Severe Storms Threaten Texas, Oklahoma and Florida

By Meghan Evans, Meteorologist

April 1,2013; 7:09PM,EDT

Following a round of severe storms from Texas to Georgia on Easter Sunday, potentially damaging thunderstorms are expected to fire across portions of the U.S. into Monday night.
There will be two separate thunderstorm risk areas, including one in the southern High Plains and the other in southeastern Florida.
Plains Severe Risk
A storm will reach western Texas, igniting thunderstorms across the Texas Panhandle and southwestern Oklahoma. Enough moisture will arrive to support the growth of severe storms.

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The strongest storms could produce hail the size of quarters and larger and damaging wind gusts above 60 mph. Isolated tornadoes cannot be ruled out.

Amarillo and Lubbock, Texas, are among the cities and towns that may be in the path of severe storms during the evening.
The threat of violent storms will shift farther south and east overnight, putting Abilene, Texas, at risk.

The potential for severe thunderstorms will continue Tuesday and Wednesday in portions of Texas.
Florida Severe Risk
Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood, Fla., are among the cities that will lie of the path of severe storms in Florida Monday evening.
The storms will ignite following daytime heating, while one or more disturbances drift in from the west.
Main concerns with the thunderstorms are strong winds and hail; however, it is not out of the question that the strongest storms can produce a tornado.