Intensifying thunderstorms across the southern and eastern U.S. threatened to unleash dangerous weather conditions.

NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has nearly the whole state in a Level 2 out of 5 (slight) risk for severe weather today. A Level 2 risk means that scattered severe storms will be possible. The immediate coast has a Level 1 risk today and could get isolated severe storms.

Severe weather, including the threat of damaging wind gusts, hail and even some tornadoes is putting millions of people on alert along the East Coast from the Southeast to the mid-Atlantic. FOX Weather Meteorologists Nick Kosir and Haley Meier break down the forecast on June 8,