The FOX Forecast Center is monitoring severe storms moving through the South, where long-lived, powerful tornadoes, widespread damaging winds, large hail, and flash flooding are all possible.
This multiday severe weather threat follows a deadly outbreak that impacted the Plains, Mississippi, and Ohio valleys earlier this week, but the FOX Forecast Center said this threat will be centered over areas further south and will likely have broader impacts.
Tornadoes and hail have been spotted in Texas
Showers and thunderstorms are continuing across the South on Thursday.
Nearly 10 million people in North Texas, southern Oklahoma, and southwestern Arkansas have been issued a Tornado Watch.
The timer runs until 10 p.m. CDT, as per Fox News.
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a warning that some of the twisters could be severe.
Parts of Texas and Oklahoma have been issued Severe Thunderstorm Warnings until Thursday night.
According to the National Weather Service, thunderstorms developing through the afternoon could bring damaging winds and large hail.
According to the National Weather Service, softball-sized hail crashed through roofs of mobile homes and truck windshields early Thursday during a severe storm near Dilley, Texas.
A tornado was also reported near Shottsville, Alabama, where a few roads were impassable due to downed trees.
Thunderstorms with the potential to be severe are threatening nearly 40 million people from Texas to western Alabama.
Dallas-Fort Worth, Little Rock, Arkansas; Shreveport, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; and Memphis, Tennessee are among the communities facing an increased risk of severe storms.
Several National Weather Service offices warned that the severe weather outbreak could include long-lasting, powerful tornadoes with EF-2 or higher winds.
The risk of flash flooding will also rise significantly on Thursday, with some areas in the South receiving multiple rounds of rain through Friday.
Parts of eastern Oklahoma, northeastern Texas, Arkansas, southeastern Missouri, western Kentucky, and West Tennessee could receive three to five inches of rain between Thursday and Friday, according to computer forecast models.
Rivers and streams may quickly rise where thunderstorms stall or track over the same areas, especially in communities near waterways that are already considered full.
35 million at risk
AccuWeather warned that a massive clash of cold and warm air stretching from Ohio and Virginia down to Texas could result in a "blockbuster" storm with heavy snow to the north and severe thunderstorms and possibly tornadoes to the south.
According to the Storm Prediction Center, severe thunderstorms (including tornadoes) are possible Thursday afternoon and evening for 35 million people.
Tornado warnings have been issued for parts of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, including the Dallas metropolitan area.
The same clash of cold and warm air that will cause heavy snow in the Upper Midwest and Northeast will also cause severe thunderstorms across the South, as per USA Today.
According to the National Weather Service, a powerful storm system will bring heavy rain, damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes to areas ranging from Texas to Ohio on Thursday.
The most damaging winds and tornadoes are expected to hit Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and western parts of Alabama and Tennessee.
On Thursday, a system that blasted the Midwest earlier in the week was expected to dump four to eight inches of snow across parts of Maine.
Snow fell in parts of Texas as a result of the new system bringing severe weather and heavy rain to the southern tier states.
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