Lines of storms pushed across the Northeast sending soaking rain to areas that had been facing increasing drought for weeks.

Mid-Atlantic

A series of thunderstorms have moved through Pennsylvania, New York, and the mid-Atlantic, providing much-needed rainfall to these areas. Severe weather, including gusty winds and lightning, has prompted warnings in parts of North Carolina and Virginia, with particular caution advised for those near Lake Norman and the Richmond area.

The storms are associated with two cold fronts, leading to a notable drop in temperatures from the Dakotas to Minnesota and further south. The weather system is expected to bring further showers and possible severe thunderstorms to the I-95 corridor and additional cooling to the Mid-Atlantic coast.

Storms bring much-needed rain to the Northeast and mid-Atlantic

We've got rain targeting parts of Pennsylvania and New York earlier in the day and we're going to be dealing with some thunderstorms near I-95 escalating right now. The NFL season kicks off tonight in Philly where a few early thunderstorms are possible. And meanwhile, it feels more like October across the north central U.S. with highs only in the 40s and 50s from parts of the Dakotas to Minnesota. Lake effect showers and even a few water spouts will be possible with each burst of colder air here, Jeff. But first, go and take a live look at Kane, Pennsylvania. And this is an area that we've seen some rainfall because you have the wet roads right there in Kane. Absolutely. This is not too far from from Smithport, PA, which is the icebox of Pennsylvania, has the statewide record low temperature, statewide record high temperature, all times Phoenixville, PA. And we're going to be dealing with some thunderstorms there. We are facing some gusty thunderstorms through parts of eastern Virginia. Taking this from south to north, we're going to remove the lightning strikes. And I wanted to point out also some severe weather in progress in parts of North Carolina, too. So just north of Charlotte, far northern Mecklenburg County, right over Lake Norman, Lake Norman, their western Iredell County, eastern Lincoln, eastern Catawba County, a severe thunderstorm warning is in progress. And if somebody is maybe off today and they're out there on the boat on Lake Norman, be careful. Again, if you have family members out there, you may want to give them a heads up. Severe thunderstorm warning in progress. We have some strong storms making their push into the Richmond area. Lots of lightning with that heading up into the Philadelphia metro. Tailgaters perhaps hearing a little bit of distant rumble or two of thunder way to the north up into parts of Bucks County. Thankfully, we're getting a little bit of a gap between lightning zones here in Philadelphia proper. The southern cluster of thunderstorms at this point is on a trajectory to stay probably just south of the city. So we're going to get a downpour here momentarily in Philadelphia, the sports complex. But our concern for game time, still a couple hours out, is that we could see a little bit of redevelopment out here with some evening and overnight thunderstorms still possible in Philadelphia. But the greater threat for lightning really is with this first push. We have showers and storms near the area of the Finger Lakes as well. So we're going to be dealing with a big temperature change here. We have two fronts coming into the northeast. The first one is knocking on the door of Philadelphia and New York right now. We're at 82 down in Richmond, Virginia, in advance of this, but down to 58 up into Green Bay right now. And again, we've got pregame thunderstorms and potential for a thunderstorm as well later during the game. Small chance of that into Philadelphia. There will be some showers around, perhaps a lightning delay. We have some showers lingering to the north on Friday. And then the second front, the second one, brings some interruptions to high school football in Kentucky, West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania tomorrow evening, and that activates some additional thunderstorms that could become severe for I-95 on Saturday. And that's the front that's going to deliver the true cool down for the Mid-Atlantic coast. Damian?

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