“Many residents have been displaced from their homes and numerous businesses have reported significant damage,” he said. He noted that there were no reports of deaths.
Storm Prediction Center releases tornado watch for Wednesday 5:25 AM to 1:00 PM CDT, parts coverage of Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.
Last tornado watch contains highest probability of multiple tornadoes, with Storm Forecasting Center gives 90% chance of tornadoes in area. In addition to tornadoes, “gusts of destructive wind” are expected. result in extensive wind damage,” the SPC said. with wind gusts potentially reaching up up to 80 miles per hour.
Risks of heavy storm during the day
Like storms move through Arkansas, risk for severe storms will intensify throughout the day.
“There is a heightened threat of Tornadoes from EF-2 to EF-5 and strong gusts of thunderstorm wind of 65 knots (75 mph) or more,” the Weather Prediction Center said Wednesday morning.
By noon changes in atmospheric conditions near the line of there will be storms lead to the “rapid increase in storm coverage and intensity,” the Storm Prediction Center said in a statement.
moderate risk –– level 4 of five — for severe storms cover the entire state of Mississippi and includes servings of Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee. So, in In addition to Jackson, populated cities like Memphis in Tennessee, Baton Rouge in Louisiana, Mobile and Montgomery in Alabama all in this risk category.
Weight of The busiest activity is expected to turn serious as it quickly crosses the Mississippi River into Mississippi, western Tennessee and Kentucky, the SPC said.
“We expect a long-term serious weather event today with destructive winds before the storm arrive and destructive winds during main event,” Logan Poole, meteorologist with NWS in Jackson, told CNN.
Stronger winds expected in the south of in main line of storms that will have even stronger winds. Even before the storm approaches, there can be destructive gusts of wind of almost 60 miles per hour out of south.
There are strong wind warnings in effect forthcoming of line of storms extend from northwest Tennessee to the Gulf Coast of Louisiana.
“This will certainly be widespread and will likely affect most of our population”NVS in Jackson wrote. “Winds up up to 80 miles per hour, in in addition to gradient wind ahead of line will be dangerous of fallen trees and power lines and result in power shutdowns.
Storm threat will continue into the evening hours and for the night with storms hit in places like New Orleans, which is in heavy risk Level 3 of five, just about sunset.
When the storms make their way east through Alabama and the Florida Panhandle they begin lose some of their potency before reaching the place like Atlanta in early morning hours.
Ear-record March for tornado
Because of On Wednesday morning, the SPC counted at least 187 preliminary reports. of tornado in March. This more than 233% of normal and just four shy of in highest March tornado count in recorded history (191 in March 2021), according to CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri.
On average, there are about 80 tornadoes across the country in March.
Although March record may be broken in several hours with Storms on Wednesday, another tornado record costs much longer. The nation is currently in in the middle of the longest stretch without tornado EF-5, says Javakheri. “You should have gone back almost ten years until May 20, 2013, for in last EF-5 in the country.”
Since that time, at least 11,322 tornadoes have hit the Earth. down in United States, without a single one achievement EF-5 threshold (200+ mph).
“This is a streak that we hope to continue today.”
Laura James of CNN, Brandon Miller contributed to this report.
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