AccuWeather forecasters say high winds, hail and even tornadoes are possible as storms pound the Plains on Oct. 12.
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00:00 We're gonna see a lot of different factors
00:01 and a variety of conditions here with this.
00:03 So AccuWeather's Rhea Mayday is joining us
00:05 from our Severe Weather Center in Wichita, Kansas.
00:08 Rhea, thanks so much for joining us.
00:11 - Thanks again for having me.
00:12 - Well, we always like talking to you
00:13 about severe weather threats here.
00:15 And Rhea, behind me here,
00:17 we have tonight's severe weather risk,
00:20 which is limited, but it is a concern.
00:22 We've seen a couple of warnings issued
00:23 for severe thunderstorms in parts of Iowa,
00:25 even out to the west, closer to the core of this storm
00:28 in Wyoming.
00:29 So what are we looking at tonight in eastern Nebraska
00:31 and western parts of Iowa?
00:33 - We're kind of looking at a multitude
00:36 of different threats right along that front there.
00:38 And one of the threats that we're looking at
00:40 is of course going to be the severe thunderstorm threat
00:42 with high winds.
00:43 And the other threat is going to be flooding.
00:46 So it looks like these storms are going to be kind of
00:47 moving over the same area overnight tonight.
00:50 And that's gonna be an area
00:51 that we're not only gonna be concerned
00:52 about severe thunderstorms producing high winds,
00:55 but also the threat for flooding.
00:57 - And as we move forward in time tomorrow,
01:00 we break out the orange colored pencils here
01:02 because we have a slightly greater threat.
01:04 So could you talk about what kind of hazards
01:06 we could expect tomorrow and tomorrow night?
01:08 - So tomorrow is a whole different setup here.
01:12 We've got a huge plain system,
01:14 really the first of the season
01:15 where we're seeing a multitude of hazards,
01:16 not only just severe, but high wind,
01:19 snow, and even flooding like you talked about earlier.
01:21 But with this setup, we're seeing the warm front,
01:23 which is going to be the northern portion
01:25 of that region that's identified on the screen.
01:27 And that's where our storms are going to initiate.
01:30 They're likely going to start off as hailers,
01:32 as we like to call them, so more likely to produce hail.
01:35 And there even could be some wind and tornadoes
01:38 really close to the low.
01:39 So that's why we identified that area of orange.
01:41 A little bit further south,
01:43 that's not gonna happen till later in the evening,
01:45 if it even happens at all.
01:47 The environment's gonna be not as conducive
01:50 as it is in Nebraska,
01:51 as it's going to be in Kansas itself.
01:53 So really looking like Kansas, more like evening storms,
01:56 Nebraska, afternoon and evening.
01:59 And we do have a lot of eyeballs on Kansas City,
02:02 partly 'cause the Chiefs are at home
02:03 when they have a 715 Central kickoff.
02:06 There we have the future radar animation
02:08 for 530 Eastern, 430 Central,
02:11 with storms kicking off into parts of East Central Nebraska,
02:14 maybe near Lincoln, for example.
02:15 But what are some hazards as this continues to move east?
02:19 And also, can you tell us a little bit
02:20 about what your team at AccuWeather,
02:23 Severe Weather Center does when we have people in,
02:26 maybe clients that may pay us for special weather information
02:30 when you have large groups of people gathered?
02:32 Yeah, our clients can call us really at any point
02:36 to ask us about the forecast.
02:38 We're just a phone call away, 24/7, 365.
02:41 So the clients that we have up in Kansas City,
02:44 they're gonna be calling us asking,
02:45 "Hey, what are we looking like
02:46 for the forecast this evening?"
02:47 Or even calling us a couple of hours before
02:49 to see how they can bring in their customers
02:53 into the stadium, even possibly.
02:55 So they're starting to get prepared,
02:57 but during the preparedness itself
02:59 is actually when we get into the warnings.
03:00 So we can't issue those really impact-specific warnings.
03:03 So it's not just a severe thunderstorm warning.
03:05 It is high winds, it is tornadoes, it is hail.
03:09 So that's kind of the service that we could bring
03:11 to our clients in the Kansas City area
03:13 when we see those storms tomorrow night.
03:14 All right, well, we'll be staying on top of this,
03:16 and I know that you will as well.
03:17 Rhea Mayday from AccuWeather,
03:18 Severe Weather Center in Wichita, Kansas.
03:20 Thanks again, Rhea.
03:22 Thank you.