Central US on high alert Monday for dangerous tornadoes, giant hail and destructive winds

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – After respective days of potent and deadly tempest activity, the cardinal U.S. volition stay nether a heightened hazard of severe weather connected Monday.

The FOX Forecast Center warns that a wide portion from Kansas and Oklahoma extending into parts of Missouri and Arkansas is expected to acquisition terrible thunderstorms. By aboriginal afternoon, eastbound Kansas, Oklahoma, bluish Texas and the Ozarks volition beryllium primed for terrible storms to develop. 

Significant harm was reported successful occidental Kansas aboriginal Monday greeting aft almighty storms produced tornadoes that damaged galore homes and brought down trees and powerfulness lines amid a uncommon Tornado Emergency.

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A concerning Level 4 retired of 5 terrible upwind threat includes large cities similar Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman and Broken Arrow successful Oklahoma, arsenic good arsenic Fort Smith, Arkansas. 

"The thunderstorm improvement that we're expecting aboriginal contiguous could nutrient immoderate precise ample tornadoes," FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin said.

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Some of the tornadoes could beryllium aggravated (EF-3 oregon stronger), with precise ample hail and terrible winds. Multiple lines of terrible storms volition propulsion eastward into Missouri and Arkansas, carrying the menace of damaging winds and embedded tornadoes. 

Intense terrible storms apt Tuesday from Ohio Valley to Tennessee Valley

Severe thunderstorms volition rumble into Tuesday crossed parts of the Ohio Valley and the mid-Mississippi and Tennessee valleys, with the imaginable for much damaging winds, ample hail and a fewer tornadoes. Thunderstorms whitethorn already beryllium ongoing Tuesday morning, particularly crossed Illinois, Indiana and perchance Kentucky.

"You person to deliberation astir these outlooks sometimes arsenic a continuing story," Merwin said. "What develops aboriginal contiguous is going to beryllium dragging into the overnight into tomorrow."

As temperatures and humidity ascent passim the time connected Tuesday, the atmosphere volition go unstable. This tin acceptable the signifier for beardown to terrible storms successful aggregate areas.

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A Level 3 retired of 5 menace for terrible storms includes large Tennessee cities similar Memphis, Nashville, Clarksville and Murfreesboro, arsenic good arsenic Huntsville, Alabama.

Farther south, ingredients volition travel unneurotic to supply an situation favorable for supercells. Initial supercells volition airs a hazard of each terrible tempest threats, including the imaginable for beardown tornadoes. With the ambiance not being disturbed, an organized enactment of storms volition make and propulsion eastward by Tuesday evening. 

By Wednesday, the cold front volition beryllium on the mid-Atlantic and Carolina coastlines. With immoderate daytime heating, determination is simply a accidental of terrible storms from Virginia to southeastern Georgia, particularly successful the afternoon, the FOX Forecast Center said.