Winter Heat Wave Brings Threat Of Tornadoes To Deep South

Still, the NWS’s Morristown office cautioned in a forecast discussion published Tuesday afternoon, the threat of tornadoes can not be completely ruled out.

Maye said there was not a particular area expected to be hit with the worst weather.

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Gaither said forecasts will be updated as often as possible, adding, “It’s just important to pay close attention to the updates as they develop”.

In areas facing a more heightened risk, severe weather could also occur during the overnight hours heading into Thursday – a particularly risky time since many people would be asleep when severe weather strikes, said Greg Carbin, a meteorologist at the national Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma.

In general, anywhere from New Orleans east to Atlanta and north toward Chicago could see strong to severe storms today. As the upper energy with this storm system begins to pull north of the Valley late this evening, storms should become less intense and the severe threat should diminish greatly between 9 p.m. and midnight. “There could be high winds that knock out power, so all the modes of severe weather that we always talk about could happen with the storm”, Brett Carr with MEMA said.

Any rain will be leaving the area when you wake up on Wednesday morning with clearing skies for the afternoon.

Storm damage Wednesday in Arkansas.

“Damaging straight line winds, large hail, flash flooding and a few tornadoes will be possible for all of Middle Tennessee”, the agency noted.

It may come as no surprise that our chances of seeing severe weather in the South during Christmas week are significantly higher than our chances of seeing snow.

The Storm Prediction Center has the area under a slight risk for severe storms Wednesday. The chance of severe weather remains in place until 6 p.m. Thursday.

Alabama will be dealing with a large swath of unsettled weather through Christmas Eve, forecasts show.

Several homes were damaged by high winds in Highland, according to a local storm report by the weather service.

CHRISTMAS WEATHER: Warm, showery weather lingers for Thursday and Friday. Talk about a mild start to Christmas Day!