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The National Weather Service said a “multitude of hazardous weather” would impact the U.S. over the next several days — from thunderstorms and potentially baseball-sized hail on the Plains, to heavy mountain snow in the West and dangerous heat in the South.
At least 31 million people are at risk for severe storms from central Texas to Iowa on Monday, with hazards including large hail, damaging winds and several possibly strong tornadoes.
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.
However, the weather service cautioned that “all NOAA Radio transmitters maintained by NWS Birmingham will be off the air through the time of the install.” This includes these transmitters: Winfield, Oneonta, Birmingham, Anniston, Tuscaloosa, Demopolis, Selma, Montgomery, Auburn and Texasville.
Storm surveys are underway following a night of severe weather across North Texas. As of Monday afternoon, at least one tornado has been confirmed near the City of Gordon, located about 66 miles west of Fort Worth. Gordon ISD canceled classes for the week due to extensive damage on campus from the storms.
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Severe storms are expected to erupt across a wide swath of Texas late Monday — from the Dallas-Fort Worth area to East Texas.
Western Iowa counties warned to conserve water as their utility's supply reaches critically low levels are getting some possible relief as rain moves across Iowa.
The metro area, as well as counties to the north and northeast, will face the greatest likelihood of severe weather threats developing.
Another round of potentially severe storms is expected Sunday evening. These will be more isolated than Saturday. The timing is a bit later, mainly from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central Wise and central Denton counties through 5:30 p.
The UConn baseball team, with 23 wins in its last 25 games, weathered a storm start to reach the Big East tournament in good position.