Omaha, Nebraska — A new round of severe weather is expected to sweep across the central United States this weekend, bringing the threat of damaging thunderstorms, tornadoes, large hail, and expanding flooding concerns from the High Plains to the Ohio Valley.
The storm system arrives after a brief lull in severe weather activity following a powerful outbreak earlier in the week that generated nearly 300 severe weather reports, including damaging winds and multiple tornadoes across parts of the Plains and Midwest.
Forecasters say the next wave of storms could impact millions of residents as conditions become favorable for widespread severe weather through early next week.
Severe Thunderstorms Expected Across the Plains
As a developing storm system emerges from the Rocky Mountains, thunderstorms are forecast to rapidly intensify across portions of the High Plains on Saturday…