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ARTICLE VIEW: | |
Multiday severe weather threat could continue tornado streak this week | |
By Allison Chinchar, CNN | |
Updated: | |
10:11 AM EDT, Sun May 5, 2024 | |
Source: CNN | |
More than 25 million people are under the threat of severe storms | |
Monday from Dallas to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. | |
“Multiple strong/potentially long-track tornadoes, very large to | |
giant hail, and severe/damaging winds all appear likely,” the Storm | |
Prediction Center said Sunday. | |
A Level 4 of 5 risk for severe storms will affect more than 2 million | |
people from Oklahoma City through Wichita, Kansas. | |
Some of the same areas hit by tornadoes just o are expecting severe | |
storms again Monday afternoon and evening. | |
We are now at 10 days in a row of confirmed tornadoes across the | |
country and the count could continue to grow. | |
A multiday severe weather outbreak is possible Monday through | |
Wednesday, increasing the already-above average tornado count even | |
higher. | |
May is statistically the peak month for tornadoes in the US, and we are | |
already off to a busy start. As of May 4, the US has had a total of 583 | |
preliminary tornado reports this year, which is slightly above the | |
average to date of 531. Last month ended with 300 preliminary confirmed | |
tornadoes which is the on record for April. | |
By Tuesday, the threat shifts eastward into the Mississippi Valley and | |
Ohio Valley regions. A Level 2 of 5 threat exists for Louisville and | |
Nashville in Kentucky, Memphis and Little Rock in Arkansas, along with | |
Cincinnati and Indianapolis. The main threat will be damaging winds but | |
the potential for tornadoes and hail exists. | |
For portions of Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois, strong thunderstorms | |
may already be ongoing Tuesday morning. The timing focus of the severe | |
storms for all other areas will begin during the afternoon and continue | |
through the evening hours. | |
Wednesday’s severe potential is over a very similar area, including | |
from northeastern Texas through western Ohio. Daytime heating and humid | |
conditions will help fuel the severe threat during the afternoon and | |
allow storms to continue through evening and overnight. All severe | |
hazards are possible Wednesday including large hail, damaging winds, | |
and tornadoes. | |
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