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Cnn weather atlanta1/6/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() “If you wait around for a warning to be issued, it is too late,” Bryant said Monday. “Many areas around here don’t have good cell phone coverage and storm alerts are not as effective in those areas, especially once people are asleep.”Īnyone in areas at risk of tornadoes should seek safe shelter immediately, Bryant said. A lot of the time, people are asleep and not paying attention to the weather,” Bryant said. The school was currently in session at the time, however all students have been accounted for and reports of no injury,” the Garland County Sheriff’s Office said in a release.Īs the risk persists, forecasters have been concerned about tornadoes forming at night, according to Brad Bryant of the National Weather Service office in Shreveport, Louisiana. “Damage was sustained to areas of (a) school due to trees, and power lines. The National Weather Service confirmed there was an EF-1 tornado in the area that caused damage to several homes in town and the buildings of a local school. The other was reported in Haywood, Tennessee.ĭamage was also reported after a tornado in Jessieville, Arkansas. One of the tornadoes that was reported was in Jonesboro, Louisiana, where large trees were knocked downed and damaged. Since Monday night there have already been several tornado reports. ![]() Rainfall totals could reach 2 to 4 inches across the South through Wednesday, while some areas could see up to 6 inches. Portions of Southeast Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia are also under a level 2 out of 4 “slight” risk of excessive rainfall. Southern Alabama and western Georgia are under a level 3 out of 4 “moderate” risk of excessive rainfall. Heavy rainfall associated with these thunderstorms could also trigger significant flash flooding across the South. “Severe convection with all three modes (tornadoes, hail and damaging winds) is likely,” the National Weather Service office in Mobile warned. Strong tornadoes, large hail and wind gusts topping 70 mph are possible in the most extreme thunderstorms. Track the storm: Radar, weather alerts, travel delays and more Multiple waves of severe weather are possible in this region through the day, the Storm Prediction Center warned, “with the risk expected to persist well into the night across much of the area.” Tornado watches covered much of southern Alabama and Georgia Tuesday evening with additional storms developing in Louisiana and Mississippi. On Tuesday evening, the weather service said it was monitoring two areas of thunderstorms that posed threats of wind and hail to the New Orleans area. A level 2 out of 5 “slight” risk of severe weather covered New Orleans, Atlanta, Birmingham and Baton Rouge. Places like Montgomery, Mobile and Tuscaloosa could all see strong storms. Southern Mississippi and Alabama were under a level 3 out of 5 “enhanced” risk for severe weather. Nearly 30 million people are under some sort of severe weather threat in the South, with the highest risk near the Gulf Coast. And Pensacola, Florida, broke its daily high record for January 3 with 81 degrees Fahrenheit, beating the prior record of 79 set three years ago.ģ0 million under weather threats, including tornadoes, flooding Mobile, Alabama, tied its daily high temperature for January 3 with a high of 79 degrees Fahrenheit, a record set in 1989. Meanwhile, the storm system that’s tracking east is pulling moisture from the Gulf of Mexico into the South, where above-normal temperatures have set the stage for severe thunderstorms.īy Tuesday evening, several areas were reporting record-high temperatures. Prepare now for flooding, downed trees and power outages,” the National Weather Service in San Francisco warned. “Major wind and rain impacts are EXPECTED tomorrow into Thursday. Two major storm systems are threatening the US this week.Ī massive, multi-hazard storm was barreling east across the country Tuesday, impacting much of the central and eastern US and threatening the South with strong tornadoes and flooding and parts of the Plains and Upper Midwest with ice and snow.Īnd as California recovers from the weekend’s deadly floods, a second storm system is coming onshore that’s threatening the state with powerful winds and more flooding, triggered by both the expected rainfall and the state’s already wet soil. ![]()
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