At least two offices of the National Weather Service have said they are delaying or skipping sending staff into the field to survey damage from this week’s severe weather, a key step that meteorologists usually use to confirm whether or not a tornado has struck.

More than 50 weather warnings were for tornadoes. Rain continues to cause flash flooding concerns around the state.

The National Weather Service warned on Thursday of "generational" floods in the southern and Midwestern United States, as storms ripped across a swath of the country from Texas to Michigan, flinging down hail and whipping up tornadoes.

The National Weather Service warned on Thursday of "generational" floods in the U.S. South and Midwest as storms ripped across a swath of the country from Texas to Michigan, whipping up tornadoes and killing two people.

Brutal storms are sweeping through the Midwest and South. The National Weather Service forecasts the storms will linger in the area for days and cause "life-threatening, catastrophic, and potentially historic flash flooding.