Storms soak communities across the central US ahead of expected changes

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Dry weather is coming for the Southern Plains while much lower temperatures are in store for the Northern Plains after soaking storms early in the week.

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00:00That cold front, we can see the front that's going to be marching in our direction when we switch over to the infrared satellite loop.

00:06There's the frontal location. That's what plunges southward over the next few days.

00:11So as we head back to radar, we've had some severe storms.

00:14Damien's going to talk about the southern plains and just a brief look into the southern Kansas areas around Harper County,

00:20southern parts of Sedgwick County, and northern Sumner County.

00:23Severe thunderstorm warnings are in effect right now.

00:26We also have some activity near Woodward, Oklahoma, but other areas to the north,

00:32while we don't have much lightning up near St. Joseph or Kansas City, it's been a damp and kind of drizzly day in that area.

00:39Temperatures are down in some of those areas.

00:41So look out for some scattered storms.

00:43Slow movers are popping in southern parts of Minnesota.

00:46These slow-moving thunderstorms are just drifting.

00:48They're not severe in southern Minnesota.

00:50We do have a severe thunderstorm in progress west of Bismarck here,

00:54and here we are south of Richardson.

00:56So southeastern Stark County and northeastern Hettinger County of North Dakota,

01:01a severe thunderstorm is in progress.

01:03Turning the reports on, not seeing much out of that yet.

01:07Here is a couple of funnel cloud reports, though,

01:10and this one from just midday today in Adrian, North Dakota,

01:14video indicating a weak funnel cloud.

01:17Also, just earlier this afternoon in Blomkist in Minnesota,

01:21a report of a funnel cloud there as well.

01:24So we need to keep an eye out for some severe weather in the next half hour or next hour or so,

01:29getting closer to the state line or the international border up in far northeastern North Dakota

01:34and northwestern Minnesota.

01:35That will be a concern.

01:37Quickly looking ahead to tomorrow, more storms breaking out into the upper Midwest.

01:41This is your severe threat setup.

01:44We won't see a whole lot of severe weather,

01:46but there will be some strong thunderstorms,

01:47and a couple of these could become severe.

01:49Wednesday, they plunge south into Chicago, Peoria, Kansas City,

01:52but colder air marches in, Damien.

01:54It's going to be a big change behind this front.

01:57That's right.

01:57That colder air is going to bring some record-breaking cold here to some areas,

02:00but yes, it's going to feel not just like September, Jeff.

02:03It's going to feel like October here for some of those areas,

02:05which for some means some temperatures in the 30s possible.

02:08Meanwhile, we've got some flood concerns farther south.

02:10That's right.

02:10We'll be watching out for increasing flooding concerns here as we head throughout,

02:13not just today, but into tomorrow as well.

02:15The good news is nothing like what we saw over the weekend in Texas,

02:19but travel delays and drenching downpours will definitely be possible here in this highlighted region.

02:23We still have ongoing light to moderate showers here continuing,

02:27and as you can see over the past couple of hours,

02:29this rainfall hasn't really budged much, hasn't really moved very far,

02:33so some of these areas are just seeing rounds and rounds of light to moderate rainfall,

02:37which is why that overall flooding potential is so high here across this region.

02:41Now, we're also watching out for those severe storms there along the I-35 corridor in far southern parts of Kansas.

02:47We've also seen multiple severe thunderstorm warnings there in far northwestern parts of Oklahoma,

02:51so we will be watching out for this region,

02:53especially as those storms get closer to the I-40 corridor in Oklahoma,

02:57so Clinton, Weatherford, those areas will be watching out for storms here

03:01as we head throughout the rest of this afternoon and this evening.

03:04Here's the risk of flooding rainfall as we head throughout your Tuesday from Texarkana up through Cincinnati.

03:09This whole region right here will be watching out for localized flash flooding concerns

03:12with frequent downpours, especially across the mid-south.

03:15Memphis is almost going to be bullseyeed for this region of rainfall that we will be tracking.

03:21Tuesday, heat across south Texas.

03:24Now, far southern Texas, Corpus Christi, Laredo, down through McAllen, Brownsville, Progresso.

03:30Pretty good showers, pretty good storms, but for Oklahoma, Kansas, the Texas Panhandle, pleasant weather.

03:35Really nice forecast here for your Tuesday afternoon.

03:38Here's a look at our highs we'll be tracking.

03:40Still going to be hot for some parts of Texas, including 95 in Austin, 88 in Dallas, 81.

03:45Pretty nice afternoon there in Oklahoma City Tuesday afternoon.

03:48Across the rest of the region here as we head into Wednesday,

03:51that's when the nice weather is really going to be in the forecast,

03:53especially south of the I-40 corridor from Amarillo, Oklahoma City, and almost all of the Lone Star State.

03:59It's going to be dry here as we head near Wednesday afternoon.

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