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Major severe weather outbreak expected on Easter in the South

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Tornadoes and damaging winds are expected in the southern United States on Sunday, according to the Storm Prediction Center.

The storms will brewing Saturday night in Texas and move east, strengthening as they go into Arkansas and Louisiana.

The Storm Prediction Center issued a "moderate risk" for storms in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Parts of Texas, Tennessee and Georgia are under an "enhanced risk" for severe storms.

The Storm Prediction Center is warning of "long-tracked tornadoes and potentially widespread damaging wind" on Sunday.

The Storm Prediction Center says there is a risk of strong tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind gusts for those in the moderate and enhanced risk areas. The storms are expected to continue moving east into the Carolinas, posing a severe weather threat there early Monday.