Storms, Tornadoes Threaten Plains, Midwest

Storms and tornadoes threaten the Midwest and Plains region, according to reports.
Storms, Tornadoes Threaten Plains, Midwest
Jack Phillips
5/28/2013
Updated:
7/18/2015

Storms and tornadoes threaten the Midwest and Plains region, according to reports.

Parts of the Midwest, the Plains, and Texas could see more storms or even tornadoes this week--a week after a devastating tornado smashed through a suburb of Oklahoma City.

The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center said that Kansas City, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Des Moines, Iowa, could see storms.

“An upward evolving cluster of severe storms is possible across the [Central] Plains into [Iowa] during the latter half of the period,” which starts around Tuesday evening, the Center said.

The Weather Channels said that clusters of “severe thunderstorms” will creep across the Plains and Great Lakes region, bringing hail, winds, and maybe several tornadoes.

Flash flooding will also be a threat amid the storms.

“The tornado threat seems highest from west-central Illinois west to Kansas, then southwest into west Oklahoma and northwest Texas,” Weather Channel meteorologist Kevin Roth said, according to NBC News.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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