The central United States is getting active with severe weather once again, with rounds of thunderstorms anticipated into the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
The return of a more stormy pattern kicked off at midweek, with violent storms breaking out from eastern Montana to northern Colorado. A separate batch of severe weather fired up across West Texas late Wednesday.
On Thursday, the risk for severe weather will shift slightly farther south and east, stretching from western Kansas to the Big Bend of Texas. Damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes will all be possible with the strongest storms in areas including around Garden City and Dodge City, Kansas; Woodward, Oklahoma; and Abilene, Texas.
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Heavy to locally severe storms are expected to once again rumble across the central and southern Plains at the end of the week, but there should be an overall lull in the amount of severe weather incidents on Friday.
AccuWeather meteorologists anticipate another period of severe weather to ramp back up for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
"As a piece of energy moves northeastward out of the Rockies and moisture moves northward on Saturday, severe weather will be possible," AccuWeather Meteorologist Ryan Adamson said. "Development of thunderstorms is most likely by the mid- to late-afternoon hours."
The storms are forecast to erupt across western South Dakota and western Nebraska and then move east-northeastward.
"The most likely threat will initially be large hail," Adamson said. "However, as the storms become more of a cluster, damaging winds will become more of a risk, with an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 70 mph."
Since the day is likely to start out dry with sunshine across these areas, residents will need to make sure they stay aware of the weather throughout the day, especially if they are spending any time outdoors. As soon as you hear thunder, see lightning or spot tall, darkening clouds, head indoors and away from windows.
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The risk of tornadoes will be low with this event but not zero.
"So far this year through May 19, there have been 640 preliminary reports of tornadoes. This is just below the average of 659 reports for the same," Adamson said.
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Torrential downpours are likely regardless of the severity of the storms, which could cause driving difficulties in the form of reduced visibility and a heightened risk of hydroplaning on stretches of interstates 29, 80 and 90.
Severe weather dangers may not just be confined to those across the northern tier of the nation's midsection at the beginning of the weekend.
"There will be a second area of storms possible farther south in parts of western Texas along the dividing line between dry air and moist air, known as a dry line," Adamson said. "Any storms in this area should be more scattered, but some isolated severe weather will be possible."
Heading into Sunday and Memorial Day weekend, the Central states are likely to remain the focal point of stormy weather, which is not good news for those with cookouts and other outdoor activities planned for the unofficial start to summer.
Keep checking back on AccuWeather.com and stay tuned to the AccuWeather Network on DirecTV, Frontier and Verizon Fios.
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