Southern states brace for possible tornadoes, large hail as storm system nears
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ATLANTA (AP) Some schools in the South are closing Wednesday as residents in several states brace for the possibility of intense tornadoes that travel for miles and hail the size of baseballs.
The Wednesday storms could produce intense tornadoes, The Storm Prediction Center said in a briefing.
At highest risk is a region that includes parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee. The area in the bullseye for possible tornadoes is home to more than 8 million people and includes Memphis, Tennessee; Birmingham, Alabama; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Jackson, Mississippi.
Updated on March 17, 2021 at 11:14 am
An outbreak of severe storms will impact the Deep South through Thursday with the threat of long-track tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail.
A power upper-level low that moved through Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas Wednesday morning with severe thunderstorm watches and warnings for damaging winds and hail is now pushing east, taking the severe weather threat with it.
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The upper-level low, along with warm and moist air streaming ahead of it, will bring all modes of severe weather to the Deep South. This includes the potential for long-track, intense tornadoes, along with widespread damaging winds and large hail.
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Those dangerously low temperatures make it hard for those without shelter to survive.
Tennessee Homeless Solutions Executive Director Amy McDonald says the daytime temperatures this weekend will also be extremely low, so they are making adjustments for the homeless in Madison County to have shelter.
“We will have everyone transported to non-congregate shelter so that way they will be sheltered all day and all night through the weekend, but we will be there at the Civic Center for any new intakes,” McDonald said.
That means they will be able to serve women, children and families. The Carl Perkins Civic Center will be open every night for check-ins from 6 p.m. to 9 a.m.