Severe Thunderstorms to Slam U.S. Midwest: Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Four Corners Region Brace for Impact

Severe Thunderstorms to Slam U.S. Midwest Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Four Corners Region Brace for Impact

The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has released a Day 2 Convective Outlook that shows there is a small chance of severe thunderstorms from the Central Plains to the western Oklahoma Panhandle and Texas.

The NWS also said that some strong thunderstorms will happen, mostly in western and central Kansas on Monday afternoon and early evening.

A system of upper-level low pressure is currently over the Four Corners and is expected to move northeast across the Central Plains. The NWS said that as this storm moves forward, it will increase mid-level flow and bring in colder temperatures, which could lead to severe weather. The NWS says that a weak surface low will move across Kansas, bringing with it some light low-level rain.

Early Monday, showers and thunderstorms will be happening from the Texas Panhandle to far eastern Colorado and western Kansas. These storms will be caused by warm air rising through the atmosphere. The NWS says that even though the storm will mostly move in a straight line, vertical shear will be strong enough to support organized updrafts, which could lead to big hail.

Because of diurnal warmth, the afternoon is when bad weather is most likely to happen. With temperatures expected to rise to the low to mid-70s and dewpoints in the low 60s, it might be good for discrete supercells that can cause all kinds of severe weather, even storms. The NWS said that the worst time for severe weather is expected to be between 4 PM and 10 PM, especially from central Kansas into south-central Nebraska.

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