Severe Thunderstorms Including Possible Large Tornadoes Expected Today in the Central Plains

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0746 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

   VALID 261300Z - 271200Z

   ...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS PORTIONS SRN NEB...CENTRAL/ERN
   KS...N-CENTRAL THROUGH S-CENTRAL OK...

   ...THERE IS AN ENH RISK OF SVR TSTMS ELSEWHERE FROM SRN NEB TO
   CENTRAL TX...WITH LOBE FROM ERN KS TO ERN MO...

   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS SURROUNDING ENH AREA AND
   EXTENDING EWD TO LOWER OH VALLEY AND SSWWD TO PORTIONS S-CENTRAL/SW
   TX...

   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS PORTIONS ERN WV TO JERSEY
   SHORE...

   ...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS BETWEEN AND IMMEDIATELY
   SURROUNDING SLGT-RISK AREAS...

   ...SUMMARY...
   A SUBSTANTIAL SEVERE-WEATHER EVENT IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT
   OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS...WITH
   TORNADOES...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ALL POSSIBLE. 
   DAMAGING WIND ALSO IS EXPECTED FROM A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS
   MOVING ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
   VALLEY REGION THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.