Oklahoma, other Plains states brace for more severe weather days after tornadoes touched down

Gabriel Wheeler, left, and David Wheeler, right, pose for a photo in their storm shelter in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 8, 2015. Wheeler has the shelter stocked with blankets and flashlights. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) (The Associated Press)

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David Wheeler demonstrates his flashlight attached to the ceiling of his storm shelter, in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 8, 2015. At left is his son, Gabriel, age 10. Wheeler has the shelter stocked with blankets and flashlights. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) (The Associated Press)

Brandon Houts walks from his house through floodwater to get supplies from a friend Thursday, May 7, 2015, in De Witt, Neb. Communities in several southern Plains states set to work cleaning up Thursday after a night of storms that spawned tornadoes, assessing the damage under sunny skies but with the threat of even worse weather on the horizon. (Matt Ryerson/The Journal-Star via AP) (The Associated Press)

MOORE, Okla. – Oklahoma and other states in the Great Plains are bracing for more severe weather.

The National Weather Service is warning that there's a moderate risk of severe thunderstorms Saturday. The greatest risk is from western Kansas into western Oklahoma, where tornadoes and large hail are likely.

The storms come just days after storms that produced more than 50 tornadoes across the Plains.

Storms on Friday night caused some flooding in Oklahoma. In Shawnee, the Red Cross opened an evacuation site because of concerns that a dam was close to cresting, threatening some homes.

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