A stormy week on the southern Plains will begin on Monday with the threat ofsevere thunderstorms over a swath of West Texas into nearby eastern New Mexico.Scattered thunderstorms, a few of them potentially severe, will erupt duringthe afternoon and evening as a stream of warm, humid air flows in from thesoutheast.
Foremost severe threats will be that of wind and hail. Damaging wind gusts willtop 60 mph in strongest storms. Localized large hail will also spew fromstrongest storms.
The severe local weather threat will last well into Monday night.
Further outbreaks of stormy, potentially severe weather will unfold over thesouthern half of the Plains on Wednesday and Thursday as yet another area oflow pressure makes its way eastward from the Rockies.
Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Jim Andrews
