First Alert Weather Days have been issued for both Saturday and Sunday due to the severe weather threat in the afternoons and evenings. Coverage of storms will be greatest Saturday afternoon, with more isolated storms on Sunday.

Severe thunderstorms are expected to sweep North Texas over the weekend, bringing potential large hail and damaging winds to the region. There is a low tornado threat. On Friday evening, forecasters say scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop ahead of a stalled front.

Severe storms are expected Saturday in North Texas. But when can you expect the rain to start? According to the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office, the storms will first develop in the western part of the North Texas region in the afternoon before moving east.

Cities such as Chicago, Minneapolis and Milwaukee are at risk for a severe weather outbreak, forecasters said.

A busy stretch of severe thunderstorms is underway due to record heat and now the threats are ramping up, putting major metro areas from Chicago to Nashville under threat as the country hits the peak of tornado season.

Mid-May is living up to its reputation for severe weather as an active weather pattern brings the threat of strong tornadoes, damaging hail and intense, destructive wind gusts over multiple days.