Severe Storms Crossing Atlanta, Tallahassee This Evening
The second round of severe weather in less than a week reached Alabama today and was crossing Georgia and northern Florida this evening.
The nature of the storms tonight will be a squall line scenario, which tends to bring a band of thunderstorms with a general burst of torrential rain, strong winds and perhaps some hail. However, a couple of short-lived, quick spin-up tornadoes are possible.
The storms can damage roofs, topple mobile homes, cause power outages, down trees and flood streets and basements.
Powerful thunderstorms and flooding downpours along with a few tornadoes rolled across central and northeastern Texas on Wednesday then through Louisiana and Mississippi Wednesday night.
The storms moved out of Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana and into Alabama through the midday and early afternoon hours.
Highs winds from a severe storm in Venice, La., downed power lines and damaged some buildings early on.
Mobile, Ala., was smacked by heavy rain and strong winds during the storms during the midday hours. A wall cloud with one of the nasty thunderstorms was observed on a Downtown Mobile webcam before noon.
During the midday, strong thunderstorm winds, perhaps a tornado, damaged homes in Uniontown, Ala.
Flash flooding occurred early Thursday afternoon in Center Point and Greensboro, Ala.
A water spout was observed off of Panama City Beach late Thursday afternoon, but the storm weakened before moving ashore.
The strongest of the storms through the early evening hours will affect eastern Alabama, western Georgia and the western part of the Florida Panhandle.
Cities in the path of potentially violent thunderstorms include Atlanta, Columbus and Macon in Georgia as well as Panama City and Tallahassee in Florida.
Severe Storm Risk Along Southern Atlantic Seaboard Late Tonight/Early Friday
Tonight, the storms will continue to push eastward and will expand northward.
Essentially, the risk of locally severe thunderstorms will stretch from the Delmarva to northern Florida during the night.
North of the severe thunderstorm area, drenching rain in a short period of time can lead to isolated incidents of flash flooding in the Appalachians from southwestern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia and Alabama.
Recent Severe Weather
Many folks in Alabama and Mississippi are still on edge in the wake of deadly, destructive tornadoes that occurred during the early morning hours Monday, as well as the rounds of severe weather from last spring. Some of the tornadoes reached EF3 strength this past Monday morning.
The storms did bring much-needed rain to the Lone Star State, but at the expense of flash flooding.
Rain is also needed and will be supplied by the storms along the southern Atlantic Seaboard.
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Daily U.S. Extremes
past 24 hours
| Extreme | Location | |
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| High | 100° | Smyrna, TN |
| Low | 15° | Sunset Crater, AZ |
| Precip | 3.99" | Wadena, MN |
WeatherWhys®
Hail is much more common during the months of May and June compared to July and August. The main reason is the fact that the freezing level is usually higher during July and August as pockets of cold air in the upper atmosphere are less common as the jet stream weakens and retreats farther north.
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