Severe thunderstorms expected again today: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast – 6/14/2023

Severe weather is the main headline today as impacts from damaging winds, large hail, and tornados could be possible within multiple rounds of storms. We owe this severe threat to a few different factors including…

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Storms today, some severe, then cooler and drier this weekend: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast – 2/16/23

We are still looking at the chance for severe weather today. While I think the models are doing an okay job at prepping us for what may happen, I will note that the models this…

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2/15/23 8p Update: A county-by-county breakdown on timing and threats for severe weather on Thursday across the Southern MS/AL/LA region

The SPC is holding the Enhanced Risk for severe weather. This includes a ‘hatched’ area with the 10% tornado risk meaning an increased risk for an EF-2 or stronger tornado. Here is an updated look…

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2/8/23 300p Severe Weather Update: Tornado Watch posted for LA/AR/MS, severe threat increases later eastward

While there are a handful of showers and storms drifting across the landscape of Louisiana and Mississippi, the current severe weather threat is low. It will be increasing in teh coming hours, though. During the…

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1/23/23 7p Severe Weather Update: A county-by-county breakdown of the Storms, severe weather, and tropical storm-force wind all possible tomorrow for central Gulf Coast

Okay, boy do we have a doozy of an event coming up tomorrow and into Wednesday morning. There are a lot of moving parts and different things to watch for and I will do my…

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12/28/22 7p Forecast Update: Two storm systems, four days of potential severe weather / flooding, and eight graphics to explain it all

Looking at some of the latest data today – both this morning and this afternoon – I’m starting to become a bit more concerned about the flooding threat for the area in the coming days.…

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Moderate Risk slides south, severe weather possible for entire region: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast – 11/29/22

As anticipated, the SPC Risk area shifted south a bit. The Moderate Risk area is across parts of central Mississippi with the Enhanced Risk covering most of Mississippi, parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, and a sliver…

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11/27/22 5p Wx Update: ‘Boom or Bust’ severe weather setup for Tuesday/Wednesday across parts of the South

The severe weahter threat as we move into this next week looks to be another ‘conditional’ event. Only this time we aren’t going to be waiting on a secondary warm front to give us a…

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A quick note on the 8/24/22 Hattiesburg tornado

Yes, there was a tornado. And, in this case, the video probably really helped the National weather Service identify it. The NWS in Jackson has rated this an EF-0 tornado that was on the ground…

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Severe Weather in the Ohio Valley and Heat in the South: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/19/22

Good morning! In this post, we’ll be taking a look at some interesting weather features across the Contiguous United States coming up this week. This discussion is mostly going to be related to severe weather…

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