Severe storms produce tornadoes, flash flooding from Midwest to Gulf Coast

Tornado watches have been issued for parts of the Southeast through Wednesday afternoon.

A dangerous, multiday severe weather outbreak that began its trek across the South Monday entered its third and final day Wednesday as strong storms sweep across the Southeast.

This storm system likely procured tornadoes in more than a half-dozen states, including an EF-1 twister that ravaged a high school in central Arkansas on Monday.

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On Tuesday, tornadoes were reported in Illinois, Mississippi and Georgia. At least six tornadoes were confirmed to have touched down in central Illinois, according to the National Weather Service.

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NWS survey teams will continue to investigate the impacted areas and determine whether the damage from the severe storms across the South was caused by additional twisters or damaging straight-line winds.

Click here to see the dramatic images and video of this week's destructive storms in the South.

Severe storms linger in Southeast on Wednesday

A final round of strong to severe thunderstorms is possible Wednesday from portions of the Southeast into the Carolinas and southeastern Virginia as the line of storms continues east.

Damaging wind gusts and a couple of tornadoes are the main threats, especially over parts of Georgia, southeastern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.

The storms will exit the Eastern Seaboard by Thursday, ending this week's multiday severe weather threat.

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The severe weather outlook for Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023.
(FOX Weather)


 
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