Dry Line Set Up: Severe Storm Threat Tonight

21 Apr 2022, 7:10 pm

The central and southern Plains saw isolated severe storms Thursday that produced very large hail! Once again reports of golf ball and ping pong ball size hail came out of isolated storms in Kansas and Missouri. The threat for isolated severe storms continues overnight.

Outlooks

The risk for severe thunderstorms overnight Thursday into Friday continues across the central Plains. Storms could develop along a warm front and the dryline once again. Storms overnight will be isolated, but any storm able to form in this environment is capable of producing large hail and possibly a tornado.

The main threat for Thursday will include the potential for large hail and a tornado or two. Forecast models are pinpointing areas of central Kansas through the evening and overnight hours.

The tornado threat is also heighted on Thursday; powerful updrafts that suspend large hailstones in the cloud, allowing them to grow, also can rotate, becoming tornadic supercells.

Timing

These storms will contain the threat for large hail and damaging winds. Not everyone will see a storm, but those who do have the potential for all modes of severe weather.

Storms peter out overnight for the southern Plains, but attention then shifts to the I-80 corridor for the severe weather threat on Friday.

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Kara has always been passionate about weather and knew from an early age that she wanted to become a meteorologist. Living in different regions of the country and experiencing weather events ranging from ice storms to tornadoes drove her to pursue a bachelor's degree in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma. Throughout college, storm chasing became a regular event for Kara, where she saw fir... Load Morest-hand the power of the atmosphere. Kara graduated cum laude from OU and decided to further her meteorology education with a Master's degree from Mississippi State University. The deadly April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak struck while Kara was studying at MSU; her first “Dixie Alley” tornado event and an up close glimpse into the destruction of the storms she so closely studied. Her broadcast career began in Elvis’ birthplace, Tupelo, Mississippi, where she earned her Certified Broadcast Meteorologist seal from the American Meteorological Society. Kara's career has included coverage of all types of severe weather including tornado events, flooding and tropical systems across multiple southern states. Recently she helped cover the 2020 Easter Sunday deadly tornado outbreak in southeast Mississippi. In her free time, you can find Kara outdoors exploring new areas with her mini poodle,Truffles. Kara is also an avid runner and frequently races in 5Ks, 10Ks and half marathons. Say hi to Kara on Twitter and Facebook!