Severe storms to sweep from Texas to East bringing wind, hail, flash flooding, possible tornado

A storm system expected to form over the Central United States will bring the risk of severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and disruptive rain, beginning late Sunday.

Leftover moisture from Simon will join forces with a disturbance pushing across the Rockies this weekend. As the two systems get together to form one dynamic storm system, thunderstorms are forecast to erupt over portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri Sunday afternoon.

According to Severe Weather Expert Henry Margusity, "For October, this could be a big outbreak of severe weather spanning late this weekend into the first part of next week."

The storms have the potential to become severe Sunday evening with the risk of damaging wind gusts, large hail and flash flooding being the main threats.

"A few of the strongest storms could produce a tornado as well," Margusity said.

The threat of severe thunderstorms will shift eastward and expand northward on Monday and will extend from the upper Texas coast to the lower Mississippi and Ohio valleys. The same violent weather risks from Sunday night will continue over this region.

During the period from Sunday night into Monday, travel disruptions, property damage and power outages are possible in the major cities of Dallas, Oklahoma City, Little Rock, Houston, Memphis, St. Louis and Shreveport, Louisiana. The storms will fire along the corridors of Interstate-10, I-20, I-30, I-40, I-44 and I-45.

People caught out in these storms will be faced with poor travel conditions, including blinding downpours and gusty winds that could make for difficult steering.

Although the severe weather will be well off to the east by Monday night, lingering rain will dampen Kansas City during game three of the MLB AL Championship Series.

The severe weather threat will shift to a zone stretching from the Ohio Valley to the Southeast on Tuesday.