The storms expected Wednesday are part of the same system that spawned tornadoes in Gulf Coast states Tuesday and killed at least three people in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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The track of this storm is much farther north than the past several systems so the threat of widespread severe weather is small here in South Florida.
While the risk is deemed slight, it’s “not zero”, says Tom.
Destroyed trailers and vehicles are all that remain of the Sugar Hill RV Park after a suspected tornado hit the park in Convent, La., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016.
The sheriff of St. James Parish, where the mobile home park is located, said that despite the severity of the weather, authorities were continuing to search the park for survivors.
Virginia authorities said a funnel cloud in Appomattox County injured seven people, two seriously.
Strong storms have moved through Pennsylvania, causing multiple building collapses, tearing roofs off homes and downing trees and power lines.
In the Deep South, survey teams from the weather service began investigating the damage Wednesday to determine how many tornadoes formed.
Rusnak said the storm now lashing North Carolina could deliver severe thunderstorms, winds topping 60 miles per hour and hail 1 inch in diameter.
Schools and government offices canceled classes or closed early in Louisiana and MS as severe weather warnings lined up from Louisiana to Florida and Georgia.
The National Weather Service confirmed one fatality near the MS town of Purvis, where a mobile home was destroyed.
Apartment resident Milan Smith told the newspaper two buildings lost their roofs.
A flash flood watch is in effect until 9 p.m. Wednesday for Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill and York counties according to the National Weather Service in State College.
If you live in or are traveling through the South, be prepared for storms that could produce tornadoes and have a plan to find safety. The National Weather Service retweeted photos of caved-in units and rubble.
The Storm Prediction Center issued what’s known as a “particularly unsafe situation” tornado watch for areas of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi. “We’ll probably for a time period get into a warmer and more unstable atmosphere, and that could lead to increasing potential for strong to severe storms”.
Apartment resident Milan Smith told the Pensacola News Journal (http://on.pnj.com/1XMegZY) that he heard the storm approaching and ran to the bathroom.
Residents in LaPlace, Louisiana, are cleaning up after a tornado ripped through the area. Though relatively rare, the NWS has contingencies for such situations-the office in Lake Charles, Louisiana, assumed New Orleans’ forecasting duties, and the surrounding radars in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana provided overlapping coverage.
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WTVR CBS 6 viewer Vincent Carden shared a video what he called the “aftermath of tornado”. He and his wife came outside when they heard the church’s alarm go off. High winds sheared the brick and mortar from the rear wall of the church.
