A volatile weather system is poised to unleash severe thunderstorms across the central United States on Sunday, with the potential for tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds. Nearly 175 million people from Illinois to eastern Texas and beyond could be affected, as unseasonably warm air collides with a powerful cold front.

A volatile weather system is poised to unleash severe thunderstorms across the central United States on Sunday, with the potential for tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds. Nearly 175 million people from Illinois to eastern Texas and beyond could be affected, as unseasonably warm air collides with a powerful cold front.

At least 80 million people − from the Midwest to the South to the East − were in the path of turbulent weather Sunday into Monday.

A severe thunderstorm warning was released by the National Weather Service on Sunday at 9:37 a.m. in effect until 10:15 a.m. for Baldwin County.

Storms will move SW to NE. This is not a 100% coverage of rain-- some locations could miss the rain. The severe threat is highest between Monday, 1 p.m., and 7 p.m. for Central and Southside Virginia.

An enhanced risk for severe weather is in the forecast for a larger part of Alabama starting late tonight. It will last through the overnight hours and into the day on Monday. Tornadoes, near hurricane-force winds,

A spring storm system will move east over the next three days, bringing a variety of dangerous and life-threatening weather from the Heartland to the East Coast.

Worst part of the storm should hit Middle Tennessee after 10 p.m. Sunday with winds, rain and chance of tornadoes

The Storm Prediction Center has consistently put much of Georgia including Atlanta in a level 3 risk for storms that could turn severe. Right now, the main threats look to be pockets of heavy rain, some damaging wind possible and a very low tornado risk.