Severe weather has returned to the forecast for parts of the Mississippi Valley this weekend, an unwelcome sight for an area that is still picking up the pieces from a deadly tornado outbreak just last week.

Weather forecasters warn about a major multiple-day outbreak of severe weather that includes multiple strong tornadoes from the Mississippi Valley to the Gulf Coast, Great Lakes and Atlantic coast through the weekend.

A severe weather threat is setting up for this weekend from portions of Missouri and eastern Kansas into the South, with the potential for damaging winds and large hail, although an isolated tornado threat cannot be ruled out.