Severe storms to bring damaging hail and winds to Plains and Midwest

Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms will roar from the parts of the Rockies to portions of the Great Plains and Midwest through this weekend, AccuWeather meteorologists warn.

The severe weather can be dangerous, damaging and disruptive, even though most storms will occur in less-populated parts of the United States compared to the East or South.

Part of the zone from central South Dakota to northern and eastern Nebraska, southwestern Minnesota, central and western Iowa, northern Missouri and northeastern Kansas will experience severe thunderstorms into Wednesday night.

The AccuWeather Local StormMax™ wind gust for these storms is 80 mph.

From late Thursday to Thursday night, the likelihood of some severe thunderstorms will extend from along the border of southeastern Montana and