'Severe' Weather, Tornado Threats Forecast for More Than 10 States Sunday

More inclement--and potentially dangerous--weather is on the way for a significant section of the country Sunday, according to the latest forecasts.

Residents in northeast Texas up through the southern portion of Michigan are in the line of fire. In total, over a dozen states are expected to have at least a "slight" chance of severe weather, with 10 under a more "enhanced" threat.

A widespread damaging wind event with some tornado threat is likely late Sunday afternoon through Sunday night from northeast Texas to southwest Lower Michigan. pic.twitter.com/LXjweevli5

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Sunday storms focused on Midwest and South

The National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has the most updated information on Sunday's storm threats.

Parts of 10 states have an "enhanced" threat of severe weather. They are:

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Tennessee
• Texas

"A widespread damaging wind event with some tornado threat is likely late Sunday afternoon through Sunday night from northeast Texas to southwest Lower Michigan," the Storm Prediction Center says. "The greatest wind damage threat appears to be from northeast Arkansas/western Tennessee to southern Indiana during the evening and overnight hours."

Major metropolitan areas covered by the Storm Prediction Center forecast include Indianapolis, Memphis, Nashville, Louisville and Shreveport.

Meanwhile, according to WeatherNation, "significant" wind potential or tornado threats extend beyond the territories listed above, with parts of Michigan, Ohio, Georgia and the Carolinas, among other places, possibly being impacted.

"These significant outlooks do not indicated how widespread storms will be, instead they're meant to highlight the potential for some storms to have higher intensity," Weather Nation writes.

Storms moving further East Monday

Come Monday, thunderstorms with "damaging" winds are expected to "be widespread across much of the East, from north Florida to the Northeast," says The Weather Channel.

"For now, NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has highlighted the area with the highest chance of severe weather from parts of the mid-Atlantic states to the Carolinas," The Weather Channel wrote.

"However, this damaging wind threat could extend through the Appalachians and entire Northeast from Monday morning through Monday night. It could accompany the squall line in the Northeast even if that section of the squall line is just a band of heavy rain without lightning."

Tornadoes are "possible" as well, either within the squall line or "in any discrete rotating thunderstorms that could flare up ahead of the line."