Thursday, May 14, 2009

Severe Weather Outbreak In Midwest

A massive complex of severe thunderstorms extends from the Great Lakes all the way down to Texas! This squall has caused a lot of damage in the Midwest, including several reports of tornadoes. Here is a map of storm reports from the past 24 hours. The red dots indicate tornado reports, blue are hail reports, and green represent hail reports.



Here is video from some storm chasers who got too close to the storm.







Here is coverage from KMBC, a local TV station in Kansas City.