Southern Storm System Threatens Severe Weather, Flash Flooding, and Tornadoes This Weekend
Hey everyone, if you’re planning to be outside or traveling around the South over the next few days, listen up because the weather is shaping up to be quite intense. A persistent stormy pattern is currently sweeping across the southern United States, bringing with it the potential for severe thunderstorms, damaging winds, large hail, isolated tornadoes, and heavy rain that could lead to flash flooding.
This stormy setup kicked off on Friday with multiple severe storms already confirmed, including at least nine tornadoes touching down in Texas and Oklahoma. Hail as large as grapefruits and wind gusts approaching 90 mph have been reported in parts of Texas, Oklahoma, and even Colorado. These storms didn’t just cause wind damage—they also knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes across the Southeast, especially in northern Mississippi and Alabama.
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As we move into Sunday, the severe weather threat remains very real. The main focus will be on two key areas: one near the Southeast coast stretching up to southeast Virginia, where damaging winds are expected during the afternoon, and another more dangerous zone across the Southern Plains, including northern Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, northern Louisiana, and Missouri. This area could see widespread damaging winds, very large hail, flash flooding, and isolated tornadoes, especially around cities like Lubbock, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Oklahoma City. The severe storms are likely to last well into Sunday night.
The threat won’t stop there either. Early next week, more rounds of thunderstorms are expected to continue moving through much of the South. Although the exact details are still being finalized, forecasters are warning that damaging winds will be the main concern, especially across the Southeast. Rainfall totals could easily reach or exceed an inch in many places, and some locations where storms stall or repeat could see much higher amounts, increasing the risk of flash flooding.
So, if you’re in the South from Texas all the way to the Carolinas, it’s important to stay alert, keep checking your local weather updates, and be prepared for rapidly changing conditions. Thunderstorms could disrupt outdoor plans or travel, and severe weather warnings could be issued with little notice. Always have a safety plan ready, especially if you live in areas prone to tornadoes or flooding.
In short, this is a serious weather situation that could impact millions of people across a large portion of the southern U.S., so take it seriously and stay safe out there.
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