Texas to Florida faces multiday severe weather threat as spring breakers flock to Gulf Coast, Southeast

 The main threat from the coming storms will be large hail and damaging wind gusts, but a few tornadoes cannot be ruled out.

   Spring breakers hoping to spend some time on beaches along the Gulf Coast and Southeast may have to avoid some inclement weather this week as the threat of severe weather looms for several days.

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The risk of severe weather remains low as of Wednesday, but about 17 million people from Texas to Central and South Florida are at a 1 out of 5 risk level on NOAA's Hurricane Prediction Center (SPC)'s 5-point severe storm risk scale.

The main threats posed by the intense storm will be large hail and damaging wind gusts, but a few tornadoes cannot be ruled out.

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Rounds of rain will also drench parts of the South and Southeast by the end of the week.

"Actually, the amount of precipitation we're expecting in the second round is a lot juicier," said Fox Weather meteorologist Britta Merwin.

Only a few inches of rain is expected in the first round, but forecasters are keeping an eye on the second round.

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"There's a lot of moisture in the atmosphere," Merwin continued. "So, we're going to see more aggressive amounts of rainfall."

Widespread rainfall between 2 to 3 inches is expected from Mississippi to the Carolinas, but 3 to 5 inches or more is possible in parts of Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.

Flash flooding remains a concern across the South and Southeast as of Wednesday, with cities like New Orleans, Birmingham and Montgomery in Alabama, Atlanta and Valdosta in Georgia and communities along the Florida Panhandle facing the greatest risk.

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The risk of severe weather increases in the South over the weekend

The Fox Forecast Center said it was monitoring areas of the South for the threat of potentially more severe weather Thursday and Friday.

Computer forecast models need to agree on timing and more specifics about the threat, but the Fox Forecast Center believes several rounds of severe storms are likely, including a greater risk of tornadoes.

The threat appears to have been focused on parts of Texas and Louisiana on Thursday and then moved eastward into Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle on Friday.

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As of Tuesday, the threat of severe weather Thursday appears to be highest over parts of central and northern Texas, as well as parts of southwestern Oklahoma.

This includes the Texas cities of Wichita Falls, Dallas, Waco and Austin. Other cities in the Lone Star State that could see severe weather include San Antonio and Lufkin.

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A wide area of real estate will be at risk of severe weather Friday, including some popular beaches along the Gulf Coast.

The threat of severe weather will extend from East Texas to the Florida Panhandle.

Major cities at risk are Shreveport, Alexandria, Lake Charles and New Orleans in Louisiana, Jackson and Hattiesburg in Mississippi, Mobile in Alabama, and Panama City in Florida.