Tornadoes Are More Powerful Than We Realize

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Some severe weather is possible in the East and South on Memorial Day, but a break in the severe weather siege is expected starting Tuesday.

W​hat We Are Tracking Now

Severe storms are moving through the South and Northeast. You can track storms below and see where severe weather watches are in effect.

We have the latest news on the recovery from the storms, here.

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A​ Break, Finally

F​ortunately, this siege of severe weather outbreaks is about to end.

W​hile thunderstorms with soaking, possibly flooding, rain are expected in the Plains from Texas northward after Memorial Day, we're not expecting nearly the widespread magnitude of severe weather with those storms as we've recently seen.

Y​ou can check our weekly planner maps for the daily details on where thunderstorms are expected later this week.

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R​ecapping The Storms So Far

A​ deadly severe outbreak started Saturday.

D​estructive tornadoes struck at least three areas late Saturday night:

-​ Sanger and Valley View, Texas, north of Dallas-Fort Worth

-​ Claremore into Mayes County, Oklahoma, northeast of Tulsa

-​ Decatur, Bentonville and Rogers in far northwest Arkansas

D​amaging wind gusts and tornadoes continued Sunday. Widespread damaging wind gusts were reported from southeast Missouri and southern Illinois east to the southern Appalachians.

W​inds gusted up to 86 mph at Sharp County Regional Airport in northern Arkansas, and a roof was reportedly blown off a home in Naylor, Missouri, early Sunday morning.

T​ornadoes were reported in Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. There are at least 20 reports of tornadoes as these storms swept east from the Ozarks to the East Coast.

Y​ou can see the damage reports in the map below.

Meteorologists Jonathan Belles, Chris Dolce,​ and Jonathan Erdman contributed to this report.