Severe weather threat spans 2,000 miles from New York to Texas on Tuesday placing 73 million at risk

Severe weather threat spans 2,000 miles from New York to Texas on Tuesday placing 73 million at risk

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More than 73 million people from Texas to the Northeast will need to keep an eye on the sky on Tuesday as a multiday severe weather threat continues. FOX Weather Meteorologists Britta Merwin and Kendall Smith break down the latest forecast on April 29, 2025.

More than 73 million people from Texas to the Northeast will need to keep an eye on the sky on Tuesday as a multiday severe weather threat continues. FOX Weather Meteorologists Britta Merwin and Kendall Smith break down the latest forecast on April 29, 2025.

PITTSBURGH – A powerful system that brought severe weather to the central U.S. on Sunday and Monday will continue to charge east on Tuesday, fueling a 2,000-mile threat zone from the Northeast to Texas.

The highest threats will be centered from Indiana and Ohio through central New York, with another increased-risk area in West Texas and southwestern Oklahoma, where NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has posted a Level 3 risk on its 5-point severe thunderstorm risk scale.

Severe storms threaten Ohio Valley, interior Northeast

This graphic shows the severe weather threat in the Ohio Valley and interior Northeast on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
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Ongoing storms from Monday night will continue moving across parts of the central U.S. early Tuesday morning. 

These storms will strengthen as they head into the Ohio Valley.

This graphic shows the tornado threat in the Ohio Valley and Northeast on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

This graphic shows the tornado threat in the Ohio Valley and interior Northeast on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

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The FOX Forecast Center says the greatest threat from these storms will be damaging wind gusts and large hail, but an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.

“It depends on where you’re at and the timing for when these storms arrive,” FOX Weather Meteorologist Kendall Smith said. “The northern half of this kind of general storm system, it’s really encompassing places like Syracuse, Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, all the way down to Louisville. That’s kind of the Level 3 threat.”

Renewed severe weather threat in southern Plains

This graphic shows the severe weather threat in the southern U.S. on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
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There’s also a second area of this massive threat zone where people need to keep an eye on the sky Tuesday.

“We have just a huge stretch here,” FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin said. “The southern part also has a bull’s-eye, a 3-out-of-5 potential here for severe weather. Part of the kicker here for Texas is going to be that potential for very large hail.”

Communities in this increased-risk zone include Wichita Falls, Abilene and Midland in Texas.