Severe storms from the South to the Northeast put a damper on Easter travel

Severe storms triggered tornado watches and warnings in Texas and Oklahoma Saturday night and produced baseball-sized hail across an area stretching from the South to the Northeast.

Severe storms triggered tornado watches and warnings in Texas and Oklahoma Saturday night and produced baseball-sized hail across an area stretching from the South to the Northeast.

Among reported but unconfirmed Texas tornadoes on Saturday were vortexes sighted in Jacksboro and Sterling City before nightfall. NBC Dallas-Fort Worth reported a vortex moving late Saturday near Weatherford. It showed signs of well-developed tornadic circulation, said the station’s chief meteorologist, Rick Mitchell.

"There does not appear to be any significant storm damage within the city limits," but that could change under daylight, Weatherford spokesperson Amy Borders said.

The federal storm prediction center said that three supercells, which can produce powerful tornadoes, were reported in North Texas.

The supercells, defined by a deep updraft and well-organized, circular motion known to spawn tornadoes and potent thunderstorms, were poised to merge with a boundary between cold air and warm that could result in a "brief uptick in tornado potential" overnight, the federal Storm Prediction Center said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/storms/severe-storms-damper-easter-travel-rcna201970

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