Eastern US facing severe thunderstorms, flash flooding risk

Southwest, Plains to see record warmth

Published May 16, 2022 8:30am EDT

Strong to severe thunderstorms will impact a large portion of the East on Monday, including big cities along the I-95 corridor this afternoon.

Hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes will be possible with pockets of heavy rain causing flash flooding.

The severe storm threat for Monday. (Fox News)

Another area of concern will be over parts of eastern New Mexico and Texas.

The national forecast for Monday, May 16. (Fox News)

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Record warmth will be the story for parts of the Southwest and the Southern Plains with heat indices surpassing the century mark.

The forecast heat index for Tuesday. (Fox News)

High fire danger returns to this region as well as temperatures soar, dry conditions persist and winds pick up.

Janice Dean joined FOX News Channel (FNC) in January 2004 where she currently serves as senior meteorologist for the network. In addition, she is the morning meteorologist for FNC’s signature morning show, FOX & Friends (weekdays 6-9AM/ET) as well as contributes to FOX Weather, FOX News Media’s free ad-supported streaming television ("FAST") weather service. Click here to listen to "The Janice Dean Podcast."