Severe Weather Outbreak Could Spawn Tornadoes In Plains Through Monday Severe weather is returning to the central United States after a brief respite, with conditions expected to escalate into an outbreak by Sunday and Monday. The Storm Prediction Center has issued multiple tornado and severe thunderstorm watches, highlighting the potential for tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds across the Plains and into parts of the Midwest and Mississippi Valley. A tornado watch is in effect until 7 p.m. CDT for western and central Iowa, northwest Missouri, and eastern Nebraska, including Omaha. Another tornado watch extends until 9 p.m. CDT for central and eastern Kansas, covering Wichita. A severe thunderstorm watch is in place for western Wisconsin and eastern and southern Missouri, including Minneapolis. These watches indicate the likelihood of tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds in the affected regions. Severe storms are expected to intensify across the Plains, with the most significant threat emerging on Sunday. Supercell thunderstorms are anticipated in the Central and Southern Plains, stretching from Texas to Oklahoma, Kansas, western Missouri, western Arkansas, and possibly parts of Nebraska. These storms could produce strong tornadoes, along with very large hail and damaging wind gusts. The pattern is expected to spread to the Mississippi Valley and lower Ohio Valley by Monday. The severe weather threat is compounded by the potential for additional rainfall. The Midwest could receive over an inch of rain through Monday, leading to isolated flash flooding and slowing the decline of rivers still in flood. Locally flooding rain is also possible from Missouri and Kansas into Arkansas and the mid-South, despite some areas being in extreme drought.#national_weather_service #storm_prediction_center #tornado_watch #severe_thunderstorm_watch #central_united_states
