Posted on 04/12/2020 7:14:43 PM PDT by robowombat
Severe storms forecast for Texas, Louisiana, setting up threat of tornadoes in Southeast on Easter
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A storm moving through Arizona on April 11, 2020, could bring thunderstorms to the Phoenix area. [Karen Kurtz/Arizona Republic]
By Doug Stanglin, Posted Apr 11, 2020 at 3:20 PM
Severe thunderstorms, fed by warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, are expected to pound Texas Saturday and begin pushing eastward, setting up the likelihood of damaging hail, winds and tornadoes for a large part of the Southeast by Easter.
The storm system is then expected to push up the Atlantic coast on Monday.
Forecasters are particularly concerned about the prospect of tornadoes staying on the ground for several minutes in the Deep South.
The most intense zone for Sunday extends from the Texas-Louisiana border into central Alabama, and from southeast Arkansas almost to Mobile, Alabama.
“Given the elevated threat of tornadoes, those in Louisiana, Mississippi, central Tennessee and northern Alabama should be prepared ahead of the weekend to take cover should a tornado approach,” says AccuWeather Meteorologist Brett Edwards.
The National Weather Service office in Jackson told residents to brace for the possibility of wind gusts up to 70 mph and tennis ball-sized hail through Sunday evening.
Much of Texas and Louisiana, along with southern parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas, face the threat of severe thunderstorms and hail on Saturday, with gusts reaching 70 mph.
The National Weather Service says a zone around Waco, in central Texas, is particularly vulnerable to severe thunderstorms.
The larger target area stretches from well west of San Antonio, almost to Jackson, Mississippi, and from Dallas to Houston, according to AccuWeather.
“Large hail and damaging wind gusts will be the main threats on Saturday and Saturday night, but isolated tornadoes are also possible,” says Edwards.
Thus far the worst of it appears to have skirted north of Birmingham. I could hear the distant thunder of the cell remnants that spawned tornados in Monroe, LA and made its way northeast into Alabama. I had been tracking the nasty purple mess on radar. A bit more left to come. So far so good.
Bastrop is not really far from Monroe. Did Monroe take a hit?
Yeah I saw a photo in the news of a Monroe tornado at Monroe airport and damages in some subdivision
I briefly lived in Bastrop and Monroe so I am familiar with the area.
25 degrees and snowing at the Dynachrome mansion. (Near Denver, Colorado)
Lost half of a barn about 4:30 this morning due to high winds and rain here in Central Texas. My tractor was parked in the half that survived and is undamaged.
Main threat line along the front is crossing through Alabama here over the next two hours or so.....
Thank goodness it didn’t get your tractor! Sorry about the loss of half your barn though.
basalt starte a nice thread on this severe weather threat at 11:15 this morning:
(P.D.S.) "Particularly Dangerous Situation" Tornado Watch already posted for Southern States
Storm prediction Center ^ | 4/12/20 | basalt
Posted on April 12, 2020 at 11:15:18 AM CDT by basalt
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Yawn. It’s WINDY but nothing more.
Thank you!
You posted Saturday/Saturday night’s forecast.
Today is Sunday/Sunday night.
Go to sleep.
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