Another severe weather outbreak expected across the south

This isn't good.  After parts of Texas and Arkansas dealt with tornadoes Monday afternoon and evening, it unfortunately looks like those areas could be hard hit again. 

An outbreak of severe weather, including long tracked tornadoes, could be possible for southern Arkansas, northwest Louisiana, Oklahoma and northeast Texas.  Along with the threat for tornadoes comes damaging winds and large hail.  Storms are expected to develop again this afternoon and evening along a warm front that will reside through Texas and into Arkansas.  An upper level disturbance coming through will help to generate strong storms as moisture continues to surge from the gulf. 

This April will definitely be one for the record books.  This has been a very active month in terms of severe weather.  The Weather Channel's severe weather expert, Dr. Greg Forbes, says there have been 292 confirmed tornadoes so far this month in the U.S.; breaking the old record of 267 set back in 1974!  On average, the month of April only sees about 163 tornadoes.  There have been six severe weather outbreaks with many of them lasting for several days.  Today could possibly make it number seven.

What really saddens me is the fact that over 40 people so far this year have lost their lives with these storms; most of them in the month of April and during the tornado outbreak in North Carolina a couple weekends ago.  In Arkansas yesterday it's been reported that four people died from tornadoes while three others died from the flood waters.