Wind gusts up to 100 mph, unprecedented winter tornadoes and the highest wildfire risk ever issued during the month of December, are possible Wednesday for parts of the country.
Approximately 100 million people were under some kind of weather alert stretching from the West Coast to the Great Lakes.
For cities like Kansas City, Missouri, Des Moines, Iowa, and Minneapolis, the storms were expected to arrive after sunset. Nocturnal tornadoes are more than twice as likely to cause fatalities. And this rare December tornado threat comes on the heels of the historic tornado outbreak that struck on Friday.
Through Wednesday night, winds could gust 60 to 80 mph for areas under the wind alerts. Widespread power outages are expected.The strong winds will act as the match for the wildfire risk Wednesday where 10 million people are under Red Flag Warnings across the Central Plains. Record-warm temperatures in the 70s and 80s combined with low humidity will lay the conditions conducive to wildfires.
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