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More Big Storms Eye Southern Plains, Carolinas

August 14, 2017
UPDATED By WeatherBug Meteorologists, Matt Mehallow and James West
After a rash of dangerous weather thrashed the central Plains and Midwest on Wednesday, a new round of storms will roll across the southern Plains and Texas later this evening. Meanwhile, a weak low moving through the southern Mid-Atlantic will trigger severe storms across the Carolinas and central Appalachians.

Additional powerful thunderstorms will form from the Mid-Ohio Valley southeast into North Carolina. These storms could cause big headaches as they move through the Southeast later today. Cities such as Raleigh, Goldsboro, Fayetteville, N.C., could be blasted by thunderstorms producing hail larger than golf balls and damaging winds reaching 60 to 65 mph.

The catalyst for today’s severe weather in the Southern Plains will be an upper-level trough that will track into the Southwest. Storms will develop ahead of a dry line separating moist air from very dry air. The far northern parts of the panhandle of Texas also has a Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect for cities of Dalhart and Amarillo, Texas. Cities at risk for evening storms include Fort Sill and Norman, Okla., and Wichita Falls, Texas. 

Although a few tornadoes will be possible during the first initial phases of the storm development this afternoon, the chief concerns will be hail larger than golf balls and high winds reaching up to 75 mph this evening.

On Wednesday, there were 122 severe weather reports from eastern Nebraska and Iowa into Kentucky, Tennessee and scattered along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to southern Alabama. Of those, there were 19 unconfirmed tornadoes reported. Hail larger than golf balls pelted Lawson, Mo., while a gust of 70 mph was clocked near Cameron, Mo.