From Wednesday to the weekend, locations from Texas to Illinois are expected to be hit by multiple waves of severe weather, which will feature risks of tornadoes, hurricane-force winds, flooding and hail. The majority of thunderstorms will form across the edge of the dividing line, amplifying warm and humid air from the Gulf of America and pushing southward from Canada. The biggest threats of the severe weather will be large hail and hurricane-forced gusts, with AccuWeather’s Local StormMax registering at 80 mph. The potential for multiple tornadoes will also be present along with hail and gusts. The weather pattern will increase the flooding threat, but isolated zones could experience too much rainfall too rapidly, leading to concerns of urban flooding and small-scale epile