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Severe Weather Outbreak Likely To Spawn Tornadoes In Plains Through Tuesday | Weather.com
Midwest Starting The Week With Severe Storms
A dangerous weather weekend and start to the upcoming week is ahead across the Plains and Midwest with significant threats of tornadoes, hail and damaging winds through Tuesday.
Here is our latest forecast for each day of this latest siege of severe weather.
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Happening Now
Very large hail, a few tornadoes, damaging winds and some flooding are possible from the Central Plains into the Arklatex region as storms slide southeastward.
Any active tornado watches are red polygons, while any severe thunderstorm watches will be yellow polygons. Below is the latest radar.
Sunday
The threat of supercell thunderstorms is in play in the Central and Southern Plains, especially in parts of Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri.
With enough warm, humid air and strong wind shear in place, these supercells could spawn strong tornadoes, in addition to very large hail and damaging wind gusts. Cities like Kansas City and Oklahoma City need to be on alert.
A lower severe storm threat could impact cities like Dallas, San Antonio and Austin with large hail and damaging winds.
Monday
On Monday, this higher severe threat could spread to the Mississippi Valley and lower Ohio Valley. Another day of supercells could spawn strong tornadoes for parts of Iowa, Missouri and Illinois. A few long-track, particularly dangerous, tornadoes are possible.
Places like St. Louis, Kansas City, Little Rock, Nashville, Indianapolis, Chicago and Des Moines should all be on alert.
Tuesday
While it is still far out, the lingering frontal boundary can bring some severe storms across some of the Gulf Coast states into Tuesday. The greatest threat stretches from northeastern Texas to Kentucky. Cities like Memphis, Little Rock, Shreveport and Huntsville need to be watching the weather carefully.
Flood Threat
This stormy pattern will bring more periods of rain to parts of the western Great Lakes either still experiencing flooding or where ground is already saturated from the deluges both last week and earlier this spring.
While we don’t anticipate the magnitude of rainfall we saw last week, over an inch of additional rain is a good bet in much of the Midwest through Monday. That could lead to at least isolated additional flash flooding and could slow the fall of rivers still in flood.
Locally flooding rain is also possible through Monday from parts of Missouri and Kansas into Arkansas and the mid-South region, even though some of these areas are in extreme drought.
Beware of flooded roads, especially at night when you may not recognize them as fast. Never attempt to drive through a flooded road. Turn around, instead.
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Recap
Thursday brought over 20 tornado reports from Oklahoma to Iowa, as well as over 160 damaging wind and hail reports combined.
On Thursday evening, a rare tornado emergency was issued for the storm that tore through Enid, Oklahoma and the nearby Vance Air Force Base, warning of catastrophic damage and threat to life. The resulting tornado was rated EF4 with winds of 170-175 mph. It was the first EF4 in Garfield County, Oklahoma, since April 26, 1991. There were 10 injuries from this tornado.
There were five other tornadoes reported from the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
The NWS office in Norman noted it was only the ninth time the office has issued a tornado emergency.
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There was also a gust of 107 mph at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The most impressive hail report was a report of 4 inches in diameter, or softball-sized hail, in Marion, Kansas.
As forecasted, Friday was less impactful. There was only one tornado report in Kiowa, Oklahoma. There was more than 75 damaging wind and large hail reports combined. Below is the storm reports of the latest event.
Saturday brought more intense storms, and roughly a dozen tornado reports, mainly across Texas and Oklahoma. In Alpine, Arkansas, there was a hail stone recovered that was between 4-5 inches in diameter. Other reports of hail the size of tennis balls and hen eggs were reported across Kansas and Texas.
Last Week’s Siege
The early-week breather was certainly welcomed after a busy stretch last week. Notice a lot of similarities to the reports from the April 13 – 17 map below to the map above with the latest storm reports.
Last Friday alone, there were 96 tornado reports among the over 500 severe weather reports.
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Reports of large hail, thunderstorm wind damage, thunderstorm wind gusts and tornadoes from April 13-17, 2026. Note: Reports of tornadoes do not necessarily correlate to the actual number of tornadoes, as determined by NWS damage surveys.
(Data: NOAA/NWS/SPC)
In all, there were over 1,300 reports of severe weather in the U.S. from last Monday through last Friday, including 154 reports of tornadoes, 532 reports of hail and 642 reports of thunderstorm wind damage or high wind gusts.
As you can see, some of the same areas that are under the risk of severe weather ahead are areas that have already been hit hard by severe weather last week.
Make sure you have multiple ways to receive alerts, should severe weather strike.
Jennifer Gray is a weather and climate writer for weather.com. She has been covering some of the world’s biggest weather and climate stories for the last two decades.
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Authorities say a man charged with murder is now bound over for trial.
Around 9 a.m. on January 2, Oklahoma City police were called to a home in the 500 block of Helm Pkwy, near S.E. 89th and Shields.
When officers arrived, they found the body of 51-year-old Willie Cook inside the home.
Investigators say Cook and 53-year-old Ryan McIntosh were inside the home when McIntosh allegedly pulled out a gun and shot Cook.
McIntosh left the scene but was later arrested for the crime.
McIntosh is now facing charges for first-degree murder, possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm after a former felony conviction.
He is currently being held on a $10 million bond.
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McIntosh’s formal arraignment is set for June 17, 2026.
