A three-day severe weather outbreak threatens to bring damaging winds, large hail, flooding and strong tornadoes to a vast region in the Central U.S. The big picture: The storms may peak on Saturday,

As the Central Plains region faces a significant severe weather threat, including large hail, strong winds, and a potential tornado outbreak, communities are on high alert. Meteorologist Scott Withers

Tornado Alley in the central U.S. is expected to see dangerous storms Thursday, producing tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds. The threat will shift eastward to areas from Iowa to Texas on Friday before another severe weather threat looms in the Plains and Midwest over the weekend.

Over 60 million Americans are in a multiday severe weather threat zone for potentially strong tornadoes, hail as big as baseballs or even larger and damaging wind gusts – a threat that will last through the weekend.