Current forecast is for "severe thunderstorms" over a very large area on Sunday. The affected area extends from north Texas, through Oklahoma and Kansas the slightly to east-northeast up into Iowa, Indiana and Michigan.

The greatest danger with this forecast is probably hail and "gusty" winds, although isolated strong winds (generally considered something > 60 mph?) could occur. The possibility of scattered torandos is always included, but at present only smaller ones in "low population areas" are actually in the forecast.

Hail "up to grapefruit size" was mentioned as possible for a few isolated areas, but such predictions seldom pan out.

The likelihood of more significant tornados may increase as the system moves to the east (or northeast) on Monday, but at present nothing in the predictions is being taken as a "major event."

The forecast probably popped up as a news item just due to the large area covered by the expected conditions, rather than the severity anticipated, although we won't plan a picnic this weekend.

John