- The stagnant low pressure system in the southern Plains finally is moving toward the east.
- It should move off the Southeast coast Friday setting the region up for a nice Easter weekend.
- Showers and thunderstorms occur from the Mississippi Valley through the Southeast and most of Florida today.
- Severe thunderstorms are possible from Louisiana and Arkansas through central South Carolina and northern Florida today and this evening.
- Hail, damaging wind gusts and an isolated tornado are possible with the strongest storms.
- Showers and thunderstorms are possible from North Carolina to Florida Friday.
- A few strong storms are possible in central and southern Florida as the cold front moves through.
- High temperatures today range from the 50s and 60s in North Carolina to the lower 90s in southern Texas.
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