For the third weekend in a row, Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky are under a significant severe thunderstorm threat.

These areas face a significant threat of potentially destructive winds that could cause widespread power outages and tree damage.

Thunderstorms, large hail, destructive wind gusts and strong tornadoes threaten up to 73 million people across the Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee Valleys on Sunday. By evening, Michigan, Missouri and Mississipi each had preliminary tornado reports as a storm system slowly marched east,

Millions of people are under tornado watches across the central United States on Sunday, as a volatile weather system has triggered power outages and huge hail. Nearly 175 million people from Illinois to eastern Texas and beyond could be affected,

A tornado watch has been issued until 11 p.m. for all of western Kentucky, northwest Tennessee and Pemiscot County, Missouri.

CARTERVILLE, Ill. (WSIL) — A tornado watch has been issued for the entire region until 11 p.m. The National Weather Service issued the tornado watch which includes all of southern Illinois, southeast Missouri, western Kentucky and northwest Tennessee. The watch also extends into Indiana and further north into Illinois and into Arkansas.

Forecasters warned of widespread damaging winds, very large hail and tornadoes, from Texas to the East Coast starting on Sunday.

At least 80 million people − from the Midwest to the South to the East − were in the path of turbulent weather Sunday into Monday.

Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms pass through Alabama overnight into Monday morning bringing locally heavy rainfall and frequent lightning. Some storms will be intense after midnight threatening severe wind gusts over 60 miles per hour, large hail, and tornadoes. Check the video for the latest forecast.