NY Post.com        By Yaron Steinbuch               Wed., July 22, 2020

More than 50 million people across a wide swath are in the path of powerful thunderstorms packing strong winds and torrential downpours heading eastward Wednesday, meteorologists said.

Heavy winds could damage trees and power lines, with hail and weak tornadoes also possible, AccuWeather meteorologist Alyson Hoegg told The Post. The storms are expected to begin wreaking havoc on the Big Apple by about 6 p.m., she said. Heavy rainfall could cause widespread flooding in areas of poor drainage.

“It will mainly consist of very heavy thunderstorms and damaging winds,” Hoegg said, adding that “60 mile-an-hour winds are not out of the question.”

The expected precipitation is between 1 and 1.5 inches, but as much as 2 inches of rain could be dumped across the area depending on how fast the system passes through, she said.
The storms are expected to begin wreaking havoc on the Big Apple by about 6 p.m., she said. Heavy rainfall could cause widespread flooding in areas of poor drainage.

“It will mainly consist of very heavy thunderstorms and damaging winds,” Hoegg said, adding that “60 mile-an-hour winds are not out of the question.”

By early Wednesday night, there will be several locations near the I-95 corridor that will get some much-needed relief from intense heat and humidity, but it will come at a price,” Babinski said.

“Thunderstorms will be capable of producing damaging wind gusts, as well as a downpour that could cause flash flooding,” he added.

After the system moves through the Big Apple and Philadelphia Wednesday evening, the storms are likely to weaken as they move up into New England, according to AccuWeather.

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