Rounds of powerful storms to hit central US into early next week

By Renee Duff, AccuWeather.com Meteorologist

July 9,2016; 8:10PM,EDT

 

 

The central United States will face a renewed threat for severe weather into early next week.
Some of the same areas that were hit by violent thunderstorms multiple times this past week could be at risk for dangerous weather once again.
Residents from the northern and central Plains to the western Great Lakes may experience locally severe storms on one or more occasions into early next week.

The first round of severe weather will ignite across the northern Plains on Saturday evening and overnight. The cities of Bismarck and Fargo, North Dakota; Aberdeen and Pierre, South Dakota; and neighboring parts of far southern Manitoba, Canada, will be threatened.
The strongest thunderstorms will bring a localized threat of damaging winds, large hail and flash flooding. One or two isolated tornadoes can also be produced.
The severity of the thunderstorms will wane later at night, but there can be locally drenching thunderstorms starting Sunday across Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin.
A new severe weather danger will then evolve to end the weekend.
"Powerful storms will develop ahead of an intensifying storm system over the northern Plains on Sunday and Monday," according to AccuWeather Storm Warning Meteorologist Brian Koochel.

"Current indications suggest that straight-line winds up to 80 mph, large hail, localized flash flooding and isolated tornadoes will all be possible," he added.
The severe weather will ignite across eastern Montana, North Dakota and northern Minnesota late on Sunday afternoon. Powerful storms could reach the southern fringes of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada, during the evening and overnight hours.
The threat for violent storms will shift eastward on Monday, threatening areas from eastern Nebraska and the Dakotas to Minnesota, Iowa, western Wisconsin, Kansas and Missouri.

Cities such as Omaha, Nebraska; Kansas City, Missouri; Minneapolis; and Des Moines, Iowa; could potentially be in the crosshairs of dangerous thunderstorms during the late-afternoon and evening hours.
As is typical this time of year, individual storms can merge into larger complexes, which can produce damaging winds and flash flooding well into the overnight hours.
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Airline travelers and motorists could face delays for a time as storms develop.
While a few heavy thunderstorms are still possible on Tuesday, the threat for widespread severe weather is expected to lessen as the system moves into the western Great Lakes.
Further details on the exact timing and coverage of the severe weather threat will emerge in the coming days.