A new storm system taking shape in the nation's midsection will continue to spawn severe weather and a risk of flooding as it sweeps eastward now through Tuesday. On the cold side of this same system, snow is falling in the Rockies and the adjacent Plains.
(MORE: Record Slow Start For Strongest Tornadoes)
Below are the latest forecast details showing where thunderstorms with large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes and heavy rain will be a concern through Tuesday.
Current Radar, Severe Alerts
Sunday Night Forecast
Monday's Forecast
Sunday night:
- Severe storms should march eastward across the eastern half of Texas and eastern Oklahoma into the mid- and lower Mississippi Valley.
- Cities: Dallas-Ft. Worth | Fayetteville, Ark. | Little Rock, Ark. | Springfield, Mo.
- Very large hail (2 inches or greater diameter), damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes are possible. Maximum TOR:CON value: 4
- Excessive rainfall could trigger localized flooding from northern Michigan to northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin, southeast Iowa and northern Missouri.
- Scattered severe thunderstorms possible along the cold front in the South, including portions of Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, northwest Georgia and Louisiana.
- Damaging wind gusts, hail and isolated tornadoes possible. Maximum TOR:CON value: 3
- Locally heavy rain may trigger flash flooding, since much of this area is still saturated from heavy rain a week ago.
- A few severe storms may linger near the Southeast coast, from southeast Virginia and eastern North Carolina to northern Florida.
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TOR:CON
Severe Weather Expert, Dr. Greg Forbes, rates your tornado risk today on a scale of 1 to 10. Find out if there's a heightened risk where you live.- View TOR:CON index
(MORE: TOR:CON index explained)
Typical Tornado Risk
Severe Weather Expert Dr. Greg Forbes shows you what time of year and in what locations the tornado risk peaks. Click on the links below to learn more about tornado climatology.- Tornado risk by month
- City specific tornado histories
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PHOTOS: Classic Tornado Photos
NOAA
One of the oldest known photographs of a
tornado. It is probable this image has been "doctored" from the
original. At this time, the oldest known photograph of a tornado was
taken on April 26, 1884 at Garnett, Kansas.
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