South faces severe weather threat Sunday after Mississippi ravaged by deadly tornado outbreak
The FOX Forecast Center said quarter-size hail and damaging wind gusts are the greatest threat through the weekend. On Sunday, some places in Mississippi that were hit by deadly tornadoes could see more rounds of showers and thunderstorms.
Sunday severe storm threat
FOX Weather meteorologist Jane Minar is tracking the threat for severe storms on Sunday across the South.
The threat of severe weather across the South is expected to continue to march through the weekend with a fourth day of storms that have the chance to produce flooding rain, hail, damaging winds and even tornadoes.
The Storm Prediction Center has highlighted an area from eastern Louisiana through South Carolina for the increased threat of severe storms, with states impacted by deadly tornadoes also being in the threat zone.
The FOX Forecast Center said hail and damaging wind gusts are the greatest threat through the weekend, but the chance of an additional tornado or two can't be ruled out.
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"On Sunday, we stretch the threat back into Mississippi, Louisiana and back into the places that are recovering from a devastating and deadly tornado outbreak that started in Rolling Fork, Mississippi," said FOX Weather meteorologist Jane Minar. "Jackson is in the red for that likely risk of severe weather through the afternoon."
The main threat zone on Sunday is from Interstate 20 southward to Interstate 10, along the Gulf Coast - slightly south of the main impact zone from Friday's overnight event.
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Comparison between storm reports and future severe weather threat zone
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Another severe weather threat exists mid-week
Another storm system that is expected to impact California and the West will trek across most of the country and produce showers and thunderstorms across the southern Plains during the second half of the upcoming workweek.
The FOX Forecast Center said the threat zone is still evolving but will likely include parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas on Thursday.
The forecast will continue to be refined as the event draws closer and confidence grows for which communities will be under the threat for hail, damaging winds and tornadoes.
Thursday's severe weather threat zones
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