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The U.S. has experienced a record number of tornadoes in the first three months of 2023 according to preliminary data from the National Weather Service

Thunderstorms and tornadoes pose the highest threat to Central states, according to meteorologists. TheUS weather authorities have issued a storm alert over the threat posed by a potential large storm in the Central US this week.

That is the real concern that residents and emergency officials are dealing -- will be dealing with here over the next couple days. ed lavandera, cnn, tulsa, oklahoma. >> let's turn to our meteorologist, pedram javaheri. when is an end in sight? >> for the flooding, rosemary, we think sometime around friday we finally see the rainfall at least stop across this region. for the severe weather at least another two days and really the past 24 hours among the most active in the past several days. as much as nearly 50 tornado reports scattered about portions of the plains. the tornado count now over...

>> absolutely. it could have been far worse. we had a risk as high as we have seen in a couple of years. the activity certainly had everything going for it, as far as being able to get the storms to fire up. cloud cover into the afternoon and evening hours, really lemtilem limiting the area of concern. as you work your way towards tuesday, the energy shifts toward the east, 16 million people in the areas highlighted in yellow and orange. st. louis, springfield, little rock, in line for damaging storms, potentially for tornadoes across the region. this is an enhanced risk on monday. a high risk...

>> grapefruit sized hail reported. even a level 5 high risk was issued. the expectation was significant for not only large tornadoes but long track tornadoes. fortunately not all of that materialized. the latest number bumped up the tornado count to 19. we have seeing reports of damage related to wind and hail, as large as grapefruit size in diameter. we have lost daytime heating for eight or so hours across the region. conditions beginning to finally quiet down. nearly 20,000 lightning strikes across the region in a 24 hour period. the energy is there shifting farther towards the east. st. lo...