Blizzards, tornadoes, flooding possible in ‘worst storm of 2022’
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This could end up being the worst storm of all of 2022 if the system and its impacts reach the maximum potential.” Before that system moves through, severe weather is already threatening 30 million people this weekend with hail, torrential downpours and isolated tornadoes forecast. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts scattered damaging winds, isolated severe hail, and a brief tornado or two as possible across parts of the Northeast on Saturday afternoon into the evening. On the warmer side of the system, rain and thunderstorms will become widespread across the plains and the Mississippi Valley with severe thunderstorms, high winds, and hail potentially hitting eastern Texas, Louisiana, and southern Arkansas. AccuWeather reports that some areas could see two to four inches with locally higher amounts possible in northeastern Texas and eastern Oklahoma to central Alabama, much of Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Kentucky, and the southern portions of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana from Monday to Wednesday.
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