(CNN) Parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast can expect severe thunderstorms and high winds Monday afternoon and evening, the National Weather Service is warning.

Much of the Southeast is likely to see scattered clusters of storms. Large hail and strong winds are the primary threat for several cities, including Atlanta, Birmingham, Alabama, Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, and Norfolk, Virginia.

"A few severe storms with damaging wind gusts and hail will be possible through this evening from northeast Mississippi to the Carolinas and southeast Virginia," the weather service said.

"The greatest concentration of reports is forecast over parts of southern Virginia and northern North Carolina."

"Spring has arrived and severe weather season has arrived," CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri said. A few strong storms could develop Tuesday along the Southeast coast into Florida, forecasters said.

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