Severe Weather Shifts to Shreveport, Memphis Sunday

The southern Plains will finally catch a break from severe weather to end the weekend as the danger shifts to the lower Mississippi Valley.

Saturday marked the third straight day of severe weather the southern Plains.

The threat zone on Sunday will shift eastward and take aim at the zone from southern Missouri and western Tennessee to northern Louisiana and far northeastern Texas. Within this zone lies Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Little Rock and Jonesboro, Arkansas; Memphis, Tennessee; Tyler, Texas; Shreveport, Louisiana; and Greenville, Mississippi.

"Severe thunderstorms will initially develop across western Arkansas, northwestern Louisiana and northeastern Texas Sunday afternoon," stated AccuWeather Assistant Director of Weather Warning Services Andrew Gagnon.

"These thunderstorms will march eastward across much of Arkansas and northern Louisiana during the late afternoon and will eventually spread into northern Mississippi and western Tennessee during the evening hours," Gagnon continued.