Today parts of Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi are under Sever Storm watch. "These storms will initially fire over the higher elevations in northern Mexico before tracking into Texas.
These south-central Texas storms will initially be capable of producing large, damaging hail and damaging wind gusts greater than 65 mph.
Farther to the north and east, thunderstorms will develop along a trailing cold front this afternoon from far northeast Texas through western Tennessee.
This will bring a threat for damaging winds and large hail to Little Rock, Memphis, Tuscaloosa, and Shreveport."
Though the graphic above shows two distinct regions where the best chance for severe weather lies, there can also be an isolated gusty thunderstorm in between these zones across central Texas. San Antonio, Austin, Waco, and Houston lie in this zone where very isolated thunderstorms may fire.
There is even the threat for an isolated tornado or two, especially from eastern Arkansas into northern Mississippi and southwestern Tennessee where the best "wind shear" is occurring.
Wind shear is a term which means "twisting of the winds as you go higher in the atmosphere." The more wind shear or the more changing of the winds, the better chance for rotation in thunderstorms.
Stay tuned to AccuWeather.com into tonight as we continue to monitor the severe weather threat.
Heed all watches and warnings and check in with Severe Weather Center for the latest information.
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