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Strong winds, tornadoes in prognosis

Strong winds, tornadoes in prognosis

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A powerful March storm is sweeping throughout the country and could unleash a dangerous outbreak of severe weather on Friday and eastern United States and weekend, with perhaps dozens of possible strong tornadoes.

The widespread harmful winds, the great floods and the sudden floods are all threats that this dangerous climate episode could produce, Weather.com information.

From Friday afternoon until much of Friday night, the greatest risk of tornadoes will extend from central parts of Missouri and the northeast of Arkansas to the south of Illinois, western Kentucky, western Tennessee and the north end of Mississippi.

The same storm is also able to produce clouds of dust and forest fires that move quickly in the southern plains along with snowstorm conditions for the northern plains, said Accuweather.

For Sunday and Monday, the system will move to the east coast, which runs the risk of severe storms from Pennsylvania to Florida, reports Accuweather.

Severe climate outbreak expected on Friday

A “regional outbreak of severe storms” is expected in much of the Mississippi Valley, to the east to the valleys of the Low Ohio and Tennessee on Friday afternoon until the early hours of Saturday, the Storm Prediction Center saying.

Specifically, electric storms capable of producing tornadoes will increase Friday afternoon over the Mississippi Valley states and can quickly intensify themselves in a very dangerous and potentially deadly situation in portions of Iowa, Missouri and Arkansas before expanding in portions of Nebraska and Minnesot Accuweather saying.

Cities with the highest risk of tornadoes include Memphis, St. Louis and Des Moines, Iowa, according to the Storm Prediction Center.

Night tornadoes are also a concern: “Strong tornadoes could attack after dusk on Friday, which is extremely dangerous, especially during the night hours, while many people are asleep,” said the senior director of Accuweather prognosis operations, Dan Depodwin.

“Take time now to ensure that your storm shelter or safe room is ready for use and supplied with emergency supplies in case a tornado warning is issued in your community.”

Blizzard for Northern Plains

Several inches of snow will fall on parts of the northern plains, focused on the Northern Red River Valley, the forecasts said.

“In part of the upper west, accumulate snow and possible snowstorm conditions will follow a warm air increase with rain and/or severe electric storms,” ​​said Accuweather meteorologist Matt Benz.

Due to the pending snowstorm, the National Meteorological Service He said people “should consider delaying all trips. If the trip is absolutely necessary, drive with extreme caution. Consider taking a winter storm kit together with you, including items such as tire chains, reinforcement cables, flashlight, shovel, blankets and additional clothing.”

Wind, dust, fire fears

The National Meteorological Service has also issued wind warnings of a large part of the plains. “These alerts include Dallas, Oklahoma City, tulsa and yellow. The bursts could have up to 60 to 80 mph in the plains on Friday, depending on the location,” said Weather.com.

The dry, warm and summary conditions will promote the critical climatic conditions of fires in parts of the plains on Friday and the weekend, said the National Meteorological Service.

The storm prediction center warns Friday of “Extreme Fire Climate Conditions” from parts of West Texas to South Kansas, including parts of the Dallas-FT. Worth Metro, Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Wichita, Weather.com reports, added that for some, this is the The highest fire meteorological threat Since 2009.

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