The FOX Forecast Center is monitoring a potent fall cross-country storm that will cover 40 states and bring severe weather to the central U.S. and days of heavy rain to the Northeast this weekend and into early next week.

The storm is currently working its way east through the Rockies after dropping record-setting rain on California earlier in the week and heavy snow in the Sierra .

The Midwest will see heavy rain by Friday, while the Ozarks and Mississippi Valley will have to contend with a severe weather threat in addition to the rain before the system reaches the Northeast by Sunday.

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Weekend severe storm threat for central US could bring tornadoes and large hail

The cold front driving this powerful storm brought heavy rain to the Dakotas Thursday morning. N

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