Strong Storms in Kansas Expected to Continue Monday

A powerful Mother’s Day Storm that cut through Texas and Oklahoma is dropping large hail as it roars up the High Plains toward Nebraska.

The storm is part of the same system that produced a mile-wide tornado and several smaller tornadoes that injured five in Colorado Saturday.

Twitter user Drew Williamson posted a photo of a snowplow he said was clearing about an inch of hail on the highway.

“Welcome to Kansas,” he quipped. “Hail on Earth.”

The Weather Channel said storms are likely to fire again Monday as the storm system moves eastward to the central United States. Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana and eastern Texas could see severe weather.

Meteorologists say wild weather is likely over the next two days — including lightning. So far this year, lightning fatalities are higher than at any time since 2001.

"The storms through Monday will bring the potential for frequent lightning strikes, flash flooding and a few isolated tornadoes, along with the ongoing risks of large hail and damaging wind gusts," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.

Accuweather expects storms to persist through Tuesday, but the threat of orgnized thunderstorms will continue.