Any pause in storminess after the week-long barrage that ended Wednesday is short-lived, as severe weather and flood threats increase into Memorial Day weekend across a big chunk of the south-central United States.

As the Memorial Day weekend approaches, the United States is experiencing a diverse range of weather conditions. From severe storms in the Central Plains to unseasonably cool temperatures in the Northeast and intense heat in the Southwest,

A large area of severe thunderstorms is forecast into Tuesday night and will overlap areas in the Ohio, Tennessee and middle Mississippi valleys that were hit by deadly and damaging storms, forecasters say.