Denver bracing for large hail, damaging winds on Wednesday as severe weather eyes central US
Sunday became the fourth-most-active day of 2023 in terms of severe weather reports, with more than 300 combined reports of large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes across a dozen states from the Plains to the Southeast.
Severe storm threat across Plains Wednesday
People in Denver, as well as eastern Colorado and Wyoming will want to stay weather aware on Wednesday as severe storms could fire up in the afternoon and evening hours. Large hail and damaging winds are the primary threats. Isolated tornadoes should not be ruled out.
The FOX Forecast Center is continuing to track the risk of severe weather across the U.S. on Wednesday with thunderstorms capable of producing large hail and damaging winds, across the eastern Rockies and western Plains.
Denver is the largest city in Wednesday's threat zone which runs from the U.S.-Canada border southward to the border of U.S. and Mexico.
The FOX Forecast Center believes the greatest risk from severe storms will stretch from southeastern Montana through eastern Wyoming and Colorado and may reach the northern Texas Panhandle.
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Despite the threat of storms, there are no major outbreaks in the forecast despite it being May, which is normally the most active month of the year for severe weather.
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Severe storms eye central Plains Thursday
Strong to severe thunderstorms are also expected on Thursday afternoon and evening across the central Plains.
The FOX Forecast Center said the main threats from those storms will be large hail and damaging winds. However, a few tornadoes cannot be ruled out.
Monday brings scattered severe storms across Texas, Indiana
One person killed in Texas after tree falls on car during severe storms
One woman is dead after a tree fell on her vehicle during Monday’s evening thunderstorms in Harris County, Texas.
A woman was killed when a tree fell on top of her vehicle while she was driving in Harris County, Texas, on Monday night.
The woman was not identified, but investigators said she was driving alone.
Strong storms blew through the region Monday night, and there were several reports of trees being brought down in the severe weather.
Tornado seen in Carroll County, Indiana, on Monday evening. (Credit: Becky Horn / FOX Weather)
A tornado was seen in Carroll County, Indiana, around 6 p.m. EDT on Monday. Paul Horn said his wife Becky spotted the tornado on her way home from Flora to Lafayette.
The National Weather Service plans to release more information on the twister on Tuesday.
Tornado-warned storm moves through Orange, Texas
Tornado-warned storm reduces visibility while moving through Orange, Texas on Monday afternoon.
Baseball-sized hail pelted the central US Sunday
Severe thunderstorms tore across the Midwest and mid-Mississippi Valley, as well as Texas, on Sunday evening.
Lightning forced organizers of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour to issue a shelter-in-place order as the storm passed over Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.
Watch: Large hail, damaging winds push through Grinnell, Iowa
Video shows large hail and damaging winds pushing through the community of Grinnell, Iowa, on Sunday. Baseball to softball-sized hail and winds between 70-80 mph caused significant damage in the area.
And in Iowa, baseball- to softball-sized hail fell, and wind gusts upward of 80 mph were reported in the community of Grinnell.
Video recorded by storm chaser Aaron Rigsby showed the large hail slamming onto the pavement and grass before the destructive winds blew through the region.
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Photos show homes severely damaged by the hail and farm equipment thrown across a local road when the powerful winds blew through.