Watch Issued as Severe Thunderstorms with Damaging Winds, Large Hail and Heavy Rainfall Take Aim on Midwest

July 13,2016
A broad swath of the Midwest will see strong to severe thunderstorms on Wednesday as a cold front pushes east through the region. The storms will have the potential to produce damaging wind gusts, large hail, and flash flooding.
NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe t-storm watch until 2 p.m. CDT for parts of eastern Kansas and western Missouri. This watch area includes Kansas City and Topeka.
The potential for severe weather may push into parts of the interior Northeast, Ohio Valley and southern Plains as the front pushes south and east Thursday.
Below are the latest daily forecast details for the stormy weather.

Current Radar with Watches and Warnings

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Severe Weather Forecast

Wednesday

• Forecast: Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected from parts of Nebraska and Kansas to portions of Wisconsin, northern Illinois and western Michigan. A few severe storms are also possible as far east as Ohio and eastern Michigan.
• Threats: Damaging winds, large hail and locally heavy rainfall. An isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.
• Cities: Milwaukee | Chicago | Omaha, Nebraska

Wednesday's Thunderstorm Forecast

Thursday

• Forecast: The cold front will push farther south and east. Isolated to scattered severe storms are possible from the interior Northeast into the Ohio Valley and also in the southern Plains.
• Threats: Damaging winds, hail and locally heavy rainfall.
• Cities: Cincinnati | Pittsburgh | Wichita, Kansas

Thursday's Thunderstorm Forecast

Storm Reports Since Sunday

Serious flash flooding occurred in Minnesota Monday evening, with as much as 10 to 12 inches of rain falling in a matter of hours in central and eastern portions of the state.
A tornado caused damage to homes in Litchfield, Minnesota, early Monday evening.
For more on Monday's storm reports, click here to read our impacts article.
Sunday evening, a swarm of thunderstorms with damaging hail, in addition to damaging winds, tore across the northern Plains from far eastern Montana to northern Minnesota.
Damage to siding, windows, and skylights was reported in the town of Killdeer, North Dakota, about 100 miles west-northwest of Bismarck, thanks to hail larger than baseballs, driven by high winds.

In Baker, Montana, wind gusts as high as 65 mph and hail up to 1.75 inches in diamater knocked down trees and broke windows on homes.
Winds gusted as high as 70 mph in Fairfield, North Dakota, and that combined with 1.75 inch hail broke both car and home windows.

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A tornado was spotted by storm chasers near Dillon, Montana, Sunday afternoon. No damage was reported as a result of this. According to NOAA/NCEI, this was the first reported tornado in Beaverhead County, Montana, since July 19, 1997.

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