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What to expect around Petersburg as Virginia faces severe storms

Spring is making a great entrance.

After a week of record-high temperatures, a major winter storm impacting the Plains and Midwest and felt far from the center of the storm is expected to arrive Sunday night, March 15, and Monday, especially for parts of the Mid-Atlantic states and the southeast, including Petersburg and the Tri-Cities area.

According to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, heavy showers are expected to come with flash floods on Monday. NOAA said Sunday that tornadoes, with potentially strong and particularly damaging winds, will likely move from South Carolina to Maryland in the afternoon.

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“While damaging straight-line winds are the most likely severe weather hazard, a few tornadoes cannot be ruled out, including the possibility of a particularly intense tornado, especially near Baltimore and Washington D.C., from metro areas stretching from Virginia to North Carolina,” AccuWeather chief meteorologist Jonathan Porter said.

AccuWeather forecast map for Monday, March 16.

For eastern and central Virginia, including Washington, D.C., and Richmond, NOAA has upgraded the region to a moderate risk level of four, with a 15% chance of tornadoes, some possibly strong, as the storm spreads eastward from the Appalachians toward the East Coast Monday afternoon.

What can we expect in St. Petersburg, Tri-Cities?

NOAA Storm Prediction Center map for March 15.

Hazardous weather outlook Published by NWS in Wakefield.

A few storms are possible after midnight before a strong cold front moves through the region late Monday; This creates a significant risk for severe storms, including damaging winds and tornadoes.

National Weather Service to guess

Sunday: Very cloudy. Its highest temperature is near 67.

Sunday night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4 a.m., then a chance of showers between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m., then a chance of light showers and thunderstorms after 5 a.m. Low around 58 o’clock. The wind blows up to 30 km/h. Chance of rain is 80%. New precipitation amounts range from one-tenth to one-quarter of an inch, except for higher amounts possible during thunderstorms.

Monday: Showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly thunderstorms after 7 a.m. Some storms can be severe. High near 74. Wind gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of rain is 100%. New rainfall amounts between one-half and three-quarters of an inch are possible.

Monday night: Heavy rain is expected before 02:00 at night. Cloudy in the early evening, then gradually clearing, with a low temperature around 30. Winds will gust up to 30 mph. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts are possible between a quarter and a half inch.