Millions in path of damaging hail, possible tornadoes as multi-day severe weather threatens Texas, Plains
On Sunday, a Level 2 threat extends from southern and central Texas through Oklahoma and into Kansas, including the Dallas, San Angelo, Oklahoma City, and Wichita metro areas.
Dangerous severe weather target Texas, Oklahoma this weekend
Back-to-back storms will sweep out of the Rockies across parts of Texas and Oklahoma this weekend. Damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes are possible, with the threat likely increasing into Sunday. The severe weather threat will expand to the Central Plains and Midwest on Monday.
Back-to-back storms will bring dangerous severe weather to millions across the Plains and parts of the Deep South starting Saturday, bringing days of heavy rain that could cause flash flooding, damaging wind gusts, large hail and tornadoes.
The weekend threat stretches across the Southern Plains from South Texas to southern Kansas.
(FOX Weather)
A powerful storm system will move out of the Rockies and sweep into the Southern Plains by Saturday, drawing in warm air from the Gulf that will fuel severe thunderstorms beginning in the afternoon.
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According to the FOX Forecast Center, the primary threats will be damaging winds and large hail, though a few tornadoes are possible.
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NOAA has issued a Level 2 out of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms from the Big Bend of Texas north through much of the Texas Panhandle, including Amarillo.
(FOX Weather)
As Saturday's storms exit, another more intense system will follow closely on its heels in a parade of severe weather set to blast the region through Tuesday.
Supercells capable of producing large hail and tornadoes are possible beginning Sunday afternoon.
A Level 2 threat extends from central and southern Texas through Oklahoma and into Kansas, including the Dallas, San Angelo, Oklahoma City, and Wichita metro areas.
(FOX Weather)
The FOX Forecast Center warned of an increasing flash flood threat through the weekend as storms move over the same areas repeatedly.
"With ongoing drought conditions in parts of Texas and Oklahoma, several days of heavy rain could also lead to flash flooding," the Forecast Center said.
On Saturday, the flash flood threat has been increased to a Level 2 out of 4 threat along a corridor from Del Rio, Texas, northeast through Abilene and into southwestern Oklahoma.
A Level 1 flood threat shifts over parts of North Texas, including Dallas, southeastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas Sunday.
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On Monday, the storm system is expected to accelerate northward, expanding risks across a much larger area from the southern Plains into the Upper Midwest.
Another, more powerful storm system is forecast to move into the Plains on Tuesday, where a more significant severe weather event could unfold from the Southern Plains to the Lower Missouri Valley beginning in the afternoon, as a spring severe weather pattern takes hold of the Central U.S.