Multi-Day Severe Weather Outbreak to Peak on Monday in Central U.S.

The stormy weekend is going to persist into the start of the new work week for the central U.S. Forecasters are now warning that Monday could be the most volatile day of severe weather for the nation's heartland. Here is the latest on this highly unsettled weather situation.

Busy Stretch of Severe Weather Forecast to Persist for the Central U.S.

What has already been a stretch of destructive weather is about to get worse. The new week will bring more storms to the battered central portions of the nation. The bulk of the impacts will continue to pester the Plains and the Mississippi Valley, as the atmosphere simply reloads for another round of storms.

The latest severe weather outbreak began on Wednesday in the Plains states and the Midwest. Dozens of tornadoes have been confirmed since that time, including a monster twister that devastated portions of Enid, Oklahoma, on Thursday. The preliminary reports estimate that winds hit speeds of 175 mph during this event, making it the strongest tornado recorded globally so far this year.

Several storm systems have marched across the middle of the country since Wednesday, with many communities seeing consecutive days of severe weather. Over 30 tornadoes and more than 230 reports of hail were recorded in the past week. The action is being fueled by a train of systems moving in from the west and clashing with competing air masses.

Saturday brought another day of precarious weather. Multiple tornadoes spun up across southern Oklahoma and northern Texas during the evening hours. One of these twisters moved just to the northwest of the populated Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Hail measuring as big as 2 to 3 inches in diameter was recorded in the strongest storm cells across Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas.