Officials say a widespread severe weather threat with strong tornadoes may impact about a dozen states from the Midwest to the South on Tuesday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center warned that a “large area of severe potential will exist from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning” that will affect the eastern portions of the Plains states, stretching to the Missouri and Mississippi Valleys.
“Strong tornadoes and particularly damaging winds are expected. Both afternoon and overnight potential will exist across various regions, including the risk of dangerous nighttime tornadoes,” it said on Monday.
A map posted by the agency shows that there is moderate risk of thunderstorms and severe weather, including tornadoes, in Springfield, Missouri; Cedar Rapids, Iowa;  Davenport, Iowa; and Iowa City, Iowa on on Tuesday and Wednesday in. There is also a moderate risk of severe weather in a swath spanning from southeastern Oklahoma into western Arkansas and southern Missouri….