Scoring a near-perfect bull’s-eye for NOAA weather forecasters, severe storms Monday brought tornadoes, large hail and high winds to the Central Plains. The NOAA Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., received 26 tornado reports on Monday, 18 reports of high winds and 79 reports of large hail. As of Tuesday morning there were no reports of serious injuries or major damage to structures. The storms generated in an area that had been rated at moderate risk of severe weather. The area of moderate risk shifts to the east Tuesday, to cover the eastern halves of Kansas and Oklahoma, extreme western Missouri and part of northeast Texas.
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