Thursday's live blog: Big cities targeted for severe storms

Thursday's live blog covers the potential for several tornadoes across the South and East. There is also the risk for damaging winds of at least 80 mph and large hail. Weather & Radar storm chasers will be streaming live from the field until the eveneing.

The enhanced risk (level 3 out of 5) of severe thunderstorms spans from central Texas to southern Georgia and the central Gulf Coast states and will continue into the evening hours.

This blog is no longer being updated. Please refer to the WeatherRadar to track storms near you.

Our storm chasers intercepted a severe warned thunderstorm producing large hail about 30 miles southwest of Dallas-Fort Worth.

The likelihood of very large hail with multiple supercells is high across north and central Texas into the ArkLaTex area. Additionally, a wider region from east Texas to the lower Mississippi Valley and Southeast faces the potential for severe hail and damaging winds.

Golf-sized hail is happening in the storms moving north of the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Tioga is getting golf-size hail that could damage vehicles and property. Take cover if you are in the area.

Strong storms are sweeping through portions of the Metroplex. A tornado watch is in effect until at least 9 p.m. CT for North Texas southward toward Waco and Lampasas.

It was a devastating Wednesday evening across parts of north and western Tennesse, western Kentucky through the Ozarks. There were over 400 severe reports, including 14 tornado reports, and almost 400 reports of damaging winds and large hail.

Tuesday's impacts are part of a multi-day severe weather outbreak that is unleashing a series of destructive tornadoes and severe thunderstorms across the central U.S. Our meteorologist James West has a full recap including the images we received from our weather reporter and team of storm chasers.

Meteorologist Mary Mays will discuss the severe scenario laid out for Thursday live on our YouTube channel. Watch it live starting at noon Eastern time.

A tornado watch is in effect for north and central Georgia, including for Atlanta until 1 p.m. for the northern parts and until 5 p.m. for the central region. Central Alabama is also under a tornado watch through the afternoon too. This means tornadoes are possible as weather conditions are favorable for them to develop.

This makes the fourth day of severe weather this workweek, and the target is not the Southeast. An enhanced risk, level 3 out of 5 on the severity scale, covers the Metroplex in Texas through Savannah, Georgia, including big metro areas like Austin, Atlanta, and Birmingham, Missi. There could be a few separate rounds of storms affecting the same cities hours apart. Find the latest forecast written by meteorologist James West below.