Feisty storms will continue to target US High Plains early this week
The hail in Colorado won't let up, its even knocking the leaves off trees in Arapahoe Park on June 1.
Residents and travelers across the High Plains will need to be on alert for another round of severe thunderstorms to fire up into Monday night.
The storms can bring similar scenes to what occurred around the Denver metro area on Saturday when hailstones tore leaves off trees and accumulated several inches deep in some areas.
Hail pelts a neighborhood near Arapahoe Park in Colorado on Saturday, June 1, 2019. (Twitter/@Steve__Bowens)
Hail also accumulated on roadways in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, on Sunday.
The main severe weather threat area has set up farther west when compared to the days of severe storms in the Central states during late May.
A new round of storms is forecast to erupt from near the Black Hills of South Dakota to central and eastern New Mexico and West Texas and progress slowly eastward during Monday evening.
A few small clusters of heavy, gusty and locally severe storms are also likely farther to the east over the Plains into Monday night.
People should keep a close eye on severe weather bulletins and seek shelter as storms approach.
Any storms that wander over stretches of interstates 10, 20, 27, 40, 70, 76 and 80 can threaten motorists with reduced visibility from downpours and blowing spray, as well as large hail.
While it may be tempting, it is never a good idea to seek shelter under an overpass during severe weather.
"Any storms that move farther eastward into central parts of Kansas and Oklahoma later on during Monday night will generally bring a flash flood threat," AccuWeather Meteorologist Brett Rathbun said.
Thunderstorm winds can remain locally damaging through the overnight hours.
"The storms will also carry an isolated tornado threat, though the risk will not be nearly as high as the pattern during late May," Rathbun added.
Tuesday may bring yet another round of severe weather to the southern Plains and an expansion of violent storms across the central Plains, possibly into the tornado-ravaged communities of Linwood, Kansas, and Jefferson City, Missouri.
The severe storm risk will likely come to an end around the Denver metro area this day.
Beyond Tuesday, AccuWeather meteorologists are concerned that new or worsening flooding will become the biggest risk to lives and property across the South Central states.
Moisture from a brewing tropical threat in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico may increase this risk of flooding.
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