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Dozens of buildings, including homes, were damaged when tornadoes struck east of the Denver metro area on Sunday.
"A maturing central U.S. storm system is expected to produce another round of dangerous severe weather and instances of flash flooding today," the National Weather Service warned Monday. The forecast discussion added that "from a broader perspective," locally heavy rain was forecast to reach from the northern Plains to Texas.
A relentless stretch of severe weather that left 28 dead and unleashed destruction across the central and eastern United States in recent days isn’t letting up yet, with millions more in the path of dangerous weather this week.
NWS also reported that the Friday evening storms spawned an EF-0 tornado close to 8 p.m. in Putnam County. Its winds peaked at 85 mph, according to preliminary reports, with a max width of 20 yards and track length of 0.4 miles. No injuries or deaths were reported.
Officials in Kansas and Texas are evaluating damage from overnight tornadoes just days after storms killed more than two dozen people in communities in Kentucky and Missouri.
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Residents in Bennett and Elbert County were left cleaning up damage Monday after a swath of tornadoes blew through the area on Sunday afternoon. The storms damaged or destroyed 36 structures, and
About 14,000 Consumers Energy customers remain without power Monday, May 19, after severe thunderstorms, including nine tornadoes, swept through Michigan last week. Consumers said most of those in the hardest-hit areas should have electricity restored by the end of the day.
At least 28 people have been killed in storms that have pummeled the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions since Friday. Kentucky and Missouri have been hit particularly hard.
Strong tornadoes, large hail, damaging winds and flooding rain are all possible from Monday into Tuesday as storm tracks across central states.
Severe thunderstorms are expected in the Kansas City area on Monday, but weather conditions could prevent the strongest storms from forming, according to the National Weather Service. But the weather service said that if discrete supercell storms can develop in the afternoon, damaging winds, hail and tornadoes will be possible.
Much of the state, including Oklahoma City, Stillwater and Ada, should expect a moderate risk of tornadoes, damaging hail and strong winds on Monday.