Five tornadoes hit the Kansas City area Monday night. Did a change in National Weather Service balloon launches leave forecasters in the dark about the threat for much of the day?

Multiple tornadoes tore through Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin on Friday, leaving heavy damage in Lena, Illinois, and forcing evacuations in Rochester and Marion, Minnesota.

However, the cold front will quickly overtake storms, causing them all to merge into a windy squall line. Tornado and hail risk will decrease, though a few spin-up tornadoes are still possible. Instead, widespread 60 to 75 mph wind gusts will accompany the squall.

A new batch of severe storms fired up Wednesday afternoon, dropping softball-sized hail near Kansas City and golf-ball sized hail in Ohio.

The tornado made “like a whirring sound … and I could hear things being ripped off (the house),” one resident said.

Severe weather over the past 48 hours has triggered tornadoes and widespread flooding across several states. In Cheboygan County, Michigan, officials ordered evacuations in low-lying areas after a levee breach raised safety concerns.

Rivian's factory in Illinois was damaged by a tornado over the weekend, according to a message to employees Sunday night by CEO RJ Scaringe. The tornado hit a new area of the plant being used for parts storage and logistics of its upcoming R2.

After severe storms damaged communities in the Plains and the Midwest, forecasters warned that storms could bring giant hail, tornadoes and severe wind gusts to the regions again. Authorities in Kansas reported several people with minor injuries after storms passed through on Monday.

It's been a siege of severe weather this week. Another rash of storms is likely in some of the same areas hit earlier. Our latest forecast shows where tornadoes, hail and flooding rain could happen again.