Overview
- The Storm Prediction Center, which posted a level 4 of 5 Moderate risk for parts of Kansas and southeast Nebraska on Sunday, warns of large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes from Oklahoma to Minnesota.
- Local forecasts call for the most likely severe windows Sunday night and again Monday afternoon and evening, with another round Tuesday as a cold front pushes across the Midwest.
- Minnesota officials declared a state emergency Sunday for fast-moving wildfires, including the Flanders Fire near Crosslake that burned more than 1,100 acres with evacuations ordered and 0% containment reported.
- Heat surges into the East early this week with highs in the low to mid-90s from Washington to New York and near-record readings in parts of Pennsylvania, pushing heat index values toward the upper 90s.
- A slow-moving boundary could drop 1 to 3 inches of rain in many neighborhoods through next weekend, offering drought relief in places like Texas and the Southeast but also raising the risk of flash flooding where storms repeat.