Tens of millions of people from the Ohio Valley to the mid-Atlantic are starting off the new workweek bracing for the possibility of severe weather on Monday. FOX Weather Meteorologist Kendall Smith breaks down the latest forecast on April 14, 2025.
Tens of millions of people from the Ohio Valley to the mid-Atlantic are starting off the new workweek bracing for the possibility of severe weather as a fast-moving cold front plows across the region on Monday.
Cities across portions of Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. are under a heightened risk of seeing powerful thunderstorms starting Monday afternoon.
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The FOX Forecast Center said there is still some uncertainty regarding how warm and unstable the atmosphere will become ahead of the cold front.
However, if enough sunshine is able to peek out through the clouds, temperatures are expected to rise and conditions could become favorable for strong storms to develop, including the possibility for rotating supercell thunderstorms.
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NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center says more than 32 million people will be at risk of seeing storms on Monday.
However, more than 14 million people have been placed in a Level 2 out of 5 risk on its 5-point severe thunderstorm risk scale.
Cities in that threat zone include Washington, D.C., Cincinnati, Lexington in Kentucky, and Arlington and Alexandria in Virginia.
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The main threats from thunderstorms that do develop will be damaging wind gusts and large hail. However, there is also a threat of some tornadoes.
In addition to those extreme weather threats, any thunderstorms that develop can also produce deadly lightning and torrential rainfall.