Severe weather set to dampen US holiday weekend
Flash flooding, lightning and the risk of tornadoes pose a threat this weekend in many parts of the US, according to the AccuWeather Global Weather Centre.
AccuWeather reports a storm system moving out of the northern Rockies may trigger a severe weather outbreak on Sunday that includes flash flooding, lightning and the risk of tornadoes in portions of the northern and central Plains to the Upper Midwest.
During the afternoon hours on Sunday, the risk of storms will extend from central and northeastern Nebraska to eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.
On Sunday night, the risk of storms will shift farther east and south and will extend from central and eastern Kansas to eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
Major cities that can be affected by the storms include Fargo, North Dakota; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Des Moines, Iowa; Omaha, Nebraska; Kansas City, Missouri; La Crosse, Wisconsin; and Minneapolis.
During Labor Day, a public holiday on Monday, the risk of locally heavy, gusty thunderstorms could reach farther east and may impact portions of central Missouri, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana.
According to severe weather expert Henry Margusity: "The outbreak of severe weather could rival that of earlier this year, on June 16."
On that day, there were more than 500 reported incidents of severe weather, including several dozen tornadoes.
"The severe weather will centre on the same general area and we may have a similar count of severe weather incidents, when compared to June 16," Margusity added.
The June 16 outbreak produced locally strong tornadoes, including the deadly twin tornadoes that struck Pilger, Nebraska.
While the set-up could yield isolated strong tornadoes, twin tornadoes of the strength that hit Pilger are very rare and are not likely to be repeated during the potential outbreak this weekend.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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