{"id":110576,"date":"2021-03-27T16:10:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T16:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=110576"},"modified":"2021-03-27T16:10:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T16:10:16","slug":"50m-people-in-the-south-in-the-path-of-severe-weather-dangerous-tornado-outbreak-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/50m-people-in-the-south-in-the-path-of-severe-weather-dangerous-tornado-outbreak-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"50M people in the South in the path of severe weather; &#8216;dangerous&#8217; tornado outbreak possible"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Story Highlights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Numerous intense and long-track tornadoes, widespread damaging winds, and scattered large hail are expected.<\/li>\n<li>About 50 million people live where severe storms are possible Thursday.<\/li>\n<li>The storms should hit primarily during the afternoon and early evening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A &#8220;dangerous&#8221;\u00a0severe weather outbreak is forecast for the southern U.S. on Thursday, especially in portions of \u00a0Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee, the National Weather Service said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Numerous intense and long-track tornadoes, widespread damaging winds (some hurricane-force)\u00a0and scattered large hail are expected with these intense thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p>Long-track tornadoes are twisters that carve up the ground for several miles, often causing devastating damage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the second time this month, the Storm Prediction Center has issued a high risk of severe weather in the South. The last time the\u00a0center issued two high risks for severe weather in the month of March was 30 years ago, in 1991, AccuWeather said.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the major metropolitan areas in the path of Thursday\u2019s storms include Memphis and Nashville in Tennessee; and Birmingham and Huntsville in Alabama. In all, about 50 million people live where severe storms are possible Thursday, the Storm Prediction Center\u00a0said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Alabama, Gov. Kay Ivey declared a state of emergency for 28 counties because of\u00a0the severe storm threat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>A lookahead at tornado season: <\/strong>The 2021 tornado season may be more destructive because of La Ni\u00f1a. Here&#8217;s the forecast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some schools in the South closed or switched\u00a0to virtual learning Thursday as severe weather threatened. COVID-19 vaccine distribution sites were also closed.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The storms should hit primarily during the afternoon and early evening, and\u00a0some could potentially occur\u00a0after dark.<\/p>\n<p>Nighttime tornadoes are especially dangerous as many people may not know a storm is heading to their neighborhood unless closely monitoring severe weather watches and warnings, AccuWeather warned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>8:08am CDT #SPC Day1 Outlook High Risk: with a tornado  outbreak expected across parts of northern mississippi northern  alabama and southern tennessee https:\/\/t.co\/GtEvHQ3UxEpic.twitter.com\/yket4r0cdi<\/p>\n<p>Ashlyn Jackson, a meteorologist at the weather service&#8217;s Jackson office, encouraged residents there to have more than one warning system in place in case severe weather strikes.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>It&#8217;s tornado season: <\/strong>Here&#8217;s how to prepare<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Especially at night, sometimes things like tornado sirens won&#8217;t be enough to wake you up, so I would tell people to have other methods to stay weather-aware,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the severe weather, a flash flood watch Thursday covered northern parts of Alabama and Georgia and portions of Tennessee and western North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Up to 4 inches of rain \u2013 with higher amounts possible \u2013 is expected in northern Alabama, according to the weather service in Huntsville.<\/p>\n<p><em>Contributing:\u00a0Keisha Rowe, Mississippi Clarion Ledger; The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2021\/03\/25\/tornado-outbreak-floods-predicted-south\/6996787002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story Highlights Numerous intense and long-track tornadoes, widespread damaging winds, and scattered large hail are expected. 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