The general manager role in college sports remains in its infancy. Oklahoma took a forward-thinking step by hiring Jim Nagy in early 2025 to model an NFL-style front office, but the evolving position still comes with its share of challenges.
“You don’t want to take a high school kid and pay them more than an All-American player/All-Conference player (on your roster),” Nagy said on the most recent episode of university president Joseph Harroz Jr.’s podcast, Conversations With the President.
On the episode, Nagy and Harroz addressed a number of topics but got into what the Sooner general manager hopes for the future — a freshman salary cap. That belief grew from something he learned early in the job.
“One blind spot I had coming into the job was I didn’t think the players would talk as much, and share the information as much,” Nagy said.
That leaves Nagy trying to balance retention, compensation and recruiting without creating friction in the locker room — concerns that make Nagy believe a freshman salary cap is necessary.
“If you wanted to, ‘fix’ isn’t the right word, but land in a good spot for the greater good of college football is some sort of freshman salary cap,” Nagy said. “That’s one of my biggest challenges. The acquisition costs out of high school is so high.”
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Nagy praised Oklahoma’s culture, noting that a key prerequisite for the job was ensuring he and his staff were in lockstep with Brent Venables’ vision for the program, something he said has come to fruition.
“You have to go after great players, you have to get the top talent,” Nagy said. “But right now, it can be at the expense of your culture, which coach Venables and the coaching staff have worked so hard to develop. If we had some sort of rookie/freshman cap, that would alleviate that issue.”
Despite these challenges, Nagy has integrated himself within Venables’ program and helped accent football’s mission of “adaptive and forward thinking.” He mentioned that during prep for Alabama last December, the front office was busy at work in attempting to retain their roster for the following season — something made easier by Venables’ leadership.
“Our ability to retain our starters, give our coaching staff a ton of credit, because our players want to be here.”
But Nagy understands any changes will take time. Until then, Oklahoma’s front office is building the best Brent Venables-led program it can, with championship aspirations and a clear understanding of how the current landscape works.
Still, he feels that his desired change would benefit the “greater good of the sport.” Oklahoma is prepared if that change comes sooner or later.
“A CBA model, there is a model in place,” Nagy said. “At least for football, I’m not going to speak to the other sports, there is a model out there that has shown to work. We don’t have to completely copy and paste what the NFL does, but if we went to a similar structure, we could find a good spot.”
When asked if that’s where he felt the sport would land — collective bargaining agreements — Nagy said “yes” with confidence.
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Their end is inevitable, but the Los Angeles Lakers (0-3) can stave off elimination when they host the Oklahoma City Thunder for Game 4 of the 2026 Western Conference Semifinals.
At BetMGM, Oklahoma City opened as -500 on the moneyline (Los Angeles at +375) and -10.5 favorites. However, the flood of pro-Thunder money has steamed them up to -11.5 favorites at the time of writing.
THE REFS IN THE OKC-LA SERIES WERE SO BAD, THE LAKERS HAD TO HAVE A POSTGAME MEETING WITH THEM
Oklahoma City Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gets a layup vs. the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of the 2026 Western Conference Semifinals at Paycom Center. (Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images)
OKC has won every game this series by 18+ points and has a seven-game winning streak over LA. That’s despite reigning NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander not putting up his typical crazy numbers.
Shai is scoring only 21.0 points per game in this series, slightly behind Thunder big man Chet Holmgren’s 21.3 PPG average, which leads the team.
LeBron James Is Trying To Avoid Another Sweep
LeBron James has only been swept three times in his career: the 2007 NBA Finals by the San Antonio Spurs, the 2018 NBA Finals by the Golden State Warriors and the 2023 Western Conference Finals by the Denver Nuggets.
FLOPPING IS RUINING THE NBA AND LEBRON SHOULD TAKE SOME BLAME FOR THAT
Maybe the sweep is a foregone conclusion, like the New York Knicks vs. Philadelphia 76ers series, but I’m counting on the Lakers dying on their sword and going out with honor.
Los Angeles Lakers All-Star LeBron James shoots over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3 of the second round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs at Crypto.com Arena. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)
Los Angeles held a first-half lead in Games 2 and 3 and still lost by 18 and 23 points, respectively. Granted, perhaps that’s just OKC playing with its food more than anything the Lakers are doing right.
Still, it’s something for L.A. to build on.
Lakers Need Oklahoma City’s Role Players To Cool Off
The Lakers are hitting 39.3% of their 3-pointers in this series. Unfortunately for them, the Thunder are shooting 42.3% from behind the arc.
But Oklahoma City’s role players are doing most of the damage from deep. Thunder guards Jared McCain, Cason Wallace and Isaiah Joe, along with big man Jaylin Williams, are a combined 25 for 41 from 3-point range, good for a ridiculous 61.0%.
The Oklahoma City Thunder bench reacts after making a 3-pointer vs. the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs at Crypto.com Arena. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)
That’s not sustainable.
If these randoms hit fewer shots in Game 4, the Lakers can cover the spread.
Betting Market Is Overwhelmingly On OKC
Finally, 95% of the money at BetMGM is on Oklahoma City as of Monday morning, according to John Ewing.
While I’m not someone who bows at the altar of betting splits, 95% of people don’t beat the sportsbooks. We all know this.
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I know that’s simple logic, but if you blindly fade teams this popular in the betting market, you’ll probably have a positive return on investment.
Best Bet: Los Angeles Lakers +11.5
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