Baseball-sized hail warning across the US

More than 50 million people live in path of the severe weather

Hailstones the size of baseballs could accompany life-threatening storms that loom across a large portion of the southern United States.

More than 50 million people are in the path of a severe weather system that could bring violent tornadoes, large hail, and heavy rainfall to the region on Thursday.

Severe storms are expected across the Deep South, with strong storms possible from the Gulf Coast as far north as Ohio.

The strongest storms are expected to hit Mississippi, Alabama and southern Tennessee.

“Significant severe weather will affect the region today with hail, damaging winds and tornadoes all anticipated,” stated the National Weather Service office in Jackson, Mississippi.

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The most potentially damaging weather is expected to begin later on Thursday.

AccuWeather chief on-air meteorologist Bernie Rayno said that they are not using words like “possible” or “likely” on their forecast maps.

“These are definite,” he warned. 

“There’s going to be a tornado outbreak. There’s going to be widespread wind damage, and there’s going to be hail.”

More than 6 million people were under a flash flood warning on Thursday morning in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina, with rainfall of up to four inches expected.

The region is expected to dry out on Friday, except for some parts of Georgia and the Carolinas.