Tornado warnings sounded in Nebraska, but no sightings were reported.
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A nursing home employee who answered the phone there said everyone was safe but that floodwaters came as high as her truck’s door.
Earlier, the National Weather Service said one tornado had been spotted Tuesday night about 25 miles west of Bloomington, Indiana, and another was seen to the south in Vanderburgh County.
A particularly nasty April storm caused a handful of tornadoes, and brought strong rains and thunderstorms in the central United States.
The Kansas City area escaped the first line of thunderstorms that fired up across Kansas Tuesday afternoon.
Weather officials say much of West Tennessee and parts of northern MS and eastern Arkansas are facing a slight risk of severe weather.
Because of the possibility of severe weather forming across the region today, NWS encourages the public to know the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning.
The threat of imminent tornadoes is likely over, CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri said. It was reported that small tornadoes appeared on Summer County in the proximity of Mayfield Wichita, Kansas state, and in southwestern in; the most risky locations appeared to be within the area between southern Oklahoma and Nebraska.
The storms began Tuesday morning with a hailstorm in the Kansas City metro that dumped hail at the airport.
Millions of residents in the Great Plains are preparing for a severe weather outbreak that has the potential to leave widespread damage in its path, and even the military is making preparations. Some severe weather does look possible so stay tuned.
The National Weather Service says a small rope tornado has touched down in Kansas.
Forecasters said the low-level wind activity that can produce tornadoes did not develop as expected on Tuesday. The aircraft was sent to Spokane, Washington state and North Dakota.
Some thunderstorms were also possible in Georgia late Wednesday and into Thursday. The chance for showers and thunderstorms was at 80 percent at about 3:45 p.m.
At least two Oklahoma school districts decided the threat was significant enough to shut down for the day. That district, along with others across Oklahoma, implemented new tornado safety plans following the 2013 twister that killed seven schoolchildren in Moore.
The National Weather Service is investigating reports of two possible tornadoes southwest IN after spring storms moved through the state.
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Other schools in Oklahoma canceled afternoon and evening activities, when the storms are expected to roll in.
