The severe weather outbreak that struck the Upper Midwest and Northeast this week extended westward Saturday, with the Storm Prediction Center confirming 13 tornado touchdowns across Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Texas, and Wyoming — pushing the multi-day event into new geography and bringing confirmed touchdowns to at least eight states over the outbreak’s latest phases.
Confirmed touchdowns spanned an unusually wide north-south corridor. A tornado touched down 7 miles north of Tivoli, Texas, on the Gulf Coast plains; another landed 8 miles north-northeast of Marbleton in Wyoming’s Sublette County, at elevations rarely associated with tornado development. Two confirmed tornadoes struck northwest Kansas — one 1 mile west-northwest of Atwood, a second 4 miles southeast of Ludell — while a third came down 4 miles northwest of Stratton in southwest Nebraska. The National Weather Service carried 13 active tornado alerts across the five-state region as field surveys continued.
The tornadoes were accompanied by 61 large hail reports and 200 damaging wind reports logged by the Storm Prediction Center over the same 48-hour window. That toll builds on the previous day’s summary, which included more than 360 wind reports concentrated across Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, and New York. Taken together, the cumulative severe weather report count reflects one of the more geographically extensive outbreaks in recent weeks — though the Storm Prediction Center has not yet issued a consolidated event summary.
Saturday’s activity represented a sharp westward and southward shift from the prior phase. Where Friday’s confirmed tornadoes struck river valleys along the lower Mississippi, rural upstate New York, and the Upper Midwest, this round targeted dryland farming communities and high-desert rangeland stretching from south Texas to western Wyoming. The Marbleton touchdown stands as one of the most geographically remote confirmed landings in the sequence.
Residents across northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska — where the highest concentration of confirmed touchdowns occurred — should inspect structures and outbuildings for damage and report findings to local emergency management. The National Weather Service will publish full storm-survey results as field teams complete their assessments. Continuing regional forecasts are available for Wichita weather and Amarillo weather.
The immediate tornado threat across the affected corridor appears largely past, the Storm Prediction Center’s post-event reports indicate. The primary wave of severe weather has moved through. Residents across the Plains and central Rockies should continue monitoring National Weather Service forecasts for any renewed activity over the coming days.