Rare ‘High Risk’ Severe Weather Threat Issued for Central US

Millions of people in the central United States are bracing for strong storms this week, including large tornadoes and strong winds that could hit multiple areas on Monday evening. “Numerous severe thunderstorms are likely to produce multiple intense, long-track tornadoes, very large to giant hail, and damaging winds this afternoon into tonight across parts of the southern-central Plains,” said the NWS on a bulletin on Monday. Much of Oklahoma and parts of Kansas are at the greatest risk of bad weather, including areas in Oklahoma, such as Sulphur and Holdenville, on Monday, officials with the National Weather Service (NWS) warned. Both the Plains and Midwest have been hammered by tornadoes this spring....