Dangerous Severe Storms with Strong Tornadoes, Damaging Winds and Flooding Rain Expected in the Sout
Source: WEATHER.COM
An outbreak of severe storms will hit the South Sunday into early Monday with possible strong tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail. There is also a serious threat of flash flooding in parts of the region.
Happening Now
Showers and thunderstorms are pushing eastward across portions of the South, including from eastern Texas to South Carolina.
NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued the following watch areas:
-A tornado watch is in effect for northeast Louisiana and much of central Mississippi until 7 p.m. CDT. This watch area includes Jackson, Hattiesburg, Natchez and Meridian, Mississippi.
Read more: https://weather.com/safety/tornado/news/2020-04-19-severe-thunderstorm-tornado-outbreak-damaging-winds-large-hail
FULL title: Dangerous Severe Storms with Strong Tornadoes, Damaging Winds and Flooding Rain Expected in the South
AllaN01Bear
(18,397 posts)cloudbase
(5,525 posts)earlier today here in northwest Houston, but the front moved through very fast.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Checking my weather now. Cloudy here in Memphis, not raining atm.
gristy
(10,667 posts)It does look like there could be trouble...
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html
Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1105 AM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020
Valid 191630Z - 201200Z
...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
PARTS OF LOUISIANA INTO MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND GEORGIA...
...SUMMARY...
A severe-weather outbreak is expected across much of the Deep South
through tonight, with the greatest threat from east Texas and the
Delta region eastward across parts of Alabama and Georgia. Multiple
episodes of thunderstorms will result in tornadoes (some strong),
damaging wind and large hail.
...TX/LA/MS/AL...
Several large clusters of intense thunderstorms have developed this
morning over east TX and western LA. These storms are in a region
of increasing large-scale lift ahead of the an approaching shortwave
trough. Very steep midlevel lapse rates and ample CAPE, along with
deep-layer shear sufficient for rotating storms, will promote the
potential for large hail and damaging winds in the stronger cells.
Local VAD profiles also show sufficient low-level shear for a risk
of a few tornades - especially this afternoon as low-level jet
strengthens.
A well-defined warm front extends from central LA eastward into
MS/AL. Clusters of storms will track along and south of the warm
front this afternoon and evening. Forecast soundings show
parameters favorable for all modes of severe. Hodographs will
become quite large through the day, supportive of strong tornadoes
in the more discrete supercells that may form. A few of the
clusters may also develop into fast-moving bowing structures capable
of locally damaging wind gusts. It appears likely that the corridor
along and south of the warm front (within the MDT risk) may see
several rounds of strong/severe convection this afternoon into
tonight.
...AL/GA/SC...
A large shield of ongoing showers and thunderstorms is affecting
parts AL/GA/SC today. The aforementioned warm front is building
northward, and is nearing the southern fringes of the convection.
Once that occurs, surface-based parcels will be realized by the
storms and the risk of severe weather should increase. Damaging
winds and hail will be possible, but the proximity of the warm front
and strengthening low-level shear/helicity this afternoon will also
support a risk of tornadoes.
Later tonight, storms over MS/AL will track eastward and also affect
this region. Parameters will remain quite strong through the
overnight period, with a considerable risk of bowing structures
capable of damaging winds, and the threat of supercell storms
producing tornadoes (some strong).
..Hart/Karstens.. 04/19/2020
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yaesu
(8,020 posts)on their moderate map.
paleotn
(17,962 posts)particularly Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi an Alabama.
Hey...just using evangelical logic. What's good for us heathens is good for them as well.
TXPaganBanker
(210 posts)Except He's saying "I keep sending people telling y'all to stay inside. If you can't listen, I'll make you."
kacekwl
(7,021 posts)Ok to come out of the basement while the sirens are still blaring ?
Iggo
(47,565 posts)Yikes.