Severe Weather Outbreak Poised to Impact 7 US States This Week

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This week, a significant severe weather event is developing across the central United States, with the Storm Prediction Center identifying 7 states at risk for strong winds, large hail, and tornadoes. Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Missouri, and Mississippi are in the danger zone as moist air from the Gulf collides with a cold front. This situation follows last week's EF4 tornado in Enid, Oklahoma — the most intense twister in the US since June 2025 — and occurs as Kansas City is already exceeding severe weather warning records for 2026. Here’s what everyone in the affected area should be aware of right now.

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00:00A massive, severe weather outbreak is taking shape over the heart of the United States right now.

00:05And meteorologists say millions of Americans across seven states could be in the firing line this week.

00:11The Storm Prediction Center has flagged Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Missouri, and Mississippi.

00:19For damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes as a powerful upper trough digs across the plains.

00:25Strong southwesterly flow is dragging deep gulf moisture northward.

00:30While a sharp, cold front sweeps east, a textbook setup for supercells, forecast soundings show classic large hail and tornado

00:38profiles.

00:38This comes just days after an EF-4 tornado tore through Enid, Oklahoma, the strongest twister in the U.S.

00:45since June 2025.

00:47April finished well above average with 262 confirmed tornadoes.

00:52And Kansas City is already shattering severe weather warning records for 2026.

00:57If you live anywhere from the southern plains to the mid-south, now is the time to know your shelter.

01:03Charge your phone!

01:05And take every warning seriously.

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