The likelihood of severe weather and at least a few tornadoes will ramp up into Wednesday afternoon and evening across the south-central United States as a slow-moving storm system develops and intensifies, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. The threat of tornadoes includes them occurring during the nighttime hours, which adds to the danger.
Severe storms packing high winds, large hail, flash flooding and tornadoes will sweep eastward across the southern United States into Thursday. Some of the tornadoes are likely to occur after dark.Extreme meteorologist Dr. Reed Timmer gives details about the high risk for severe weather and flooding in the South on April 9.
Thunderstorms were already approaching severe levels in portions of Texas and northern Louisiana shortly after daybreak Tuesday. The intensity of the storms will pulse and wane throughout the day before ramping up significantly Tuesday night. Thunderstorms will remain severe, including some with the potential for tornadoes Wednesday evening. By later Wednesday night, the storms may group into more of a solid line with a lower threat of strong tornadoes. However, there can still be some brief spin-ups and an advancing surge of strong wind gusts as storms shift eastward from Alabama to the Florida Panhandle and western Georgia.The severe weather risk will continue to shift eastward along the southern Atlantic Seaboard.
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