Tornado Warning for Southern USA
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Tornado Warning for Southern USA
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WEST PLAINS, Missouri (CNN) -- ......Severe weather is predicted from Illinois to Florida, and people are being warned to watch for tornadoes and thunderstorms.....
CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said the storm system could "potentially be the worst tornado outbreak in years." Myers predicts this system could generate as many as 50 tornadoes.
In Illinois and Missouri, dozens of counties were under tornado watches Thursday morning, and Myers said the Southeast can expect more watches and warnings as the sun "heats things up.". Tornado warnings already were in effect Thursday morning in parts of Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
In much of Georgia, the weather service issued a "particularly dangerous situation" watch until 9 p.m. ET as meteorologists were expecting a band of harsh storms to strike during Atlanta's usually messy rush hour. The Georgia Emergency Management Agency is anticipating high winds, hail and tornadoes, and was arranging conference calls Thursday with county emergency management offices to ensure they were prepared, said agency spokesman Ken Davis. "They're quite concerned," Davis said. "We're staffing up for a long night tonight. Other than that, there's not a whole lot you can do."
The weather service declared the storm's projected path a high-risk area, "which is a pretty rare forecast for us," one meteorologist said. John Hart, a lead forecaster for the weather service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, said high-risk forecasts are issued about three times a year.
As of Thursday morning, thunderstorms already were starting to develop in Louisiana and Mississippi, Hart said, and by midafternoon "a pretty significant area of tornado potential" was expected to make its way from eastern Mississippi into Alabama. "These storms will be in a very favorable environment to rotate and spawn long-tracked, strong tornadoes," a weather service forecast says.
The storm system is projected to move into South Georgia and North Florida on Thursday evening before heading toward the Carolinas and Atlantic coast, Hart said. Isolated storms can be expected in Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana and Illinois, Hart said.
The weather service forecast added, "Widespread wind damage and isolated tornadoes are likely across much of the lower Ohio Valley."
High winds at 20,000 feet, a cold front running from Missouri to Texas and Gulf moisture moving northward into the Plains created "a rare severe weather setup," Hart said. "It's a very large system," he said........
Blizzard-like conditions hit states north of the storm. In Omaha, Nebraska, footage from KETV-TV showed people braving the highways in near-whiteout conditions. A winter storm warning was issued for Omaha as the weather service predicted as much as 5 inches of snow could fall there.........
WEST PLAINS, Missouri (CNN) -- ......Severe weather is predicted from Illinois to Florida, and people are being warned to watch for tornadoes and thunderstorms.....
CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said the storm system could "potentially be the worst tornado outbreak in years." Myers predicts this system could generate as many as 50 tornadoes.
In Illinois and Missouri, dozens of counties were under tornado watches Thursday morning, and Myers said the Southeast can expect more watches and warnings as the sun "heats things up.". Tornado warnings already were in effect Thursday morning in parts of Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
In much of Georgia, the weather service issued a "particularly dangerous situation" watch until 9 p.m. ET as meteorologists were expecting a band of harsh storms to strike during Atlanta's usually messy rush hour. The Georgia Emergency Management Agency is anticipating high winds, hail and tornadoes, and was arranging conference calls Thursday with county emergency management offices to ensure they were prepared, said agency spokesman Ken Davis. "They're quite concerned," Davis said. "We're staffing up for a long night tonight. Other than that, there's not a whole lot you can do."
The weather service declared the storm's projected path a high-risk area, "which is a pretty rare forecast for us," one meteorologist said. John Hart, a lead forecaster for the weather service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, said high-risk forecasts are issued about three times a year.
As of Thursday morning, thunderstorms already were starting to develop in Louisiana and Mississippi, Hart said, and by midafternoon "a pretty significant area of tornado potential" was expected to make its way from eastern Mississippi into Alabama. "These storms will be in a very favorable environment to rotate and spawn long-tracked, strong tornadoes," a weather service forecast says.
The storm system is projected to move into South Georgia and North Florida on Thursday evening before heading toward the Carolinas and Atlantic coast, Hart said. Isolated storms can be expected in Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana and Illinois, Hart said.
The weather service forecast added, "Widespread wind damage and isolated tornadoes are likely across much of the lower Ohio Valley."
High winds at 20,000 feet, a cold front running from Missouri to Texas and Gulf moisture moving northward into the Plains created "a rare severe weather setup," Hart said. "It's a very large system," he said........
Blizzard-like conditions hit states north of the storm. In Omaha, Nebraska, footage from KETV-TV showed people braving the highways in near-whiteout conditions. A winter storm warning was issued for Omaha as the weather service predicted as much as 5 inches of snow could fall there.........
