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| Storms Slam Plains, Heading for Miss. Valley
UPDATED 11 AM CDT, June 16, 2009
Severe storms are rolling through the mid-Mississippi Valley, with even more storms likely to pound the Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee valleys later today. Threats will run the gamut, including flooding downpours, damaging winds, large hail and even a few tornadoes.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect across the central Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys, including western Tennessee, western Kentucky, southeastern Illinois and southern Indiana.
WeatherBug Meteorologist Steve Prinzivalli has the latest on today`s severe weather threat across the Mississippi Valley and Southeast in this exclusive WeatherBug Severe Video.
This threat is due to a wave of strong to severe storms moving through the Ozarks and mid-Mississippi Valley. These storms will continue to progress eastward into the Ohio and Tennessee valleys over the course of the day. By evening, these storms will move into the Carolinas and northern Georgia. At the same time, another wave of storms will develop across the Mississippi Valley, bringing a renewed threat of storms from the Dakotas to eastern Kansas.
The greatest threat with any storms will be for large hail to the size of baseballs, particularly across the mid-Mississippi Valley. In addition, strong winds up to 70 mph will be likely across the lower Tennessee Valley today. A few tornadoes cannot be ruled out this afternoon and evening.
While storms will spread from the Rockies to the Mid-Atlantic, the strongest storms will impact the eastern Plains, Tennessee and Ohio Valleys. Cities that could see one of the strongest storms today include Omaha, Neb., Des Moines, Iowa, Kansas City and St. Louis, Mo., Springfield, Ill., Louisville, Ky., Nashville, Tenn., Asheville, N.C., and Charleston, S.C.
The severe weather is due to a stubborn stationary front stretching east-west across the Plains from southern Colorado eastward into the Tennessee Valley and southern Appalachians. Strong storm complexes develop over the central Plains and run eastward along the front, bringing storms from the Plains, across the lower Mississippi Valley and into the southern Appalachians and Southeast.
On Monday, 19 reports of possible tornadoes were received, including one near Elbert, Colo., that damaged a barn. Sabula, Mo., reported golf ball sized hail, while baseball sized hail was recorded near Fort Stockton, Texas. Wolf Creek Park, Texas, was slammed by softball sized hail this evening, with tea cup sized hail in Trinity, Ala., and Darrouzett, Okla. Hail reports stretched from Texas to the Dakotas and eastward to the Carolinas.
In addition to the storm threat, heavy rain will drench the lower Mississippi Valley, with some areas of Illinois and Indiana receiving as much as 4 inches of rain. With these storms repeating over the same areas, significant flash flooding is likely. Flash Flood Watches and Warnings are still in effect from central Kansas to western Illinois.
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