Sunday, April 13, 2014

Large Hail, Damaging Winds, A Few Tornadoes Possible in Central and Southern U.S.


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A new storm system taking shape in the nation's midsection will continue to spawn severe weather and a risk of flooding as it sweeps eastward now through Tuesday. On the cold side of this same system, snow is falling in the Rockies and the adjacent Plains.
(MORE: Record Slow Start For Strongest Tornadoes)
Below are the latest forecast details showing where thunderstorms with large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes and heavy rain will be a concern through Tuesday.
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Current Radar, Severe Alerts

Current Radar, Severe Alerts
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Sunday Night Forecast

Sunday Night Forecast
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Monday's Forecast

Monday's Forecast
(MORE: Current Severe Weather Alerts)
Sunday night:
  • Severe storms should march eastward across the eastern half of Texas and eastern Oklahoma into the mid- and lower Mississippi Valley.
  • Cities: Dallas-Ft. Worth | Fayetteville, Ark. | Little Rock, Ark. | Springfield, Mo.
  • Very large hail (2 inches or greater diameter), damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes are possible. Maximum TOR:CON value: 4
  • Excessive rainfall could trigger localized flooding from northern Michigan to northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin, southeast Iowa and northern Missouri.
Monday:
  • Scattered severe thunderstorms possible along the cold front in the South, including portions of Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, northwest Georgia and Louisiana.
  • Damaging wind gusts, hail and isolated tornadoes possible. Maximum TOR:CON value: 3
  • Locally heavy rain may trigger flash flooding, since much of this area is still saturated from heavy rain a week ago.
Tuesday:
  • A few severe storms may linger near the Southeast coast, from southeast Virginia and eastern North Carolina to northern Florida.

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