CHICAGO – There’s been an eerie lull in extreme weather across the U.S. recently, but it is slowly changing as the FOX Forecast Center monitors severe storms across the Plains during what is expected to be a seven-day stretch of severe weather.
The FOX Forecast Center said that confidence is continuing to grow around a more active severe weather pattern as an upper-level disturbance emerges from the West and moves into the central U.S.
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A landspout tornado was caught on video as it spun across the landscape in North Platte, Nebraska, on Wednesday, May 14.
The first round of storms on Wednesday evening caused the issuance of a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for parts of South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado and Kansas. Several Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were also issued due to the threat of large hail and damaging winds.
A video recorded in North Platte, Nebraska, showed a landspout tornado spinning across the landscape as severe weather rolled through on Wednesday.Â
In addition, NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center received reports of 2.5-inch hail in the same area on Wednesday.
Winds, too, were an issue. A 75-mph wind gust, which is as strong as a Category 1 hurricane, was reported near Lewellen, Nebraska.
In Colorado, an 86-mph wind gust was reported near Pleasant Valley, and a 79-mph gust was reported near Holyoke.
