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…
Tag: Tornadoes
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Wx Info: High ceiling, low floor – the difficulty of forecasting tornadoes and severe weather along the Gulf Coast
I get a lot of questions about why some situations have a lower tornado threat than others, and why when the tornado threat is low, there are still tornadoes that occur. While every situation is…
4/17/22 930a Easter Sunday severe weather update for the Southern MS/AL/LA region
Showers and storms this morning are all north of I-20 and drifting to the southeast. They will eventually impact places like Meridian, northern Jasper, Clarke, Lauderdale and Newton counties. Otherwise, storms should remain – mainly…
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