Storms expected across Texas throughout Easter holiday weekend. Here's the forecast
If you were hoping for sunny skies on Easter Sunday for picnics and egg hunts, you might want to make backup plans. Storms are expected across much of Texas throughout the weekend.
"Multiple rounds of thunderstorms will rattle vast areas of the United States into Easter Sunday," said AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski in an online forecast. "Some packing large hail, high winds and tornadoes will pose a significant risk to lives and property."
A few areas may experience severe conditions for several days in a row.
Organized, potent thunderstorms are forecast to ramp up starting Thursday with subsequent rounds of severe weather right through Easter on Sunday, April 20, mainly focused on the central United States, AccuWeather said.
As the weekend begins on Friday and Saturday, 'the severe weather threat will become more elongated and stretch for 1,000 miles or more each day — from central Texas to parts of Ohio, and even as far north as Michigan and as far east as West Virginia,' said Sosnowski.
On Easter Sunday, the most dangerous storms are expected to target areas from central Texas and northwestern Louisiana through eastern Kansas, Missouri, and parts of western Illinois.
Here's the chance for storms across Texas this weekend:
Friday: Cloudy, 18% chance of precipitation
Saturday: Evening thunderstorms, 37% chance of precipitation
Sunday: Morning thunderstorms, 74% chance of precipitation
Friday: Partly cloudy/windy, 4% chance of precipitation
Saturday: Morning clouds and afternoon sun, 14% chance of precipitation
Sunday: Partly cloudy, 24% chance of precipitation
Friday: Mostly cloudy and windy, 6% chance of precipitation
Saturday: Thunderstorms, 73% chance of precipitation
Sunday: Morning showers, 55% chance of precipitation
Friday: Mornings clouds and afternoon sun, 10% chance of precipitation
Saturday: Cloudy, 24% chance of precipitation
Sunday: Thunderstorms, 63% chance of precipitation
Friday: Partly cloudy, 0% chance of precipitation
Saturday: Mostly sunny, 3% chance of precipitation
Sunday: Sunny, 0% chance of precipitation
Friday: Mostly cloudy, 1% chance of precipitation
Saturday: Mostly sunny, 5% chance of precipitation
Sunday: Sunny, 8% chance of precipitation
Friday: Morning clouds and afternoon sun, 17% chance of precipitation
Saturday: Cloudy and windy, 15% chance of precipitation
Sunday: Thunderstorm, 64% chance of precipitation
Friday: Mostly cloudy, 1% chance of precipitation
Saturday: Partly cloudy, 23% chance of precipitation
Sunday: Sunny, 2% chance of precipitation
Friday: Mostly cloudy, 10% chance of precipitation
Saturday: Afternoon thunderstorms, 43% chance of precipitation
Sunday: Morning thunderstorms, 79% chance of precipitation
Friday: Cloudy and windy, 17% chance of precipitation
Saturday: Afternoon thunderstorms, 48% chance of precipitation
Sunday: Morning thunderstorms, 69% chance of precipitation
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Easter weather forecast: Storms to drench much of Texas this weekend
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