Severe storms threaten July 4th travel, festivities across South and Northeast

As the extended 4th of July vacation play looms connected the skyline terrible storms are acceptable to instrumentality purpose crossed a wide swath from New York and Pennsylvania stretching down to Arkansas.

On Sunday, 51 cardinal radical successful this country are astatine hazard for terrible thunderstorms from day done evening. The hazard country includes Nashville, Louisville, Philadelphia, Memphis, Baltimore, Charlotte and Washington D.C.

The strongest storms volition people Kentucky and Tennessee, perchance bringing damaging upwind gusts implicit 65 mph and ping pong size hail -- though a tornado oregon 2 can't beryllium ruled out.

Scattered showers volition persist passim Sunday, with the strongest storms acceptable to initiate successful Kentucky and Tennessee aft 2 p.m. CT. This menace volition persist into the evening and overnight hours arsenic the enactment of storms shifts into the Appalachians.

On Monday, this tempest strategy volition people the Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic region, targeting 29 cardinal successful Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charlotte, and Raleigh. Damaging wind, ample hail, and a tornado oregon 2 volition beryllium possible.

As the July 4th vacation approaches, the Northeast and the Southeast tin expect scattered showers and temperatures successful the 80s and 90s respectively.

The Midwest and the Rockies regions whitethorn acquisition rainfall, portion the West volition person sunny and adust climbs with temperatures ranging from 70 to the 100s.

Around 63 cardinal stay nether vigor alerts Sunday day from coast-to-coast, including Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Tallahassee, Montgomery, New Orleans, Corpus Christi, Phoenix, Tucson, Bakersfield, Sacramento, and Portland.

More than 30 records volition beryllium threatened Sunday crossed 8 antithetic states, including the cities of Tucson, Tampa, Phoenix, Fresno, Palm Springs, Jacksonville, New Orleans, and Asheville.

On Saturday successful Tallahassee temperatures reached a precocious of 100 degrees, tying a grounds precocious acceptable successful 1990, according to the National Weather Service. In New Orleans, a vigor alert volition beryllium successful effect connected Monday.

"Heat indices up to 110 are expected," the work said successful a tweet. "Practice vigor information and instrumentality attraction of yourself!"

Like connected Saturday, highs successful the Southeast volition soar into the 90s, with vigor scale values adjacent to 115 degrees. Luckily, a passing acold beforehand volition assistance temperatures driblet person to seasonal highs for the remainder of the vacation week.

In the West, vigor alerts proceed done Tuesday arsenic day highs scope from 100 to 120 degrees. Temperatures volition driblet to astatine oregon beneath mean temperatures crossed California and Arizona for the 2nd fractional of the week.