The National Weather Service has confirmed multiple tornadoes in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi over the past few days. A significant risk for severe weather, including strong tornadoes, continues for a large portion of the southern US.
Multiple tornadoes have been reported over the past couple of days in Texas , Louisiana and Mississippi . The National Weather Service confirmed five tornadoes in Texas on Thursday, including an EF1 in the Houston area that caused structural damage to some homes.Another tornado in east Montgomery County caused'extensive damage,' including to a fire station, but no fatalities and only minor injuries were reported, said Jason Smith, deputy chief of staff in County Judge Mark J. Keough's office.
'Despite the challenges, we remain fully operational and committed to serving our community,' the fire department said in a statement. The statement added that the fire house has power from a generator.Saturday’s risk for more storms, affecting around 24 million people, stretches from Texas to west Georgia and includes the cities of Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Monroe in Louisiana; Houston and Dallas; Jackson, Mississippi; and Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama. There will be the risk for strong tornadoes, destructive 70 mph and up wind gusts and 2 inch hail Saturday into the overnight hours as the line of storms pushes east. Localized flash flooding is also possible. Should strong tornadoes form, they will likely happen after dark, given the time of the year. Nighttime tornadoes are more than twice as likely to be deadly.'The strongest storms and greatest strong (EF2+) tornado threat will exist during late afternoon/early evening,' the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center said on was in effect for far East Texas, parts of southern and central Louisiana and parts Arkansas and Mississippi until 9 p.m. CT. By Sunday, this line of storms will march east, with a slight risk for severe weather impacting an additional 24 million people from east Alabama to Virgini
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