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News / Severe Weather
Severe weather to ramp up over northern, central Plains
By Mary Gilbert, AccuWeather meteorologist
Published May 19, 2020 10:44 AM EDT
This tornado touched down in Madison County, Ohio, on May 18. At the time of the tornado, there were no reports of damage or injuries.
Following an abnormally warm start to the week for portions of the Plains, the threat for severe weather will ramp up midweek.
On Monday night, a few strong thunderstorms produced damaging winds that snapped large tree branches and brought down power lines for portions of Montana. Hail-producing thunderstorms followed on Tuesday.
More numerous severe thunderstorms are expected to follow at midweek across portions of the northern and central Plains.
Unseasonably warm conditions to start the week and an influx of moist air will help provide the atmospheric fuel for some potentially explosive storms into Wednesday night.
Storms are expected to initiate just east of the Rockies and push into parts of Nebraska, the Dakotas and even into the southern portion of Canada's Saskatchewan province through Wednesday night.
A separate area of severe weather will also rattle western Texas during this time.
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Very large hail, damaging winds and localized flash flooding will be the greatest threats with Wednesday's storms. However, even an isolated tornado or two cannot be ruled out.
An AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 70 mph is possible in the strongest storms.
The risk of thunderstorms is expected to shift slightly to the east on Thursday, and any severe weather is anticipated to be isolated in nature.
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Following another lull in the severe weather on Friday, AccuWeather meteorologists anticipate another period of severe weather to ramp back up for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
"The threat of severe weather during the holiday weekend into the central and northern Plains will continue right to [the middle of next week]," AccuWeather's Lead Long-Range Meteorologist Paul Pastelok said.
Storms can bring damaging winds, hail and heavy rainfall over this period, Pastelok added. Isolated tornadoes are another danger.
The threat zones this holiday weekend will also stretch into parts of the southern Plains.
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