Atmospheric conditions will be similar to those that caused severe storms in parts of the Midwest and Southeast in early March that killed more than 50 people, said Steve Weiss, science support branch chief for the National Storm Prediction Center.
"We see potentially some long track and very damaging tornadoes," Weiss said.
Conditions favor strong thunderstorms in Kansas and Oklahoma Saturday, with a few "supercell" storms with rotating updrafts, Weiss said. "The potential is that some of the supercells could be long-lived, so if they produce tornadoes they could be on the ground for a while," Weiss said.
Forecasters say the storms could start Saturday afternoon into the early evening and continue after dark, when such storms can be the most dangerous. Read More
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