Nicole Carlisle, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Tampa Bay office, said the storms are likely to arrive Sunday evening. The thunderstorms bring the threat of damaging winds and an isolated tornado or two. The weather service expects up to an inch of rain from the storms.

However, the storms will arrive by late night and early Sunday. Sunday is a First Alert Weather Day. An enhanced risk (3 out of 5) of severe weather from the Storm Prediction Center, highlighting a high threat for damaging winds,

There is the potential for severe weather across the southeastern parts of the United States over the next several days, including Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia. On Sunday, that severe weather threat extends into north and central Florida.