The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Winter storm brings snow, tornado threat Tuesday
Start your day with the latest weather news – A powerful winter storm is not only producing snow across much of the central and eastern U.S. this week but also the chance of severe weather for the Gulf Coast.
Strong winds, tornadoes, hail all possible as severe storms roll through South
A few cities in the greatest threat for severe weather include New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Mobile, and Montgomery. A lower severe threat is present for Houston.
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Winter storm alerts up for large swath of central, eastern US
Snow is expected to start piling up in parts of the central U.S. on Tuesday. Many of these places have seen relatively little snow for most of the winter, so this will be a bit of a shock to the system. Up to a foot of snow is possible across parts of northern Texas and into southern Oklahoma. From there, the system moves across the eastern U.S. the rest of the week before dumping even more snow on the Northeast, which picked up several inches of snow Monday.
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Strong tornadoes possible across parts of Gulf Coast
On the warm side of the winter storm is the threat of severe weather. A powerful line of storms will rip across the region Tuesday, producing damaging wind gusts, hail and tornadoes. Strong tornadoes are possible near the upper Texas coast, as well as into southern Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southwestern Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle.
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Flooding is also possible Tuesday as some of the storms are expected to drop tremendous amounts of rain in a short amount of time. Flooding is likely from Texas through Louisiana and into southwestern Mississippi.
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