Severe Storms to End Weekend From Texas to Iowa

By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist

April 12,2015; 11:16PM,EDT

 

Residents of the southern and central Plains will have to remain on alert for isolated, yet still violent severe thunderstorms to end this weekend.
The severe weather this weekend will pale in comparison to the outbreak from this past Wednesday into Thursday and will remain south of tornado-ravaged northern Illinois.
However, it only takes one severe thunderstorm striking at an inopportune time or location to cause damage or bodily harm.
Thunderstorms, some severe, will rattle the corridor from the Texas Panhandle to northwestern Missouri and southwestern Iowa into Sunday evening.

"A line of gusty and drenching thunderstorms will also form near the Big Bend in Texas and will blast into parts of southern Texas through Sunday night," stated AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Jordan Root.
"The concern with these storms will be hail, damaging winds and downpours," Root continued. Similar impacts are expected farther to the north.
"Motorists caught out in these storms will face blinding downpours that will make for hazardous travel, including flooded roadways and low visibility," added Root.
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Residents of Del Rio and San Antonio, Texas; Wichita and Topeka, Kansas; Kansas City, Missouri; and Des Moines, Iowa, should be prepared to seek shelter from any violent thunderstorm as Sunday comes to a close.
Even if no severe thunderstorm warning is issued, be sure to move indoors as soon as thunder is heard. You are then close enough to be struck by lightning.
The first U.S. lightning death of 2015 occurred Thursday night. "A 28-year-old man in Cary, North Carolina, was struck and killed in a parking lot while reportedly waiting for a friend," stated John Jensenius, NWS Lightning Safety Specialist.
The threat for severe weather will be replaced by rain and thunderstorms on Monday. The combination of the rain and gusty winds will create a raw day from Oklahoma to the Texas panhandle and eastern New Mexico.