Severe storms to rattle northern Plains through Labor Day

By Brian Lada, Meteorologist

September 4,2016; 9:24PM,EDT

 

 

Severe thunderstorms will target the northern Plains on Labor Day, making for a stormy end to the extended holiday weekend.
These storms could interrupt Labor Day festivities for people in cities such as Omaha, Nebraska; Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Minneapolis and Duluth, Minnesota.

Severe storms are expected to develop on Monday from Nebraska to Wisconsin, threatening not only people enjoying the long weekend in the outdoors, but also those traveling across the region.
"The greatest potential for a thunderstorm to impact outdoor activities [on Labor Day] will be in the Upper Midwest, where severe thunderstorms will erupt in the afternoon," said AccuWeather Meteorologist Brett Rathbun.
"The strongest thunderstorms will produce damaging winds, hail and isolated tornadoes," Rathbun added.
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People across this area should keep an eye and ear to the sky and seek shelter when a storm is approaching and remain there until the storm has passed.
Those farther south in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Chicago will likely be far enough south to not be impacted by the severe weather.

The risk of showers and thunderstorms will continue across the region through the middle of the week from Nebraska through Wisconsin.
The threat of severe weather will decrease as the week progresses; however, some thunderstorms during the middle of the week may still produce gusty winds and flooding downpours.
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