Severe storms pummeling an area stretching from the South to the Northeast could put a damper on many people’s Easter weekend travel plans.
On Friday, this same weather system brought severe weather to the South and Midwest, with more than 70 reports of baseball-sized hail in southern Wisconsin.
Around 14 million people are at risk of severe weather from Texas to Ohio Saturday, including in Dallas and Cincinnati. The main threats Saturday are large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes.
On Saturday morning, a long line of showers and thunderstorms are threatening a region stretching from Texas to the Northeast. The strongest storms are expected to start in the late afternoon for hours over central Texas, then expand east through the overnight hours. There is an enhanced risk of storms over parts of central Texas, including Abilene and San Angelo, where the risk is highest for very large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes.
Flight cancelations and delays have already started Saturday morning in Texas’ Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, with 47 cancelations and 263 delays, according to FlightAware.com.