Confirmed Tornado Hits Glenwood at 9 p.m. as Severe Storm Threat Spreads Across Central U.S.
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Updated · KCRA Sacramento · May 18
Confirmed Tornado Hits Glenwood at 9 p.m. as Severe Storm Threat Spreads Across Central U.S.
10 articles · Updated · KCRA Sacramento · May 18
A confirmed tornado was located over Glenwood, Nebraska, around 9 p.m. Sunday after an active weekend of tornado watches and warnings in parts of Nebraska and Iowa.
Videos from the region showed severe storm damage near Rockwell City and an apparent tornado east of Algona, underscoring the broader outbreak moving across the central U.S.
Kansas City is now under a flood watch through Tuesday morning after the National Weather Service expanded it overnight to cover the full metro plus much of eastern Kansas and northern Missouri.
Northern Oklahoma faces an enhanced severe-weather risk beginning Monday, with forecasters warning any storms that form could become significant and carry an elevated tornado threat.
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