Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Expected tornado outbreak prompts rare 'high risk' of severe weather

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Expected tornado outbreak prompts uncommon 'high risk' of terrible weather

A tornado outbreak is expected Wednesday and Wednesday nighttime from parts of the mid-Mississippi and little Ohio valleys westward into the eastbound Ozarks, including the menace of aggregate long-track EF-3 oregon stronger tornadoes.

NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) upgraded portions of Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi to a uncommon Level 5 retired of 5 "high risk" of terrible weather.

This marks lone the 2nd clip this year, and the archetypal lawsuit of 2 specified high-risk alerts successful a azygous twelvemonth since 2021, that a Level 5 menace has been issued. The erstwhile Level 5 alert was issued connected March 15 erstwhile the National Weather Service confirmed 13 tornadoes, including six almighty EF-3s, which tragically resulted successful 7 deaths and 12 injuries.

Now, the SPC is informing of a important tornado outbreak expected passim the time Wednesday and into the overnight hours. Concerns loom implicit the imaginable for galore tornadoes, immoderate of which could beryllium aggravated and way connected the crushed for extended periods, causing wide damage. 

In summation to the tornado threat, hail larger than 2 inches is imaginable with wind gusts successful excess of 70 mph. These threats widen beyond the contiguous high-risk zone, stretching from North Texas to the confederate Great Lakes.

Life-threatening flooding besides apt successful heartland

Just astir the aforesaid areas wherever the worst storms are expected besides look the hazard of flash flooding. On Wednesday, the highest flooding menace covers an country that stretches from Indiana to Arkansas. On Thursday, a "high risk" of flooding is concentrated successful a portion that covers occidental Kentucky, the Bootheel of Missouri, West Tennessee and northeastern Arkansas.

Winter tempest slams Upper Midwest

On the acold broadside of the tempest strategy that is creating the severe weather and flooding, a winter storm could bring upwards of 2 feet of snowfall to parts of the Upper Midwest. The heaviest snow is expected on the banks of Lake Superior successful the Arrowhead of Minnesota.

Newlyweds find wedding photos 100 miles distant aft tornado destroys their home

A Missouri mates is figuring retired the adjacent steps aft their home was precocious destroyed by a tornado. However, the discovery of immoderate of their wedding photos astir 100 miles distant is giving them a glimmer of hope.

A Missouri couple's location was destroyed by a almighty tornado, but amidst the devastation, pages from their wedding medium were discovered implicit 100 miles away.

(Darby Russom)

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