A strong disturbance will move across the southern Plains today and tonight, causing strong to severe thunderstorms from Texas to the Lower Mississippi Valley.
Thunderstorms will erupt and become strongest this afternoon and evening across parts of central and northern Texas into Arkansas and Louisiana. The primary threats from these thunderstorms will be heavy downpours, large hail, damaging wind gusts up to 60 to 70 mph, and even a few tornadoes.
The government’s Storm Prediction Center has issued an Enhanced Risk, or a 3 out of 5 on the severe weather probability scale, across parts of northern Texas. A Slight Risk, or a 2 out of 5 on the severe weather probability scale, has been issued across parts of northern and eastern Texas, southeastern Oklahoma and into southern Arkansas, northern Louisiana and parts of western Mississippi…