Millions of people are under tornado watches across the central United States on Sunday, as a volatile weather system has triggered power outages and huge hail. Nearly 175 million people from Illinois to eastern Texas and beyond could be affected,

Monday morning a cold front pushes in to the state... before the sun rises, we will see our northern counties first deal with the impacts. This line of activity steadily heads south, and as it move through central and south Alabama our entire area will start to experience strong storms and their impacts.

"Several tornadoes will also occur with supercells. A few of these tornadoes could be strong."Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Accuweather meteorologists warned that more than a dozen tornadoes were possible Sunday afternoon and Sunday night,

Worst part of the storm should hit Middle Tennessee after 10 p.m. Sunday with winds, rain and chance of tornadoes

The Midlands face the highest severe weather risk of the spring so far Monday, with strong storms, damaging winds, hail, and possible tornadoes expected after noon.

Indianapolis and Central Indiana could be in for severe weather Sunday afternoon, with thunderstorms, hail and damaging winds possible.

If the morning round of storms clears out quickly on Sunday, the severe storm threat is higher for the afternoon.