Thunderstorms and tornadoes are expected to sweep eastward across the US in the coming days after a rainy season in California.
According to the storm prediction center at the National Weather Service (NWS), severe weather is expected to spread from the southern plains and into the mid-Atlantic and Gulf coast states over the next three days. The warnings applied to about 50 million Americans to kick off what are traditionally the three months that are typically the most active in terms of tornadoes in the US each year.
In addition to thunderstorms, the NWS warned that wind damage and isolated large hail would be possible across a broad area. And the forecaster admonished that a tornado threat was expected to be the greatest from central Kentucky east-north-eastward and into West Virginia.