AccuWeather meteorologists warn that severe weather and the possibility of additional tornadoes will return to the central United States on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Storms can bring with them the possibility of tornadoes as well as strong winds, big hail, and deluges of rain, which can worsen or cause flooding.
Severe weather, including tornadoes, may strike again or at least pose a threat to many of the same regions that were recently shook and completely destroyed by flash flooding and severe weather.
Regretfully, from Friday to Sunday, a number of people—including a baby—were murdered by strong storms and tornadoes. Over 125 tornadoes and almost 1,000 other severe weather-related occurrences took place.
With the final gasp of thunderstorms pushing along the central Gulf Coast region with gusty gusts and heavy downpours, the atmosphere was reloading on Monday. The cluster of storms has been causing 4–10 inches of rain and flash flooding in some areas of Texas and Louisiana since Sunday.
According to AccuWeather Chief On-Air Meteorologist Bernie Rayno, “two more storm systems will affect the Central states this week.”
Tuesday and Wednesday will see a swift shift in the first storm system, moving from the middle Plains to the Upper Midwest.
“This storm will bring a reprise of severe weather, mainly in the form of high winds and hail, but also the potential for tornadoes in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa on Tuesday afternoon and evening,” Rayno stated.
Omaha, Nebraska, can be situated in the center of the area of danger.
According to AccuWeather, there is a moderate chance of severe weather, including tornadoes, on Tuesday in this region as well as a tiny portion of southwest Minnesota, northeastern Kansas, northwest Missouri, and southeastern South Dakota.
As far south as west central Texas, there is a general risk of severe weather on Tuesday afternoon and evening.
Due to the extreme weather this week, major cities in Kansas and Missouri, including Omaha, Kansas City, Springfield, Des Moines, Iowa, Topeka, and Wichita, Oklahoma’s Oklahoma City and Tulsa From Tuesday through Thursday, there will be danger for Wichita Falls and Abilene, Texas, on all three days.
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Due to the extreme weather this week, major cities in Kansas and Missouri, including Omaha, Kansas City, Springfield, Des Moines, Iowa, Topeka, and Wichita, Oklahoma’s Oklahoma City and Tulsa From Tuesday through Thursday, there will be danger for Wichita Falls and Abilene, Texas, on all three days.
This week, there are two major storms. The second one is expected to leave the central Rockies on Wednesday and move slowly northward over the northern Plains and Upper Midwest on Thursday.
The region of severe weather that is expected to develop on Wednesday is almost exactly the same as it was on Tuesday; it stretches from Nebraska and Iowa 900 miles south to the vicinity of the Rio Grande River’s Big Bend in Texas.
“We could be looking at more than a dozen tornadoes Wednesday in portions of the central and southern Plains,” Rayno stated.
Strong enough storm systems to create tornadoes can also cause a lot of huge hail, strong winds, and heavy rainstorms.
The second storm system on Thursday will continue to provide a hazard for severe weather. The threat zone will mostly cover the same territory as Tuesday and Wednesday, but it will also go further east, into Illinois and Wisconsin, near the Mississippi River and east of the Mississippi.
There is a chance that the storms will bring hail and powerful winds at times. A few tornadoes, nevertheless, cannot be completely ruled out.
“The overall coverage of severe weather on Thursday may be more localized when compared to Tuesday and Wednesday, as well as that of this past Friday and Saturday,” AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Matt Benz stated.
Flooding might occur again or could get worse because the storms will recur over the same places for several days, especially in areas that were previously affected by last week’s recurrent storms and downpours.
Heavy rains in recent days caused small streams and rivers to swell to the point of moderate to catastrophic flooding. The Mississippi River’s middle segment may reach a minor flood stage in certain places as a result of the rains.
Some locations that have not seen flash flooding recently may yet face this risk due to the downpours.
