Overview
- Following Thursday night’s severe storms, reports included 60–70 mph wind gusts, one‑inch hail, 1–2 inches of rain, localized flooding, and a reported I‑35 fatality that awaits official confirmation.
- Many areas turn cooler and quieter Friday and Saturday before another round of thunderstorms threatens late Sunday into Monday across parts of the Plains and Mid‑South.
- The Storm Prediction Center maintains marginal to slight risk corridors from Oklahoma and Kansas into Missouri and the lower Mississippi Valley, with some updates nudging the risk farther south.
- Local outlets issued Impact or First Alert days, with New Orleans watching for late‑Friday to early‑Saturday storms and Kansas City flagging a Sunday night wind threat.
- Confidence varies because models disagree on whether northern storm clusters will survive their southward push, which could change the timing and placement of the strongest storms.