Wednesday, including Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky
Recent floods in Texas brought precipitation totals that surpassed records that go back more than 100 years, with at least 3 people killed on March 27
On March 14, the Weekend Mega Storm communities in the South demolished, from Oklahoma to Missouri to Mississippi.
About a quarter of a million people were left without power in Missouri, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama and Michigan alone 16 March.
On March 27, at least three people were killed in Texas because floods weighed overwhelmed and many drivers forced their cars to leave.
Between six and 12 centimeters of rain fell in parts of southern Texas for a period of 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service.
This week's downpour throughout the country could also bring fatal conditions, whereby the AccuWeather team that projects intense rainfall, will bring flood risks in southern Texas and Louisiana and so far to the north like Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Van thunderstorms are still expected to be intense to Friday and Saturday, so that more hail and gusts of wind bring between 60 and 70 MPH.
While the land lanes persist on the weekend, more than 46 million people will be affected in the central US, and at least 13 million will be within a high to extreme liquid risk zone, AccuWeather reported.
