00:0012 states from West Texas to southern Minnesota are under severe storm threat tonight.
00:05And this system isn't done.
00:07The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has issued severe thunderstorm watches
00:12across the northern plains and central U.S.,
00:15marking the third consecutive day of dangerous weather for the region.
00:19Forecasters are warning of damaging winds topping 100 miles per hour,
00:23large hail capable of smashing windshields,
00:26and flash flooding across river valleys still saturated from earlier rain.
00:31The engine behind this outbreak is an enormous surge of gulf moisture
00:35locked beneath a nearly stationary jet stream dip.
00:39Conditions like this are what forecasters call a flood machine.
00:43Wednesday's cold front could push this into an even more dangerous phase,
00:47extending the severe weather threat through midweek.
00:5012 states, 3 straight days, and possibly 2 more to go.
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