After a quiet start to May, the atmosphere over the central United States is primed for an outbreak.
A volatile stretch of severe thunderstorms is starting to unfold across the Plains and Midwest and is expected to last through Tuesday, bringing the risk of intense tornadoes — EF3 or stronger — destructive hail, damaging winds and heavy rain to a region where spring’s most dangerous storms often arrive with considerable force.
May is notorious for severe thunderstorm outbreaks in the Plains and Midwest, and this one could live up to that reputation. This is a big shift from what has been a quiet start to the month, because of a jet stream pattern that has suppressed…