A tornado destroys a Texas gas station filled with people; storms tore through the central US on Saturday night damaging trees and property in Mayfield, Kentucky; the [Memorial Day] Indy 500 is delayed due to lightening risk, a “particularly dangerous situation,” a rare designation indicating the possibility of exceptionally strong storms, is given by the NWS and several tornadoes – a few intense ones likely – are predicted over an area that includes cities such as North Texas, Wichita, Kansas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, according to the Storm Prediction Center.
Robust thunderstorms will continue over parts of the Mississippi Valley through Sunday morning before gradually losing their strength. But a new round of damaging storms is expected to arrive quickly after.
Thunderstorms will develop over portions of the Midwest by Sunday afternoon and develop farther south and east through the evening and overnight hours. Powerful storms could ultimately stretch from the Great Lakes to the South Sunday night.