Tornado Watch Threat: 60 MPH Winds, Large Hail & Tornadoes Set To Target Major Highway Corridors Next Week

Multi-Day Severe Weather Threat Is Building for the Plains and Mississippi ValleyThe spring severe weather season is ramping up fast, and the NWS Storm Prediction Center is tracking a significant multi-day threat that will put major highway corridors across the central United States at risk beginning Monday, March 30, and continuing into midweek.The SPC’s Day 4-8 Convective Outlook issued Friday morning identifies a strong signal for returning severe thunderstorm potential as a long-wave ridge de-amplifies and shifts east across the country. That shift will trigger steady lee troughing and cyclogenesis along the High Plains. Combined with a surface high off the East Coast pumping moisture northward from the Gulf, the setup creates the fuel for multiple rounds of severe storm …