MINNEAPOLIS (FOX Weather): A multi-day severe weather outbreak is expected to develop across the central United States and Upper Midwest this week, with forecasters warning that millions of people could face threats ranging from large hail and damaging winds to tornadoes and localized flash flooding.
According to the FOX Forecast Center, severe storms will first target portions of the Central Plains on Monday before the threat expands into the Upper Midwest by Tuesday and Wednesday. More than 40 million Americans could be affected as the storm system moves eastward.
A Level 2 out of 5 severe weather risk was in place Monday from Colorado’s Front Range into central Kansas. Forecasters said storms developing during the afternoon and evening could produce hail larger than 2 inches in diameter, wind gusts exceeding 70 mph and isolated tornadoes…