As millions begin the trek home after the Christmas holiday, they’ll be dealing with stormy conditions to close out the week with rain, severe weather and snow expected across parts of the country.
Thursday was a tough day to travel in Texas as severe thunderstorms triggered multiple flight delays and cancelations in Dallas and Houston.
The swath of severe weather slid to the East out of Texas Thursday night, leaving for calmer weather on Friday in the Lone Star State.
But that is not the case for the rest of the South, which now faces a two-day threat of severe weather.
While Friday’s severe weather threat is muted – just a level 1 threat along the Gulf Coast, thunderstorms could slow travel from Nashville to New Orleans with rain showers reaching north into the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes.
But the severe weather threat ramps up for Saturday. Large areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama are in level 2 or 3 out of 5 severe weather threat, according to the SPC.
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