The storms are part of an unusually active spring severe weather season.
Share on email , giant hail, along with damaging straight-line winds and flooding rains are erupting across the Plains, continuing into Saturday night, the National Weather Service warns.The storms, which the NWS says may produce multiple tornadoes, come amid an especially active tornado season.
Areas at risk of seeing some of the greatest impacts include a stretch of Kansas into Oklahoma and north Texas. Cities most at risk include Wichita, Oklahoma City and Abilene, Texas. Overnight, severe weather may shift east, affecting Dallas-Ft. Worth, Tulsa and parts of Missouri and Arkansas.The thunderstorms are forming in an extremely volatile environment with all of the ingredients needed for spawning powerful tornadoes present, from winds blowing at different speeds and directions with height to high humidity and extremely unstable air.
More severe thunderstorms are forecast Sunday and into Memorial Day in the Central states and eventually the East Coast.Share on linkedin
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