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Severe thunderstorms continue to plague the Mississippi and Ohio valleys tonight, as a stubborn cold front eeks along across the Great Lakes. Hail and gusty winds are the main threats.
A cold front is moving through the Great Lakes tonight, with cooler and drier air behind it doing battle with warm and humid air ahead of the front. This is helping to trigger numerous thunderstorms from Ohio to Illinois, and Iowa to Texas.
A Tornado Watch remains in place across central Indiana and southwestern Ohio, including metro Cincinnati. Severe Thunderstorm Watches dot the landscape of southwestern Minnesota, as well as from Missouri to western Illinois, and from the Texas Panhandle to central Oklahoma. This includes metro Kansas City, the Quad Cities region, Peoria and Quincy, Ill., and Amarillo and Lubbock, Texas.
The storms will continue to march east in response overnight, moving into the Oklahoma City and Dallas metro areas overnight, as well as lapping at the heels of St. Louis and Chicago. The primary threat will be hail to the size of baseballs and wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph, although a few tornadoes are possible as well.
Thus far, a spate of tornadoes have occurred in central Indiana, including one near Rushville, Ind., that caused significant damage. Hereford, Texas, reported golf ball to egg sized hail, while Des Moines, Iowa, saw wind gusts to 70 mph. A storm near Childress, Texas, produced a gust to 87 mph, with 80-plus mph gusts in Northfield as well.
As thunderstorms develop, make sure you know the difference between a watch and a warning if your city falls under any alerts that are issued. A watch means that conditions are favorable for severe weather to develop and a warning means dangerous weather is imminent or already occurring.
Heavy rain and frequent lightning will accompany any strong storms that develop. If you come across a flooded roadway be sure to “Turn Around, Don’t Drown” because the water could be much deeper than it appears. Also make sure you keep a watchful eye on the sky and remember that “When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors”.