NWS has issued a flash flood emergency for the Austin area for life-threatening flash flooding. In addition there are two tornado warnings in the red polygons.

Severe thunderstorm watch for Kansas for large hail and damaging winds. I do not usually post severe thunderstorm watches but I am making an exception because of the holiday weekend.

One inch hail reported at Goddard, Kansas, storms moving NNE. Damaging winds also possible.

I've circled the location of the tornado at 3:15pm, moving ENE. People in the red polygon need to take shelter now.

This watch extends from the southern Ozarks to central Texas until 10pm.

The storms are developing so fast over such a large area I cannot keep up with everything. So, if you are in a threatened area, please monitor local sources as well as this blog.

Time for residents of the Dallas area and Waco area to monitor the storms. See below taken moments ago SW of Waco. In both cities, there is a threat for tornadoes, large hail, very heavy rain, flash flooding and lightning the next few hours.