The severe storms that hit an area that extends from the South to the Northeast, could impose on the Easter weekend travel plans of many people.
On Friday, this same meteorological system brought a severe climate to the south and the west, with more than 70 hail reports the size of a baseball in southern Wisconsin.
Around 14 million people run the risk of severe weather from Texas to Ohio on Saturday, even in Dallas and Cincinnati. The main threats on Saturday are large hail, harmful winds and some tornadoes.
On Saturday morning, a long line of electric showers and storms threaten a region that extends from Texas to the northeast. The strongest storms are expected to begin at the end of the afternoon for hours on the center of Texas, then they will expand east during the night hours. There is a higher risk of storms on parts of the Texas center, including Abilene and San Angelo, where the risk is higher for very large hail, harmful and tornado winds.
Cancellations and flight delays have already started on Saturday morning at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Texas, with 47 cancellations and 263 delays, according to FlightTaware.com.
The rounds of heavy rains caused floods on Friday, and the risk of more floods is expected on Saturday, with a moderate risk of sudden floods that extend from the center-north of Texas to Missouri. Around 10 million people are under flood alerts from Texas to Illinois, including St Louis, Missouri; Springfield, Ohio; Tulsa and Oklahoma City are included in these alerts until Sunday night, since storm totals vary from 3 to 5 inches, with up to 7 inches possible in some areas.
Easter Sunday, 11 Millions of people run the risk of thunderstorms from East Texas to Illinois, even in St. Louis; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Shreveport, Louisiana. The activity of the tornado is possible, with the greatest risk of tornadoes and harmful winds on Missouri and in western Illinois.
This climate pattern will also create a division well above and well below the average temperatures during the weekend. The maximums in the rocky mountains, the plains and the southwest will fall from 10 to 30 degrees below the average, with temperatures to the maximum in the 40 to 70.
Meanwhile, from the south to the northeast, the maximums will rise from 10 to 20 degrees above average, with temperatures to the maximum in the 70s to 90. Some maximum records will be threatened this afternoon in Tampa, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Nashville, Tennessee; and Charlotte, North Carolina.
The maximums will remain between 10 and 15 degrees above the average throughout the southeast until Sunday and the beginning of next week.
