A Level 2 Slight risk of severe weather is in place from Tallahassee to Thomasville and back to the west (yellow). For areas to the east, a Level 1 Marginal risk is in place (green). Storms should weaken as they move east. The greater severe weather threat will stay in the Level 3 Enhanced risk for the Florida Panhandle and into Alabama (orange).

It has been a wild Mardi Gras for North Texas, weather-wise. Early this morning, Mother Nature unleashed Category 1 hurricane-force winds with severe storms sweeping across the region. The area witnessed extensive damage,