Wide Swath of the U.S. Faces Days of Severe Weather
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- A major storm system is expected to impact a large portion of the United States, from Texas to the Great Lakes, bringing multiple days of severe weather including large hail, damaging winds, flooding, and tornadoes.
- The Storm Prediction Center forecasts daily severe weather threats for the next eight days, with Friday and Tuesday posing the highest risks due to a stalled weather front across the Central U.S.
- Warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico meeting colder upper atmosphere air is creating instability that will fuel severe thunderstorms across the southern Plains to the Ohio Valley.
- Enhanced risk warnings have been issued for Friday and Saturday in parts of the southern and central Plains, including Oklahoma City, Kansas City, and Tulsa, with Texas Governor Greg Abbott activating
