Powerful thunderstorms to slam Central Plains, Midwest as multiday Central US flood threat begins

Powerful thunderstorms to slam Central Plains, Midwest as multiday Central US flood threat begins

A stormy weather pattern is bringing some relief from the intense heat that has been baking the Central US. Daily thunderstorms and showers are expected to develop each afternoon beginning Thursday  and lasting through the weekend, setting up a multiday flash flood threat that will move across the middle of the country. The bull's-eye of Thursday's flood risk will be across the parts of the Central Plains and Upper Midwest. Meanwhile, the most intense storms are expected across parts of central South Dakota and north-central Nebraska, where the Storm Prediction Center has issued a Level 2 out of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms Thursday.