Maps show more severe storms forecast for Midwest after tornadoes, flooding

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The menace of beardown tornadoes, ample hail, damaging winds and flash flooding is returning to the cardinal U.S. Friday evening into the commencement of the play — aft a little interruption successful intensity, forecasters say.

More than 51 cardinal are nether the menace of severe weather Friday evening from Texas to Wisconsin, and astir of the storms volition hap successful the day and evening hours. The forecast comes arsenic communities are inactive cleaning up from tornadoes that struck earlier successful the week.

Severe thunderstorms are forecast from Texas to the Northeast overnight, and for the cardinal US. and Midwest connected Friday, says the National Weather Service.

The Upper Mississippi Valley — spanning parts of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin — will have "the champion accidental for beardown tornadoes," portion parts of the cardinal U.S. and Midwest volition person "the champion accidental for precise ample hail," the upwind work said Friday.

Maps amusement terrible weather, tornado forecast for Friday

This representation shows the imaginable for terrible upwind Friday spanning from the U.S.-Mexico borderline up to Canada, touching states from Texas to Michigan:

The menace of tornadoes is seen for parts of aggregate states successful this map, which shows the tornado outlook for Friday:

Large hail is simply a menace for states including Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and Michigan.

Damaging winds — reaching 70 mph — are besides successful the forecast for parts of immoderate states successful the aforesaid region, from Texas up to Green Bay.

Saturday terrible tempest forecast

The terrible tempest menace volition proceed for immoderate states connected Saturday, covering cities including Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Buffalo.

A acold beforehand delivering the storms is moving east, with acold aerial coming down it. That volition bring temperatures successful the East person to mean for this clip of twelvemonth adjacent week, according to CBS News and Stations meteorologist Nikki Nolan.

Still cleaning up from tornadoes

The caller threats travel arsenic communities crossed the federation are dealing with the aftermath of tornadoes.

In occidental New York, 1 assemblage southbound of Buffalo was picking up the pieces Thursday aft a tiny tornado caused tremendous harm the time before, CBS News elder nationalist upwind analogous Rob Marciano reported Friday.

In Clinton, Missouri, 2 twisters struck Wednesday night, sending trees crashing onto Andrew Donaldson's extortion and garage.

"I've ne'er seen thing similar that," helium said, adding, "I don't ever privation to spot it again."

Record flooding successful Michigan

Meanwhile, Michigan is dealing with grounds flooding, and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared a authorities of exigency for 33 counties.

"We are successful situation mode now," she said Thursday. "Recovery mode volition instrumentality further work."

The Muskegon River successful the occidental portion of the authorities has reached caller grounds highs. In bluish Michigan, h2o is dangerously adjacent to breaching a dam successful Cheboygan, and Gretchen said officials are "monitoring precocious h2o levels everywhere," Marciano reported.

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, roads were inactive flooded Thursday aft a torrential rainstorm slammed the country Wednesday night. A 41-year-old antheral was killed by a suspected lightning strike successful the state, officials said.

Rob Marciano and Nikki Nolan contributed to this report.

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