Dive Summary:
- Tornadoes whipping across Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska on Sunday left at least one person dead, many injured, and thousands without power.
- In Oklahoma City where grapefruit-sized hail stormed down, an officer was trapped in a net of fallen utility lines.
- The Storm Prediction Center said more tornadoes are likely to come in the Midwest where environmental conditions are favorable to severe storms that can last for hours.
From the article:
"CNN meteorologist Melissa Le Fevre said 'Overall, the threat is similar for the region: strong supercells that will have the capability to produce hail baseball-size or larger, strong wind gusts and tornadoes,” and added that “It will ultimately depends on how warm the region gets today.'
The National Weather Service said that supercell thunderstorms are dangerous storms that could last for hours."