WeatherFanatics: LIVE: Powerful Storms Trek Across the Plains

June 5,2014; 9:23PM,EDT

Potent thunderstorms will continue to unfold across areas of the Plains into Friday morning.
"An area of thunderstorms will move across Kansas bringing damaging winds, large hail and possible tornadoes," AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Mike LeSeney said. "The threat for later Friday will be in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles with again damaging winds, large hail and possible tornadoes."
Power outages remain across portions of Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee, following strong winds associated with the storms Wednesday night into Thursday morning. More than 6.8 inches of rain fell in two hours early Thursday morning at Centerville, Tennessee, as a flash flood warning was posted for the area.
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For older details on the storm's damage from earlier this week, visit our reports story.

Updates: (All Times Listed in Central Time)

10:10 p.m. CDT Thursday: Hen-egg-sized hail fell 13 miles west of Lamar, Colorado, reports storm chaser.
10:00 p.m. CDT Thursday: More than 13,000 Memphis Light, Gas and Water customers without electricity, the utility reports.
9:29 p.m. CDT Thursday: 19,000 Atlanta-area customers are without electricity, Georgia Power reports.
9:15 p.m. CDT Thursday: As storms pass Atlanta:
9:10 p.m. CDT Thursday: 0.60 inches of rain fell in one hour at the South River at Forest Park Road at Atlanta.
8:35 p.m. CDT Thursday: Stormy skies over Atlanta:

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8:05 p.m. CDT Thursday: Storms just rolled through Atlanta with wind gusts recorded at the airport of 52 mph, AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Brian Edwards said.

7:25 p.m. CDT Thursday: Hail totaling 1 inch in diameter reported near Centennial, Colorado.
6:35 p.m. CDT Thursday: Three reported dead due to storms Thursday in the South, reports the Associated Press.
6:15 p.m. CDT Thursday:
6:05 p.m.CDT Thursday:
6:00 p.m. CDT Thursday: Hail in Matheson, Colorado, totaling one to two inches deep on roadways, reports NWS spotter.
6:00 p.m.CDT Thursday: Holly Pond, Alabama:
5:50 p.m. CDT Thursday:
5:44 p.m.CDT Thursday:
5:35 p.m. CDT Thursday: NWS reports one person was killed due to a downed tree because of high winds in Black Rock, Arkansas, Thursday.
5:05 p.m. CDT Thursday:Wind gusts up to 80 mph reported in Madison, Alabama, reports NWS spotter.
4:40 p.m. CDT Thursday: Golf ball-sized hail reported near Jasper, Minnesota, reports NWS spotter.
4:40 p.m. CDT Thursday:
4:30 p.m. CDT Thursday: Ping pong ball-sized hail reported near Spirit Lake, Iowa, reports NWS spotter.
4:15 p.m. CDT Thursday: Hail of 2 inches in diameter reported in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, reports NWS employee.
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2:32 p.m. CDT Thurdsay:
1:35 p.m. CDT Thursday: Due to wind in Black Rock, Arkansas, downed trees on van traps several passengers with a possible fatality and blocks highway 63, reports law enforcement.
12:55 p.m. CDT Thursday: More than 12,000 Entergy customers without power in Arkansas.
12:38 p.m. CDT Thursday: The post office in Brandsville, Missouri, reports trees down, wind gusts between 50 and 60 mph.
11:55 a.m. CDT Thursday:
11:36 a.m. CDT Thursday: More than 12,600 are without power in Kansas as strong winds reportedly topple power lines in some eastern counties.
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10:37 a.m. CDT Thursday: An emergency manager in Denton, Kansas, reports a 60 mph wind gust.
10:08 a.m. CDT Thursday: An emergency manager in Stone County, Missouri, reports downed trees and power lines blocking roadways.
9:28 a.m. CDT Thursday: Multiple roads across northern Missouri are closed from flooding, according to MoDot.

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9:05 a.m. CDT Thursday: Mesonet reports 7.45 inches of rain for Perry County, Tennessee from these storms.
8:40 a.m. CDT Thursday: More than 5,300 Westar customers are currently without power in Kansas.
8:00 a.m. CDT Thursday: Street flooding around Wichita, Kansas:
Flooding captured in the Wichita, Kan., area early Thursday morning. (Instagram Video/browni8727).
7:20 a.m CDT Thursday: Thunderstorms continue to blast Kansas with high winds and hail. Gusts of 60 mph were reported by law enforcement in Eureka, Kansas. Meanwhile, the storms are unleashing torrential rain. Hillsboro and McPherson, Kansas, have recorded 2.53 inches and 2.62 inches of rain, respectively.
6:30 a.m. CDT Thursday: A trained spotter reported golf ball-sized hail near Clearwater, Kansas.
6:05 a.m. CDT Thursday: An NWS employee reported quarter-sized hail covering the ground in West Wichita, Kansas.
5:45 a.m. CDT Thursday: Yet another dangerous thunderstorm complex is unfolding in the Plains. Winds as high as 76 mph and hail larger than baseballs have been spawned by the storms in Kansas early Thursday morning. The most violent storms will track well south of I-70.

4:35 a.m. CDT Thursday: Storms still cutting through middle Tennessee:

3:45 a.m. CDT Thursday: Updated total: 6.89 inches of rain has fallen since 1 a.m. CDT Thursday at Centerville, Tennessee, reports Mesonet.
3:30 a.m. CDT Thursday: Golf-ball-sized hail fell at Jenkins, Missouri, reports NWS spotter.
3:00 a.m. CDT Thursday: Flooding in McDowell County, West Virginia:
2:53 a.m. CDT Thursday: 1.54 inches of rain fell in one hour at Columbia, Tennessee, according to Mesonet:

2:40 a.m. CDT Thursday: About 3,600 Kentucky customers without electricity, utilities report.
2:09 a.m. CDT Thursday: About 2,300 Clarksville, Tennessee, power customers are without service, CDE Lightband reports.
1:59 a.m. CDT Thursday: 2.82 inches of rain fell in three hours at Mount Vernon, Missouri, reports Mesonet.
1:38 a.m. CDT Thursday: Floodwaters threatening homes, also flooded roads in Van Lear, Kentucky, reports 911 call center.
1:33 a.m. CDT Thursday: 3.55 inches of rain fell in 15 mins at Centerville, Tennessee, according to Mesonet.
1:23 a.m. CDT Thursday: 1.83 inches of rain has fallen since 10:30 p.m. CDT Wednesday at Clarks River near Murray, Kentucky, reports Mesonet.
12:51 a.m. CDT Thursday: More than 4,800 Maryland power customers without electricity, utilities report. Another 2,800 customers in Virginia and about 2,800 in West Virginia were without service.
12:37 a.m. CDT Thursday: 2.34 inches of rain fell in two hours at Canton, Kentucky, reports Mesonet.
12:05 a.m. CDT Thursday: 1.69 inches of rain in one hour fell at Port Royal, Tennessee, reports Mesonet.

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