周三，对于东方数百万人来说，这就像是一个夏日午后反常的温暖东海岸的天气状况打破了每日最高纪录。
周三下午，从华盛顿特区到费城和纽约市的I-95走廊沿线的气温飙升至80多度，打破了这三个城市的每日纪录。
周三，华盛顿特区迎来了今年的第一个90度高温日，比往常提前了约一个月。
费城周三下午达到了91度，这也是这座兄弟之爱的城市今年第一个90度的日子。
纽约市周三也创下了每日最高纪录。大苹果达到了90度，打破了1941年4月15日87度的前纪录。
但是夏季般的天气预计是短暂的
周三是最热的一天，周四气温稍低。一个更实质性的冷却在周五到来，进入即将到来的周末。
中西部和平原部分地区发布龙卷风警报
中西部和平原地区的居民连续第三天在周三下午准备迎接另一场恶劣天气的爆发，破坏性的阵风，大冰雹和一些可能的龙卷风。
从德克萨斯州北部到五大湖南部，近5000万人处于恶劣天气威胁区。
周三下午，分散的雷暴开始在平原和中西部的部分地区发展。然而，主要的威胁预计将在周三晚上出现，并持续到晚上。
至少在美国中部时间晚上9点之前，俄克拉荷马州、堪萨斯州东南部、密苏里州南部和阿肯色州西北部的部分地区一直处于龙卷风警戒状态。
周一和周二，破坏性的风暴带来了大范围的冰雹和破坏性的大风，席卷了中西部和平原的多个州。据报道，至少有九次龙卷风袭击了四个州——明尼苏达州、威斯康星州、爱荷华州和俄克拉荷马州。
国家气象局证实，周二晚上在密歇根州西部至少有两次龙卷风。一场龙卷风以每小时86英里的风速在密歇根州的奥特希哥造成了破坏，并在增强型藤田等级上被评为EF1级。
密歇根州蒙特卡姆县确认的另一场龙卷风也被评为EF1级，峰值风速估计为110英里/小时。
Cities along the East Coast see record heat, more severe weather hits Midwest and Plains
It's feeling like a summer afternoon for millions across the East on Wednesday, withunseasonably warmconditions breaking daily record highs along the East Coast.
On Wednesday afternoon, temperatures soared well into the 80s and lower 90s along the I-95 corridor from Washington, D.C. to Philadelphia and New York City, breaking daily records in all three cities.
Washington, D.C., saw its first 90-degree day of the year on Wednesday, about a month earlier than usual.
Philadelphia hit 91 degrees on Wednesday afternoon, which is also the first 90-degree day in the City of Brotherly Love this year.
New York City also set a daily high record on Wednesday. The Big Apple hit 90 degrees, breaking the previous record of 87 degrees on April 15, 1941.
But the summer-like weather is expected to be short-lived
Wednesday is the hottest day with high temperatures slightly lower on Thursday. A more substantial cooldown arrives by Friday into the upcoming weekend.
Tornado watch issued for parts of the Midwest and Plains
For the third straight day, residents of the Midwest and the Plains were bracing Wednesday afternoon for another severe weather outbreak, with damaging winds gusts, large hail and a few possible tornadoes.
Nearly 50 million people from North Texas to the southern Great Lakes were in the severe weather threat zone.
Scattered thunderstorms were beginning to develop across parts of the Plains and Midwest on Wednesday afternoon. However, the main threat was expected to unfold on Wednesday evening and continue into the night.
A tornado watch was in effect for portions of Oklahoma, southeastern Kansas, southern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas through at least 9 p.m. CT.
On Monday and Tuesday, destructive storms brought widespread reports of large hail and damaging winds across multiple states in the Midwest and Plains. At least nine reported tornadoes occurred across four states -- Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Oklahoma.
The National Weather Service confirmed at least two tornadoes in western Michigan on Tuesday night. A twister, packing 86 mph winds, caused damage in Otsego, Mich., and was rated an EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
Another tornado confirmed in Montcalm County, Michigan, was also rated an EF1 with peak winds estimated at 110 mph.
