Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
33%
7 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
60/100
NBC News's corrections and
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Stormy, wet weather is expected to hammer the central U.S. on Election Day, with the spiciest forecasts for states with some of the hottest races — including Texas, Kansas and Iowa.
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weather → expect → Texas
Forecasters predict a line of thunderstorms stretching from Texas to Missouri on Tuesday, with dreary rainfall in upper Midwest states like Iowa and strong winds in plains states like Kansas.
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Forecasters → predict → Kansas
With attention focused on voter turnout in battleground states, the inclement weather could affect candidates’ ability to draw people to the polls.
“The middle part of the country is going to be probably the most active area on Election Day,” said Bob Oravec, a lead forecaster at the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center.
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Oravec → focus → Center
“Depending on how committed people are going to be to turning out for whatever candidate they’re going to vote for, the weather could have an impact.”
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weather → depend → impact
Oravec said forecasting models for Tuesday morning show thunderstorms hammering north central Texas, a critical battleground in the state’s U.S. Senate race, in which Democrat James Talarico faces Republican Ken Paxton.
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Talarico → say → Paxton
“The usual things of severe weather” were all possibilities, he said: ”high winds, large hail, maybe even tornadoes.”
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he → say → weather
Although Tuesday is more than five days away, Oravec said the National Weather Service is confident that a storm system will sweep across the West Coast on Sunday then hit the central states Tuesday.
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system → say → states
“This is the kind of system that our numerical models handle well,” he said.
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he → handle → that
“The individual timing of a line of thunderstorms likely will change over the next few days.
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timing → change → days
But the overall idea of the storm moving from west to east is pretty well set.”
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storm → move → east
Other areas in the central U.S. could face hazards, too.
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areas → face → hazards
The Weather Prediction Center forecasts high winds in the Plains states, including in Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska.
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Center → forecast → Kansas
“We’re looking at sustained winds around 20 to 30 miles an hour, and we could see some gusts over 40 to maybe even over 50 miles an hour,” said Clint Alexander, a National Weather Service forecaster in Goodland, Kansas.
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Alexander → look → Goodland
Alexander said the winds could affect travel, including on Interstate 70, the main east-west corridor through the state, though the forecast remains somewhat uncertain.
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forecast → say → state
Kansas has become a surprise battleground for the U.S. Senate, with polls showing Republican Sen. Roger Marshall and Democrat Adam Hamilton neck and neck.
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Marshall → become → Senate
Iowa, meanwhile, has close races brewing for governor and U.S. Senate.
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Iowa → have → governor
“It’ll be pretty dreary,” said Justin Schultz, the lead forecaster for the National Weather Service in Davenport, Iowa.
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Schultz → say → Davenport
Schultz expects the forecast for Iowa to firm up over the weekend.
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forecast → expect → weekend
There’s no flooding predicted, but his team thinks a measurement called precipitable water — the amount of moisture present in a column of the atmosphere — could reach an all-time high.
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measurement → ’ → high
That would amount to a lot of rain and wet conditions throughout the day.
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That → amount → day
“It could actually be near record moisture for this time of the year,” Schultz said.
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Schultz → say → year
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