An exceptionally active tornado season across the United States continues on Monday as widespread storms are expected across the Plains
It’s the heart of spring tornado season south of the border and Monday’s weather could prove dangerous for millions in the centre of the country.
The U.S. Storm Prediction Center (SPC) calls for widespread severe thunderstorms across the Plains and Midwestern states through the afternoon and nighttime hours on Monday.
This week’s stateside severe weather threat is linked to the same low-pressure system that’ll bring heavy rain to the southern Prairies.
A moderate risk for severe weather—a level four on the five-category scale gauging the risk for dangerous storms—is in place for portions of central Oklahoma and southern Kansas, including the Oklahoma City metro area.
Storms are likely to develop on the western Plains with the heat of the day Monday, quickly organizing into supercells capable of producing strong, long-lived tornadoes across much of Oklahoma and Kansas. These supercells could also produce ‘giant’ hail as large as 10 cm in diameter, or about the size of a softball.
Heading into the evening hours, forecasters expect thunderstorms to quickly merge into one or more powerful squall lines that track east through the overnight hours late Monday into early Tuesday.
