SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK INTO NEXT WEEK

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Weather Decision Solutions – Severe Weather Discussion

Meteorologists at Weather Decision Solutions are monitoring gusty thunderstorms today across the Plains into western Texas. Some storms may become severe, producing:

• Large hail

• Strong wind gusts

• Brief heavy rainfall

The bigger concern develops through the weekend into early next week as a much broader area of severe weather expands across the central Plains and into the Midwest.

The highest severe weather risk appears to extend from:

• Kansas

• Nebraska

• Iowa

As a cold front pushes eastward into the Plains, warm and unstable air ahead of the boundary will support:

• Tornado potential

• Large hail

• Damaging winds

• Repeated rounds of thunderstorms

At the same time, colder air wrapping into the western side of the system may even bring another round of late-season snow to parts of the Front Range, possibly extending into areas near Denver.

Bottom Line

• Severe storms today Plains → western Texas

• Main threats: hail and strong winds

• Major severe weather outbreak possible this weekend into next week

• Tornado threat increases from KS → NE → IA

• Late-season snow possible again near the Rockies and Denver

Overall, this is shaping up to be a very active and stormy pattern across the central United States, with both severe weather and late-season cold weather impacts occurring simultaneously.