A slow-moving weather system will unleash disruptive downpours and thunderstorms across Louisiana and to the Carolinas and Florida into the end of this week, and some of the storms could become severe with the potential to spawn isolated tornadoes and hail, AccuWeather forecasters warn.
Storms that erupted farther west from the same storm system late Monday and Monday night from Texas to Louisiana produced incidents of hail and gusty winds but stopped short of producing widespread damaging winds. Reports on the hail ranged in size from 1 inch in diameter, or quarter-sized, to 1.75 inches in diameter, which is the approximate size of a golf ball. A tornado is suspect as the cause of damage Monday evening in the town of Leonard, Texas, located about an hour northeast of Dallas.
