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Big, severe storm event coming this weekend

By Frank Strait, AccuWeather senior meteorologist

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With it getting hot and humid in advance of the next storm system to move out of the Rockies on its way east, there is going to be quite a bit of severe potential in parts of the South this weekend. We're likely to see some tornadoes along with a lot of damaging hail and wind. Early next week, the threat level will diminish, but it won't go to zero as the a cold front moving in will become stationary over the Deep South. We'll see the severe storm risk return to the Plains around the middle of next week.

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With it getting hot and humid in advance of the next storm system to move out of the Rockies on its way east, there is going to be quite a bit of severe potential in parts of the South this weekend. Were likely to see...

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