WEATHER WIRE: Severe storms with destructive winds, tornadoes moving through the South, Ohio Valley
Another outbreak of severe thunderstorms is pounding parts of the storm-ravaged South, where widespread damaging winds over 75 mph and several tornadoes are expected Wednesday into Wednesday night.
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Tornado Warning - Shelby Co.
A Tornado Warning has been issued for Shelby County, AL, until 12:30 a.m. If you are in the shaded zone, take cover now.
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The risk for damaging wind gusts will continue in southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle throughout the rest of the evening.
The NWS says that a tornado embedded within the line of storms is also possible.
Tornado Watch
The National Weather Service has extended the Tornado Watch eastward into parts of Georgia until 8 a.m. ET.
Tornado Warnings in AL
Multiple tornado warned storms moving into Mobile County, Alabama.
Severe Stats
The National Weather Service says there are several confirmed tornadoes within these storms in Alabama.
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Mississippi resident Dale Holmes said the area around Sumrall High School received over an inch of rain in less than half an hour.
Radar
A Particularly Dangerous Situation Tornado Warning has been issued for the storm in Bibb County, Alabama.
The tornado is moving northeast at 55 miles per hour.
Radar indicates that debris has been lofted to 13,000 feet in the air.
A PDS tornado warning means that NWS forecasters have high confidence that there is a strong and violent tornado causing destruction within the warned area.
Tornado-warned storm
A storm between Tuscaloosa and Montgomery is showing significant rotation on radar. Meteorologists say that is likely indicative of a tornado making its way through central Alabama. The storm is heading off to the northeast at more than 45 mph.
Destructive winds observed in MS, AL
The National Weather Service observed 80mph winds with the storms moving through Mississippi and Alabama.
These destructive winds will continue to move east throughout the evening.
FOX Weather 3D Radar
There are several storms along the Mississippi-Alabama line that are tornado-warned. Meteorologists expect areas along the Gulf Coast should remain active for strong to severe thunderstorms overnight.
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Tornado Warning
Meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado around St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana. The Tornado Warning is in effect until 8 p.m. CDT and the storm cell is expected to move off to the north and east.
It was only 8 days ago that the New Orleans area was impacted by a tornado: Story
Tracking a severe thunderstorm
A storm with rotation is moving through southern Mississippi and could impact locations around Hattiesburg, Mississippi during the next 45 minutes.
A Tornado Warning is in effect for Marion, Forrest, and Lamar counties until 8:15 p.m. CDT.
Tornado Watch
A Tornado Watch has been issued for parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida into the overnight hours. Meteorologists believe the threat of severe storms will continue well into the evening hours along the Gulf Coast.
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Because of the potential for damaging winds overnight in Alabama, Auburn University says it is opening shelters for students as a precaution.
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Active severe weather watch boxes
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for parts of Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky into the overnight hours because of the threat of damaging winds.
Meteorologists believe the tornado threat will diminish during the next several hours for areas on the northern side of the system.
The Severe Thunderstorm Watch goes until 1 a.m. CDT.
Tornado Watch
As a line of severe thunderstorms continues to move eastward, it is expected to impact parts of central Tennessee and Alabama during the late evening hours.
A Tornado Watch has been issued until 1 a.m. CDT for the region.
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FOX Weather 3D Radar
Several counties in central and northern Mississippi are under a Tornado Warning because of the threat of rotating storms. Damage was recently reported in Jackson from these thunderstorms.
The storms are moving off to the east and northeast at more than 40 mph and will soon threaten areas along the Mississippi-Tennessee line.
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Meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado in western Kentucky. The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Warning for Livingston, Marshall and Lyon counties until 5:30 p.m. CDT.
The storm is east of Mayfield, an area that was devastated by a massive tornado in December.
This storm will not impact the Mayfield area but heavy rain will push through the region during the evening hours.
WeatherSTEM
A line of strong to severe thunderstorms continues its eastward trek and is moving into the LSU and Baton Rouge area. Heavy rainfall, cloud-to-ground lightning and gusty winds are all likely as the line of storms moves through.
The entire region is under a Tornado Watch because of the threat of rotating cells: Forecast
Tornado Warning for metro Jackson, MS
The National Weather Service says they received a report of a tornado on the southwest side of Jackson. The storm was moving eastward at around 45 mph. The entire area is under a Tornado Warning.
FOX Weather's Will Nunley is in the city tracking the storm and debris. Follow him on Twitter.
FOX Weather’s Robert Ray spoke with a family in Springdale, Arkansas who saw significant to homes.
FOX Weather Tornado Warning Coverage
A tornado-warned storm is moving north of Jackson, Mississippi, through the central part of the state. PowerOutage.US is reporting significant power outages in the western part of the state because of the storms.
