Severe thunderstorms, flash flooding threaten Plains, Midwest, East
Rounds of severe thunderstorms will threaten the Plains, Midwest and Northeast into early next week, bringing damaging winds, large hail and flash flooding in areas stretching for hundreds of miles.
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Downpours and strong thunderstorms will develop this week along a cool front that will continue to slowly dip southward into the Southeast. Some storms will produce damaging winds, while localized downpours can trigger flash flooding.
As the front drifts into and stalls across parts of the Southeast on Friday, spotty heavy and gusty thunderstorms are possible.
Severe storm risk shifts back to Plains, Upper Midwest Friday
A new front will advance across the northern and central Plains and Upper Midwest.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to develop along the new front from central Nebraska and north-central Kansas to northern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin.
The storms Friday afternoon and evening will bring a risk of damaging wind gusts, hail, downpours and even a tornado or two.
Locally strong to severe storms this weekend
As the mosaic of locally drenching storms continues in the Southeast on Saturday, some storms will be heavy and gusty in parts of the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes region.
An area of stronger, potentially severe thunderstorms is expected from northeastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska to northwestern Missouri on Saturday. Hail and localized damaging wind gusts will be the primary threats, but a tornado or two also cannot be ruled out.
Another round of severe thunderstorms may develop across parts of the north-central United States on Sunday.
Flooding downpours, hail and localized damaging wind gusts will be the main threats within the strongest storms.
The severe threat will shift southeastward on Monday, with hail, damaging wind gusts and flash flooding possible across eastern Nebraska, much of Iowa, far southern Minnesota and far southwestern Wisconsin.
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