Where Strong Tornadoes, Hail Could Hit Swaths of the Central U.S. this Week

A multi-day stretch of significant severe weather, including the potential for destructive hurricane-force winds and a few tornadoes, kicked off Monday across the central United States, with storms Tuesday expected to be more widespread. Those will creep north into Canada, and by Wednesday storms will inch toward populous cities, including Minneapolis and Chicago.

On Monday, storms afternoon battered eastern Colorado with hail up to the size of apples. Stones up to 3.4 inches in diameter were found near Cedar Point, Colorado. Teacup-sized hail, about 3 inches in diameter, was found 10 miles south of Burlington, Colorado.

In Kansas, where more than 43,000 customers were without power as of Tuesday morning, a separate batch of storms had congealed into what’s known as a bow echo, which is a curved squall line with dangerous winds. According to PowerOutage.us, roughly half of those with outages are in Ottawa and Saline Counties. The Salina, Kansas, airport reported a wind gust to 113 mph. Nearby Gypsum, also in Saline County, gusted to 111 mph. Multiple 90 mph gusts were clocked in Marion County, Kansas.

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