Storms expected to hit parts of Texas and Kansas on Election Day

Soggy, dreary weather is expected to hit the central U.S. as voters head to the polls Tuesday, but experts said the impact on the electoral outcome is expected to be minimal.

Still, weather could become a closely watched factor in a few tight races in Texas and the Midwest.

On Monday, a storm system is expected to move through the central U.S., with hurricane-strength winds, the risk of tornadoes, hail and heavy rainfall.

“We’ve got some moisture that’s moving up into parts of Texas and Oklahoma and up into Kansas and Missouri, and with that moisture, we’re going to have a chance of storms,” said Evan Bentley, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. “We have plenty of energy available to support severe weather, including damaging winds and perhaps a few tornadoes.”

Bentley said North Texas and Oklahoma could see straight-line winds in excess of 75 mph on Monday, raising some concern about power outages.

“There’s always concern, when we have the potential for winds of 70 to 80 miles per hour, of having impacts on infrastructure, such as power lines,” Bentley said, though he added that this type of weather was…

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