The risk of severe weather will ramp up across a nearly 1,000-mile-long swath of the central United States early next week, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. The severe weather threat includes the potential for tornadoes, and high winds in the wake of the storms could raise the risk of wildfires in some areas. Temperatures will surge to warm levels this weekend over Central states. Soon after the latest Pacific storm plows inland across California with rain and mountain snow this weekend, the sys