Relentless storm week looms over central U.S. with tornadoes, hail and floods

A new severe-weather outbreak is forecast to hit the central U.S. Friday, bringing tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail across a broad swath from northern Texas to northern Wisconsin, with the greatest risk in Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, eastern Iowa and northern Illinois. Forecasters warn of possible EF3+ tornadoes and flash flooding as Gulf moisture interacts with a jet-stream energy surge, followed by a cooldown Sunday as conditions ease; ongoing Great Lakes flooding and dam-related evacuations are already affecting Michigan and Wisconsin.