With residents of Mississippi and portions of Alabama reeling from the damage sustained during Friday night's deadly tornado outbreak, more severe weather is occurring Sunday.
A man sits amongst damage from an EF-4 tornado in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, March 25. Photo: Will Newton/Getty Images, more severe weather is occurring Sunday.The Storm Prediction Center is forecasting the likelihood of "several tornadoes" that could include "a few strong tornadoes" in southern Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia in particular, with the threat lasting into Sunday evening.
The Storm Prediction Center has placed the region from northeastern Louisiana to southern Alabama in an “” for severe thunderstorms Sunday. This is a level 3 out of 5 on the storm threat scale. On Sunday morning, several supercell thunderstorms, which contain rotating, upward-moving currents of air and can spawn powerful tornadoes, rolled across south-central Alabama and Georgia, with reports of wind damage and large hail.There is a risk for more tornadoes especially this afternoon and evening in central Louisiana, southern Mississippi and Alabama, when the air will be more unstable.
In addition, wind shear, which refers to winds blowing in different directions and/or speed with height, will be maximized. This is a key ingredient for tornado formation that was in abundance on Friday night. Other severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and large hail are likely in the Carolinas today as well, the SPC predicts.The atmosphere is not quite as volatile as it was on Friday night, and the threat area for more severe weather isCommunities in the region with the highest risk for tornadoes Sunday include Jackson and Hattiesburg, Miss., Auburn, Ala. and Alexandria, La.
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