NEBRASKA TO KANSAS: TORNADO TO PASS THESE US STATES, CITIES ON MAY 6

Extreme weather events are expected to sweep through in parts of The Great Plains on Monday. Storm forecasters have warned of heavy rain showers coupled with flood, and tornadoes in Midwest including Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Kansas. The National Weather Service (NWS) also reaffirmed the forecast for the coming week alerting residents to see the fury of the weather. The storms and tornado warnings will come into place on May 6th, after a few days of slightly better type of climatic conditions.

With tornadoes expected to hit Omaha, Grand Island, Kansas City, Springfield, Des Moines, Iowa, Topeka and Wichita, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Rapid City, Sioux Falls, these US' cities are going face the maximum impact of severe weather. Twisters accompanied by thunderstorms are going to leave an impact on the mentioned cities, as per AccuWeather, through out the afternoon and late in the night.

Meteorologists and experts with the commercial weather forecasting company have warned of "severe weather" this week in the US' midwestern states. The details of their forecast are also inclined and matches with the information shared by the NWS on its website. Notably, more than 1,000 incidents of severe weather and over 100 tornadoes have already been confirmed since the end of April.

This coming weekend and early next week, a new storm is predicted to swoop across the area, added AccuWeather. Meanwhile, the NWS has mentioned in its forecast of heavy rainfall, thunderstorms along with wind gusts as high as 40 mph.

"Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 66. Windy, with a south southeast wind 25 to 30 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%," the weather agency forecast for the state of Nebraska read.

A mail by The Mirror suggested that a high risk zone was developed over central Kansas and south-central Nebraska in order to tackle debilitating weather conditions. In these states, people were warned that the ferocity of the environment would force them to prepare for a bad situation. The worst of Monday's storms was expected to persist throughout Tuesday night.

"As the energy from the Pacific storm extends east of the Rockies and comes in contact with a new surge of warmth and moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, an explosion of thunderstorms will take place over a large part of the Great Plains on Monday," The Mirror quoted AccuWeather Chief On-Air Meteorologist Bernie Rayno saying.

On the other hand, it is predicted that the dismal weather is going to extend as far east as eastern Iowa, middle Missouri, and northwest Arkansas.

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