Cleveland Weather: Hazardous Weather Outlook Amid Thunderstorms

CLEVELAND — A hazardous weather outlook was issued Monday morning for north-central and northeast Ohio as a large storm system moves across the United States.

A chance of showers and thunderstorms were possible in the Cleveland area Monday morning and afternoon, the National Weather Service said.

In a hazardous weather outlook for the region, the weather service said isolated to scattered thunderstorms could develop in the area ahead of a cold front that moves across the region.

"There is a marginal chance that these thunderstorms reach severe levels," the weather service said. "The region that has the greatest chance of seeing a stronger wind gust or maybe some large hail would be near and east of a line from Mount Vernon to Meadville."

Monday will be the last day of warm temperatures before colder air returns Tuesday and through the week, the weather service tweeted.

A large system stretched from Texas through parts of the South and Midwest up to the Northeast.

Severe weather began in areas in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa over the weekend, with hail as large as baseballs spotted in the plains, according to AccuWeather.

Those storms moved into parts of north Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee on Sunday night, and forecasters expect thunderstorms to "train" — or stall and redevelop — in those same areas Monday as warm and humid air from the Gulf of Mexico slows the cold front, according to AccuWeather.

A half-inch to an inch or rainfall was expected Monday in areas of the South and Midwest, including Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana.

Flash flooding was possible throughout a stretch from Texas to the Midwest on Monday. The biggest threats for isolated severe weather was in southeastern Texas and the Ohio Valley through Monday night, according to AccuWeather. Damaging hail and winds were most likely in any severe thunderstorm that develops in the system, but isolated tornadoes could also be possible, according to forecasters.