Intense Low-Pressure System Poised to Cause Major Outbreak Across 9 Northern States in the US

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A surprisingly strong surface low-pressure system is expected to move through the Northern Plains and south-central Canada in the middle of the week, creating what the National Weather Service identifies as a considerable severe weather threat for nine northern states in the US. The Storm Prediction Center has indicated that Wednesday will be the most perilous day, with the possibility of large tornadoes, winds reaching 80mph, and flash flooding from the Dakotas to the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes. A cold front will draw Gulf moisture upward, creating conditions that meteorologists caution could lead to an unprecedented outbreak in a typically calm early June.

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00:00A massive low-pressure system is bearing down on nine northern U.S. states.

00:04And meteorologists say Wednesday could be the most dangerous day of weather so far this year.

00:10The National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center is tracking an unseasonably powerful surface,

00:16low-sweeping from the northern plains into south-central Canada,

00:20trailing cold fronts that will fire severe weather across the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Great Lakes.

00:27The Storm Prediction Center has placed the entire region under a severe weather risk.

00:33Warning of tornadoes, 80-mile-per-hour winds, and flash flooding.

00:37A massive surge of gulf moisture pulled northward ahead of the front will fuel explosive thunderstorm development.

00:44Similar setups in past years have produced historic tornado outbreaks.

00:49Nine states, millions of people.

00:51Scientists say to take shelter plans seriously now, before Wednesday arrives.

00:57Accidents say to the

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