Severe Storms Take Aim At South And East With Damaging Winds, Large Hail And A Few Tornadoes Monday

Tornadoes, Hail, Damaging Wind Threat For East

A potent storm system is tracking through the South and East today with a threat of severe storms that could produce destructive straight-line winds, large hail and a few tornadoes.

Right on the heels of this system, another round of severe weather will fire up in the Plains, Midwest and South Tuesday into Wednesday.

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What's Happening Now

Multiple severe thunderstorm watches have been issued in the South by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center. Some of the storms are prompting warnings to be issued at times. You can see the latest radar, watches and warning in the map below.

Since Saturday night, this storm system has produced more than 500 reports of severe weather from the Plains into the Midwest and South, mainly in the form of damaging winds and large hail.

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Today's Forecast

Severe weather will continue ahead of a cold front from the northern Gulf Coast into the Southeast, the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, possibly including Atlanta, Georgia; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; Jacksonville, Florida; Columbia, South Carolina; New York City; and Washington, D.C.

In the Southeast, from the Carolinas to Georgia and the Gulf Coast, the storms could produce numerous damaging winds gusts, large hail and a few tornadoes, especially in the areas shaded in red below.

Wind damage and hail are the biggest threats from any severe storms that push through the mid-Atlantic and Northeast through this evening.

Another Outbreak Ahead?

As we begin April, another low pressure system will bring the threat of more severe weather to parts of the Plains, Midwest and South.

This could begin late Tuesday and Tuesday night in the Plains states, where damaging wind gusts, large hail and a few tornadoes are possible.

By Wednesday, the severe weather threat is forecast to escalate in the Midwest and South. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center is warning that a significant outbreak of severe storms capable of producing widespread damaging winds, very large hail and significant tornadoes is possible from the lower Great Lakes to parts of the Mississippi and Ohio valleys.

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