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Southern US prepping for major tornado outbreak
Storm Prediction Center
and last updated 2021-03-17 00:06:39-04
It is severe weather season in the South, and for residents in several states, theyâre being told to stay on alert on Wednesday for possible tornadoes.
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a moderate risk of severe weather for parts of five states â Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi â meaning conditions are favorable for severe storms.
The Storm Prediction Center said that âintense tornadoesâ could develop in parts of Alabama and Mississippi.
The Weather Forecast Office in Memphis said one concern is for tornadoes that develop in front of a cold front that will sweep through the area.
Dozens of tornadoes reported in the South
National Weather Service
Posted at 2:15 PM, Mar 17, 2021
and last updated 2021-03-17 23:23:21-04
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) â Hundreds of schools, COVID-19 vaccination clinics, businesses and more closed down across the Deep South as forecasters warned of waves of severe weather, including massive tornadoes, downpours and hail the size of tennis balls.
The National Weather Service reported nearly two dozen twisters on Wednesday.
âA significant tornado outbreak is expected with numerous strong and a few long-track, potentially violent tornadoes,â wrote the NWS.
Forecasters say at least two waves of storms are likely, and the worst might not hit until a cold front passes overnight.
2020 shatters record for billion-dollar weather, climate disasters in US
Florida impacted by two of the events
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FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020 file photo, buildings and homes are flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura in Cameron, La. Laura, which jumped 65 mph (105 kph) in the day before landfall, tied the record for the biggest rapid intensification in the Gulf of Mexico, said former hurricane hunter meteorologist Jeff Masters. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
ORLANDO, Fla – Last year, was a tough year on many levels. The 2020 weather was no exception. The combination of record-breaking wildfire and hurricane seasons to intense severe weather events led to 22 billion-dollar disasters across the country, the most on record.