WeatherFanatics: Midweek Severe Storms to Ignite From Texas to Minnesota

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Midweek Severe Storms to Ignite From Texas to Minnesota

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist

June 11,2014; 8:56PM,EDT

In addition to severe thunderstorms in parts of the East Wednesday evening, storms with the potential to cause damage and disruptions to travel will erupt over the Plains.
The storms will stretch from western and central Texas to eastern North Dakota and Minnesota with the full spectrum of severe weather. There is the potential for localized high winds, large hail, frequent lightning, flash flooding and isolated tornadoes.

The storms will bring a risk of high winds and lightning strikes that can down trees, cut power, cause property damage, disrupt travel and threaten lives.
Within this zone, storms are forecast to cluster around central Kansas overnight Wednesday.
According to AccuWeather Severe Weather Expert Andrew Gagnon, "We expect a complex of severe thunderstorms to travel from west-central Kansas and into northeastern Oklahoma."
Cities in the potential path of the storms include Russell and Wichita, Kansas, and Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
According to AccuWeather Severe Weather Expert Scott Breit, "The high wind event will transform into a flood event late Wednesday night into Thursday morning in part of southern and eastern Kansas and into northeastern Oklahoma."
During the midday and afternoon hours on Thursday, this complex of storms will re-fire farther east and south.

Locally severe storms are forecast in portions of Arkansas, southern Missouri, northern Louisiana, western Tennessee, northwestern Mississippi and north-central and northeastern Texas. Cities that could be hit with a severe thunderstorm on Thursday include Dallas, Shreveport, Louisiana, and Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Since the second half of May, rainfall has drenched many hard-hit drought areas of the Plains.
Wichita and Oklahoma City have received approximately 7 inches of rain since mid-May, which is about double the normal amount for the period. Amarillo, Texas, has received more than 6 inches of rain which is nearly three times their normal since May 20.

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