Less severe weather in the forecast for next week

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After the spree of tornadoes this Friday, you can look forward to some calmer weather for the final days of April.

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00:00Current storm system is producing

00:01some active severe weather.

00:02Most of it has been through the

00:05state of Iowa as of recently,

00:07but we do have thunderstorms

00:08as far South as Texas with them.

00:10Flash flooding is currently the

00:12ongoing threat across Little Rock

00:14area and into northeastern Arkansas.

00:15We're getting into the wind threat

00:17associated with those thunderstorms,

00:19wind and hail across portions

00:20of western Missouri,

00:21so that's the third state involved there

00:24with severe warnings at this point in time.

00:26And as we work our way north,

00:29and as we work our way northward,

00:31Iowa is the active zone.

00:32Of course, many tornadoes have

00:34touched down across Nebraska.

00:35Here's the center storms continue

00:37to push off towards the Northeast.

00:39We have several radar radar

00:40and spotter confirmed warnings.

00:41So one of these storms,

00:43I think this is the Madison County

00:45one was spotted by local broadcast

00:47media that saw it likely on one

00:49of their cameras there and meanwhile,

00:51there's another tornado warning until

00:538 o'clock for the Ringgold area.

00:55So we do have those warnings

00:57make sure you're seeking your

00:58shelter and getting your safe place.

01:00I want to highlight some of those storm

01:03reports just in the past couple of hours.

01:05Lots of red.

01:06Those are the tornadoes or funnel

01:08clouds that have been spotted

01:10through the state of Nebraska.

01:11Will be on this weekend.

01:13Severe weather threat.

01:14We've also been talking about

01:15looking ahead into next week and

01:17will we have even more severe storms?

01:19Bernie Raynell and Accuweather

01:20long range expert Joe Lundberg.

01:22Show us what to expect.

01:25Well, it's a marathon of severe

01:26weather right through the weekend.

01:28But what about next week?

01:29Meteorologist Joe Lundberg,

01:30you know, as the crystal ball,

01:32three things next week that we

01:34have to be ready for Joe.

01:35Well, I think after this spate

01:37of severe weather this weekend,

01:38it's going to start to take a

01:40backseat probably after Monday,

01:42and that's one of our three

01:43things to note for next week.

01:45Less severe weather on the whole.

01:46There will be a lot of warmth from

01:48the plains to the east over much of

01:51next week, although that may change

01:52toward the end of the week in the weekend.

01:55And there's going to be a

01:56period of wet weather weather from

01:57Texas to the Mid South in the

01:59Tennessee Valley, and I think it's

02:01centered largely on Wednesday and

02:02Thursday when you look at the weather

02:04pattern Joe the one thing that it's

02:05very noticeable to me is the jet

02:07streams a lot farther north next

02:08week compared to where it is currently.

02:10Yeah, you'll see this bulge in the

02:11jet stream middle of latter part of

02:13next week and that's going to mean

02:14high and dry across the Western states.

02:16The dip of the jet stream here means

02:18you're going to have an opportunity

02:19for some showers and don't be surprised

02:21if you see some cold air that a little

02:23snow mixes in some of those places.

02:24There's this period of wet weather

02:25as a front comes through Wednesday

02:27night Thursday into Thursday night.

02:28That's when I think you're going to

02:29see most of the wet weather there,

02:31but all this eastern space warmth.

02:32Something unusual.

02:33We've not seen an awful lot of it now.

02:35If you look at the rainfall

02:36over the past 30 days,

02:37Bernie will notice that this

02:38area has been very dry,

02:39so you need the rain.

02:40You're going to get some this weekend

02:42at the risk of severe weather.

02:43You see all this wet weather in here.

02:45It's actually going to quiet down

02:46as we go into next week.

02:47This area has been hit by a lot of

02:49rain and you're going to see more

02:50of that in the next few days deep

02:52into next week. Alright, real quickly,

02:53Joe, let's talk about the first week of May.

02:56A storm stormy stretch.

02:57Yeah, I think so.

02:58Concerned about an area of low

02:59pressure comes out of the Rockies,

03:00works its way toward the Great Lakes

03:02and underneath it multiple rounds

03:03of showers and thunderstorms.

03:05There may not be as much severe weather with it,

03:07but it's certainly on the table.

03:09I think the bigger concern would

03:10be that of flash flooding.

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