Severe storms to focus on Plains states through Father's Day weekend
While most severe thunderstorms over the Great Plains will tend to be spotty in nature through the Father's Day weekend, some of the storms can be dangerous with high winds, hail and even a tornado.
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The greatest risk of severe weather through the Father's Day weekend will be over the Great Plains, near the edge of moist air to the east and dry air to the west, AccuWeather meteorologists warn.
People with travel or outdoor plans through the weekend are encouraged to stay up-to-date with the weather. As thunderstorms grow, conditions can quickly change during the late afternoon and evening hours. As a general rule, "if thunder roars, move indoors."
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Much of the thunderstorm activity may be widely separated over the vast open places of the Plains. However, some storms may gather to form large groups where more severe weather can occur and move along over considerable distances.
On Friday, thunderstorms erupted over the High Plains, bringing hail and damaging winds from Montana to eastern Colorado and northwestern Kansas. A few tornadoes were also reported in Colorado and Nebraska.
Yet another round of severe thunderstorms is forecast for the same general area of the High Plains on Saturday.
Even though Saturday's severe thunderstorms during the late-day and nighttime hours will be widely separated, the risk will extend for nearly 1,000 miles from the Oklahoma Panhandle to northern Montana.
The Saturday evening storms will bring the risk of a few tornadoes, as well as the same potential for large hail and powerful wind gusts.
On Father's Day, the severe weather threat will expand farther to the east across the northern and central Plains.
On Sunday, the storms will advance eastward as a solid line, broken line segments or perhaps a large cluster.
The storms on Father's Day will carry the full spectrum of severe weather ranging from powerful wind gusts to hail, flash flooding and perhaps a few tornadoes.
Daily rounds of severe weather are expected to continue from Monday through Wednesday of the new week, with much of the North Central states at risk once again for heavy to severe thunderstorms.
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