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A brewing severe weather outbreak with potential for tornadoes, large hail and damaging hail is expected to target more than 55 million people in the Midwest and Mississippi Valley on Monday (April 27), just days after the South and central United States was already hit by similar conditions, FOX Weather reports.
Monday's outbreak has the potential to bring dangerous supercells capable of more severe weather, according to the FOX Forecast Center. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued a level 3 out of 5 risk for severe storm threat in the Midwest and Mississippi Valley, which includes Missouri, Wisconsin and Iowa, while St. Louis, Missouri has the potential to be among the hardest area it.
A level 2 out of 5 risk has been issued for parts of the Central Plains through the Ohio Valley and into the Southeast, which includes Chicago, Illinois; Indianapolis, Indiana; Memphis, Tennessee and Little Rock, Arkansas. The severe weather outbreak is expected to begin Monday afternoon prior to a cold front and dryline, according to the FOX Forecast Center.
The storms are expected to hit warm, most, and unstable air, which will increase the likelihood for severe weather. A monstrous EF-4 tornado was reported in Enid, Oklahoma, on Thursday (April 23), resulting a path of devastation and significant damage, according to local officials, who said some residents were still trapped in homes and storm shelters.