Forecasters say millions of people in the central United States could see powerful storms Monday including long-track tornadoes, hurricane-force winds, and baseball-sized hail.
A mailbox is partially submerged on a flooded street in an unincorporated area in east Harris County near Houston on Sunday morning, May 5, 2024.Millions of people in the central United States must brace themselves for powerful storms that may include long-track tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and baseball-sized hail, forecasters said Monday, issuing a rare high risk warning for central Oklahoma and southern Kansas.
Schools and colleges across the state, including the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Public Schools and several metro-area school districts, shut down early and canceled late afternoon and evening classes and activities. “We built a house 10 years ago, and my stubborn wife put her foot down and made sure we built a safe room,” Tucker said. He said the entire ground-level room is built with reinforced concrete walls.
“It’s the highest level of threat we can assign. And it’s a day to take very, very seriously," he said. The expected thunderstorms could produce winds up to and potentially exceeding 80 mph , according to Porter. Even worse, those “supercell” storms can produce destructive tornadoes.
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