Wide Swath of the U.S. Faces Days of Severe Weather A major storm system is set to bring multiple days of severe weather across a large portion of the United States, with forecasters warning of significant risks through early next week. Friday is highlighted as one of the most dangerous days, with severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds, flooding, and tornadoes expected to impact regions from Texas to the Great Lakes. The Storm Prediction Center has issued warnings that severe weather is likely each day for the next eight days, with Friday and Tuesday identified as the peak threat periods. Meteorologists attribute the severe conditions to a stalled weather front stretching across the Central United States, from the southern Plains to the Ohio Valley. This system is interacting with warm, moist air moving northward from the Gulf of Mexico, creating atmospheric instability that fuels severe thunderstorms. Enhanced risk warnings have been issued for Friday and Saturday, particularly in the southern and central Plains, including major cities such as Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Missouri, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. In Texas, Governor Greg Abbott has activated emergency resources to prepare for the storm. Forecasters warn that some of the strongest storms could produce tornadoes, wind gusts exceeding 80 miles per hour, and hail larger than two inches in diameter. Repeated thunderstorms also pose a risk of flash flooding, with the Weather Prediction Center indicating rainfall totals of up to two inches possible. Heavier precipitation, ranging from three to five inches, is expected in parts of northern Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas on Thursday and Friday. Additional areas at risk include parts of Missouri, Kentucky, and southern portions of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.#tornadoes #national_weather_service #storm_prediction_center #weather_prediction_center #governor_greg_abbott
