Severe storms target nearly 40M across the Southern Plains through Mother's Day weekend

Name: Severe storms target nearly 40M across the Southern Plains through Mother's Day weekend
Uploaded: 2026-05-08T09:24:53Z
Duration: 3 min 8 s

FWX · May 8, 2026 · 3m 8s

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Severe storms target nearly 40M across the Southern Plains through Mother's Day weekend. Thunderstorms packing large hail and damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph are expected to fire late Friday afternoon and through the evening hours. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has issued a Level 2 out of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms that covers much of central and eastern Oklahoma, as well as parts of North Texas. The SPC also highlighted a Level 1 threat that covers parts of South Texas, just south and east of San Antonio that could see large hail if storms are able to develop. Different parts of the Southern Plains will see severe weather through Mother's Day.