A tornado watch has been issued as dangerous and severe storms threaten the South and Midwest

Little Rock, Ark. – Dangerous storms tore through the South and Midwest on Thursday, already spawning at least one tornado along the Ohio River and multiple tornado warnings for the Plains and Ohio Valley.

The tornado watch extends from the suburbs of Dallas to central Ohio. St. Louis, Indianapolis and Columbus are part of a surveillance box that stretches more than 1,000 miles from the Lone Star State to the Buckeye State.

Multiple tornado warnings have already been issued for a supercell across the Ohio River on the Indiana-Kentucky border Thursday afternoon.

With large amounts of energy and moderate wind shear (changes in wind speed and direction with height), supercells will continue to be developed to respond to all severe weather disasters, including tornadoes, wind damage, and especially very large hail. This was announced by the FOX Forecast Center.

The greatest risk of tornadoes of EF-2 or greater and baseball-sized hail (2.75 inches in diameter) or greater will occur across eastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, and southern Missouri, where low-level wind shear is strongest.

The storms will cross the Mississippi River overnight and move into the Southeast by Friday, according to the FOX Prediction Center.

You can see where showers and thunderstorms are forming in the radar loop below.

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Video shows tornado crossing the Ohio River on Thursday

A supercell that passed through southern Indiana and northern Kentucky spawned at least one tornado and was captured on video crossing the Ohio River near the town of Madison, Indiana.

The local National Weather Service office issued a tornado warning due to thunderstorms. At least 5,000 of his customers in nearby areas lost power, according to PowerOutage.us.

Photos and videos from the area showed debris being kicked up by the twister. Damage was reported in the towns of Milton and Carrollton along the Ohio River in Kentucky.

The Louisville NWS office has already dispatched a team of meteorologists to Milton, Kentucky, to assess the damage and determine the tornado's strength on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

The team said some of the damage was consistent with an EF-1 tornado with winds of 86 to 110 mph, but surveyors had more time to work.

Indiana State Police in Jefferson County in the southern part of the state said multiple homes were damaged between Hanover and Madison and urged motorists to avoid the area.

Several police cars were also damaged by hailstones the size of baseballs.

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Damage report on Wednesday

On Wednesday, the National Weather Service recorded about 100 severe weather reports, making it the fourth most active day of 2024. Alma, Kansas reported softball-sized hail (4 inches in diameter), tied for the largest hail report. So far this year.

FOX Weather Storm Trackers were also in the right place at the right time, capturing footage of a supercell spawning a large tornado just outside the town of Altavista in northeast Kansas. Although no major damage was reported, about 200 customers in rural areas were left without power.

If you see a tornado on the ground while driving, you should do the following:

Severe weather threat Friday

As the system descends into the Southeast and Southern Plains on Friday, the threat of severe weather will decrease as there will be less available atmospheric energy compared to the previous day.

A few severe storms are possible from Texas to the Southeast in the afternoon.

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