Ua hoʻolaha ʻia kahi mokuʻāina o ka ulia pōpilikia ma US Midwest i kēia hopena pule hoʻomaha Hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wā i hoʻolei ʻia ai ka hau ma nā mokuʻāina i nehinei ma mua o 800 mau mokulele a me nā pani alanui.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā mokulele e haʻalele ana i ka US, e koi ana i nā mokulele i hoʻopilikia ʻia a hiki i kahi 1,200.
ʻO nā wahi i hōʻeha loa ʻia ʻo Chicago, Illinois a me Kansas City, Missouri, a ua hōʻike ʻia ka hau a me nā makani ikaika ma Nebraska, Missouri, a me Iowa. A ʻaʻole i pau ka ʻino – ua manaʻo ʻia e pā pū ʻo Michigan a me Indiana.
Ua hoʻopuka ke Kiaʻāina ʻo Kansas ʻo Jeff Colyer i ka mokuʻāina o ka ulia pōpilikia no kona mokuʻāina kahi i pani ʻia ai kahi ākea nui o Interstate 70, ka mea e pili ana i ka hapa nui o ka mokuʻāina, ma waena o Junction City a me WaKeeney.
Ma ka hikina ʻo Illinois hāʻule ka hau ma kahi o 2 ʻīniha i kēlā me kēia hola, a he 10 mau ʻīniha o ka hau i iho mai a puni ʻo O'Hare a me Chicago's Midway Airport.
Ma ka hikina o Nebraska, ua pani ʻia kahi hapa o Interstate 80 ma waena o Lincoln a me Omaha i ke kakahiaka Sabati no ka nui o nā ulia ma hope o ka uhi ʻana o ka hau i kēlā wahi. Ma Missouri, ua pani ʻia kahi hapa o Interstate 29 kokoke i ka palena ʻo Iowa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Meteorologist ʻo Todd Kluber no ka National Weather Service, "E pōʻino." ʻOi aku ma ke komohana ʻākau ka wanana no 12 iniha o ka hau me nā makani a hiki i 50 mau mile i kēlā me kēia hola - ʻo ka hui kūpono no ka hau. Ua wānana ʻo Kluber e hāʻule ka ua i ka hau nui a me ka "kokoke i nā kūlana keʻokeʻo" e hoʻopilikia i nā kūlana huakaʻi.
