Damaging winds with gusts up to 100 mph and hail 3 inches in diameter are all risks this weekend across the Southern Plains.

Top weather news for. Saturday’s severe weather threat covers around 65 million people across the southern Plains, Deep South and into the Southeast. Primary dangers include gusts of 60+ mph and very large to giant hail,

It's been another especially active severe weather season across the Lone Star State, driven by persistent upper-level low pressure systems and abundant atmospheric moisture riding north from the Gulf of Mexico.