Strong tornado threat brewing for millions across Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas with severe weather ramping up

A severe weather outbreak is likely across parts of the Plains and Midwest beginning Friday afternoon, where millions could see "monster hail" and tornadoes develop.

A broader severe weather threat is targeting more than 63 million people, spanning more than 1,500 miles from Texas to Michigan.

SEVERE STORMS TO REIGNITE THREATS OF DAMAGING HAIL, WIND, POSSIBLE TORNADOES ACROSS CENTRAL PLAINS NEXT WEEK

This comes on the heels of severe storms that rumbled through the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma Thursday. FOX Weather Meteorologist Ari Sarsalari tracked a spotter-confirmed tornado Thursday night outside of Quail, Texas.

The emergency management department in Fairview, Oklahoma shared video on social media of a large possible tornado, just west of the city late Thursday. There's been no word on the extent of any damage if anyone was hurt.

WHAT IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM?

On Friday, NOAA's Storm Prediction Center issued a Level 3 out of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms across parts of Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa.

Two primary areas of storms are expected to develop Friday.

According to the FOX Forecast Center, the first round of storms is expected to develop during the mid-to-late afternoon as an area of low pressure close to the surface moves across Kansas and the Missouri Valley.

 The atmosphere will be able to support supercell thunderstorms capable of generating hail larger than 3 inches in diameter, and tornadoes. 

Strong tornadoes are possible from Kansas City to Wichita to Oklahoma City during the early evening hours Friday.

Overnight, as a cold front pushes farther east-southeast, damaging wind gusts, hail and tornadoes will be possible from Illinois southward through Oklahoma and northeastern Texas.