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Mid-March Severe Weather Event Unfolds

by Weatherboy Team Meteorologist - March 12, 2020

There's a heightened risk of severe weather in portions of the country today. Image: weatherboy.com
There’s a heightened risk of severe weather in portions of the country today as the latest SPC Convective Outlook map shows. Image: weatherboy.com





Severe storms capable of tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail, will be possible today from central Arkansas eastward into parts of southeast Missouri, southern Illinois, northern Tennessee, and much of Kentucky.

A fast moving low-amplitude shortwave trough over Kansas is moving east into the mid-Mississippi Valley this evening. At the surface, an area of low pressure will move across Missouri while a warm front becomes better established across portions of southern Illinois and Kentucky. This boundary area will make conditions ripe for severe thunderstorm formation.




Today's weather is prompting a variety of watches and warnings to be issued by the National Weather Service.  Image: weatherboy.com
Today’s weather is prompting a variety of watches and warnings to be issued by the National Weather Service. Image: weatherboy.com

Beyond storms around the warm front, thunderstorms are expected to develop along a trailing cold front now from southeast Missouri into much of Arkansas. These storms will take on supercell characteristics, possibly producing large hail and tornadoes as they do. Storms will remain active for several hours into this evening. Over time, they should weaken as they track into western Tennessee.

Due to the threat of severe weather, the National Weather Service has been issuing Tornado and Severe Thunderstorm Watches and Warnings today.

Some thunderstorms may also drop copious amounts of rain, creating flash flood conditions as they do so. The National Weather Service warns, “turn around, don’t drown; never drive through flooded roadways.”

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