Tornadoes Tear Through Great Plains

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Parts of the Great Plains and Ohio Valley could see severe weather Tuesday as two storm systems make their way across the country’s midsection.

The Storm Prediction Center says central and northern Texas – including the Dallas-Fort Worth area – could see large hail and powerful winds Tuesday. In the east, Kentucky, southern Ohio, southern Illinois and southern Indiana are all at risk for bad weather, including tornadoes.

So far, the risk is lower than on Monday, when powerful storms spawned tornadoes across the Great Plains, killing two people in Oklahoma.

In all, the Storm Prediction Center received 23 reports of tornadoes in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma. The storms also downed trees and damaged buildings in northeast Texas, and dropped softball-sized hail in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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