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A severe thunderstorm with a possible tornado is expected to cross I-55 and the Mississippi River into West Tennessee over the next several minutes.
A Tornado Warning is in effect for Mississippi County, Arkansas and Lauderdale County, Tennessee until 4:30 p.m. CDT.
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Tornado Warning
Meteorologists are tracking a tornado-warned storm that is moving towards Yazoo City, Mississippi. The tornado is radar indicated and is not confirmed to be on the ground. The region is no stranger to tornadoes. Back in 2010 Yazoo City, MS was devastated by a massive wedge tornado.
Pilots are working to avoid the worst of the storms moving through the South.
FlightAware reports there have been more than 2,500 flight delays today within, into or out of the U.S. but many of those are not being impacted by the severe storms.
FOX Weather 3D Radar
FOX Weather 3D Radar is tracking several tornado-warned storms moving into Mississippi from the west. The storms have a history of producing damage in Arkansas and Louisiana.
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Tornado Watch Box
Several states are now under a Tornado Watch until 10 p.m. CDT.
Tornado Watches now extend from the Gulf Coast into the Ohio Valley and include 9.5 million people.
Meteorologists warn the primary threats will be widespread damaging winds and isolated tornadoes.
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Authorities believe a suspected tornado moved over Interstate 20 around Girard, Louisiana, and flipped two semi-trucks. So far, there is no information on injuries.
Reported Tornado Damage
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Tornado damage in Arkansas
National Weather Service meteorologists have given a preliminary rating of an EF-2 to the tornado that moved through Northwest Arkansas during the overnight hours. The storm's survey continues and could change based on what meteorologists find in the field.
Read more: EF-2 tornado destroys businesses and homes
The term was coined in 1971 by Ted Fujita, the same man who created the Fujita scale for tornado rankings.
This radar signature gets its name from the bowed shape of the storm being scanned.
A new Tornado Watch is in effect until 8 p.m. Central
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The National Weather Service says wind speeds of the tornado topped 90 mph and had a damage path length of 0.3 miles.
The bolt was a rare upward strike, where the bolt appears to begin at the ground and travels toward the cloud, as opposed to traditional lightning strikes that appear to go from cloud to ground.
A Tornado Watch is in effect until 7 p.m. Central
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Areas with a significant risk for tornadoes on Wednesday.
There is the potential for strong tornadoes in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on Wednesday.
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The National Weather Service will determine if an early morning thunderstorm spawned a tornado in Northwest Arkansas early Wednesday morning. Click on the story below to see video and photos of the damage reports in the area.
Springdale, Arkansas police Lt. Jeff Taylor says at least 7 people have been injured, including two people with critical injuries, after a possible tornado moved through the area early Wednesday morning.
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An approaching storm can bring anxiety that can weigh heavily on a daily routine, and as the threat of severe and potentially destructive weather gets closer the stress levels can be overwhelming.
Severe storm threat on Wednesday, March 30, 2022.
A severe thunderstorm outbreak is expected from the lower Mississippi Valley into parts of the Ohio and Tennessee valleys on Wednesday, spreading into portions of the central Gulf Coast later Wednesday into Wednesday night.
The severe weather will be triggered by a squall line of severe storms tracking eastward across those regions. A few isolated supercells might also develop ahead of the line, posing an additional severe weather threat in more localized areas.
Areas shaded in light purple on the map above have the highest risk of severe storms, particularly from parts of northern and eastern Louisiana and eastern Arkansas into Mississippi, western and southern Alabama, West Tennessee and the western Florida Panhandle. The peak threat time in these areas is between 1 p.m. and 10 p.m. Central time.
Severe thunderstorms are also possible as far east as western and northern Georgia and East Tennessee by late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.
Widespread destructive winds over 75 mph and several tornadoes are expected. Some tornadoes could be EF-2 or stronger.
Flash flooding is also a concern in portions of the South and Midwest, especially where any heavier bands of rain stall for a period of a few hours or longer.
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The National Weather Service in Tulsa, Oklahoma, said they have received multiple reports of damage in the Springdale, Arkansas, area. They will be surveying the damage on Wednesday to determine the official cause and any necessary ratings.
FOX Weather Watcher Anel Mata posted this video from Springdale after the tornado-warned storm passed through the area.
Tornado Watches are in effect until 1 p.m. Central time.
NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued the following severe weather watches:
A Tornado Watch is valid until 9 a.m. Central time for portions of northwestern Arkansas, including Fort Smith.
A Tornado Watch is valid until 1 p.m. Central time for parts of Arkansas, northern Louisiana, southern Missouri, far southeastern Oklahoma, and northeastern and extreme East Texas. This watch area includes Little Rock in Arkansas, Shreveport in Louisiana and Longview in Texas.
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