Powerful thunderstorms could unleash dozens of tornadoes, destructive 85 mph wind gusts, giant hail and flash flooding from the Plains to the Midwest as a dangerous severe weather outbreak peaks Monday night.

Volatile spring weather is plaguing the nation from coast to coast Monday, with storms pounding the Midwest, snow in the Rockies and record-breaking heat in the East

The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center is calling for "several tornadoes, a couple intense, scattered damaging winds, some hurricane force, [and] widespread baseball-size hail."

Supercells capable of producing very large to giant hail and multiple strong to intense tornadoes are most likely from central Kansas and southeast Nebraska into Iowa and northwest Missouri.” AccuWeather is warning of a “high-risk” tornado outbreak across The Plains Monday.

A sprawling severe weather outbreak could hammer a 1,000-mile corridor from northern Texas to the Great Lakes on Monday, bringing the threat of tornadoes, wind gusts approaching 80 mph, and rainfall intense enough to trigger flash flooding.

Severe storms and the potential for destructive hail and tornadoes are expected this weekend across portions of the central United States.