On Friday, this area shifts to one from eastern Oklahoma eastward through the Gulf Coast states into central and southern Mississippi. Within these zones, thunderstorms are expected to bring not just torrential downpours but strong, damaging winds with gusts above 75mph, large damaging hail, frequent lightning, and localized tornadoes
“There is even the potential for long-lived, rapidly moving clusters of storms over the coming days. These complexes, known as derechos, resemble inland hurricanes and can produce damaging winds over large areas. These winds are capable of causing widespread damage to trees, power lines, homes, businesses, and other structures.” - AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter Here’s more