Multiple States Under Severe Weather Threat, Tornado Risk

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A severe weather outbreak, which includes the potential for strong thunderstorms and tornadoes, is expected across parts of the Plains and Midwest beginning Friday afternoon.

“A broader severe weather threat is targeting more than 63 million people, spanning more than 1,500 miles from Texas to Michigan,” FOX Weather stated.

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This comes on the heels of deadly severe storms that rumbled through the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma Thursday.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said Friday that a mother and daughter were killed in Major County during Thursday night’s storms. The emergency management department in Fairview, Oklahoma, shared video on social media of a large possible tornado just west of the city late Thursday.

The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Norman confirmed at least three tornadoes by midday Friday, with surveys still ongoing.

FOX Weather Meteorologist Ari Sarsalari tracked a spotter-confirmed tornado Thursday night outside of Quail, Texas.

“The weather will be quite active across the lower 48 today. Severe storms are forecast across the central US. Critical fire weather conditions are forecast across areas of TX, NM and OK. High wind warning and wind advisories are posted for some areas out West. Snow is falling across portions of the Rockies, Upper Midwest and New England. Scattered rain and thunderstorms are forecast across much of the East,” the National Weather Service stated on Friday.

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According to NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center, parts of eastern Oklahoma, eastern Kansas, western Missouri and western Arkansas have the highest chance of at least a few stronger (EF2+) tornadoes.

However, scattered severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes are possible from parts of northern Texas to the western Great Lakes, as far north as Wisconsin and Michigan.

Cities: Dallas, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Kansas City, Omaha, Des Moines, St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee.

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