Severe storms spawn tornado outbreak across the Plains, damaging towns
- Multiple tornadoes touched down Thursday across five states in the southern Plains, damaging homes and buildings but causing no reported injuries.
- The National Weather Service received reports of nearly 15 tornadoes in parts of Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado.
- The town of Noble, Oklahoma saw some of the worst damage, with homes and businesses sustaining damage from high winds and tornadoes.
- The storms also dropped ping-pong ball-sized hail and heavy rain, prompting flood warnings in nine states from Montana to Mississippi.
- More severe weather is forecast Friday from Texas to Iowa, threatening damaging winds, hail, and further tornadoes.