A Moderate Risk of Severe Thunderstorms is Forecast Today and/or Tonight
Severe thunderstorms are expected this evening into tonight across much of the southern Plains and lower Missouri Valley. The greatest severe threat will be from north Texas northeastward through Oklahoma into far southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri. All hazards will be possible including tornadoes, with some strong, damaging wind gusts above 70 mph, and very large hail exceeding 2 inches in diameter. Scattered severe storms will also be possible later this evening in parts of west-central and southwest Texas. Isolated severe storms are also expected to occur this evening in parts of the mid to upper Mississippi Valley northeastward into the Great Lakes.
For additional details, see the latest
Day 1 Convective Outlook.
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