The USA is about to enter a VERY stormy period. 5 storms in 16 days?
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Severe Thunderstorms Possible From the Southern Plains to the Lower Mississippi Valley MidweekA threat of severe thunderstorms is in play in parts of the South the first week of April.
The threat begins in the southern Plains Wednesday and Wednesday night.
It then migrates into the lower Mississippi Valley Thursday.
Large hail and damaging thunderstorm winds are the main threats.
However, a few tornadoes are possible.
Severe thunderstorms are possible Wednesday and Thursday in parts of the South, ushering in the typical seasonal peak of severe weather in the United States.
A jet-stream disturbance currently bringing some rain and mountain snow to the West will swing into the Plains by Wednesday.
Ahead of that disturbance, warmer and somewhat more humid air will be pulled northward from the Gulf of Mexico, eroding the colder air in place from early this week.
The jet-stream disturbance, cold air topping warmer, humid air and air-lifting surface features such as a dryline and a stationary front should provide the ingredients needed for at least some severe thunderstorms Wednesday into Thursday.
We're not expecting a widespread severe weather outbreak in this case, despite it being the notoriously dangerous month of April, but a few of these storms could be hazardous.
Here is our latest forecast.
Severe Weather Timeline, Threats
Wednesday-Wednesday Night
Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected to flare up near the dryline late Wednesday afternoon or early evening in western Oklahoma, perhaps far southern Kansas and far northwestern Texas.
This activity may spread eastward into the rest of Oklahoma and parts of Arkansas, North Texas and perhaps far southwestern Missouri Wednesday night.
Large hail appears to be the main threat with these storms, though damaging thunderstorm wind gusts are also possible and a tornado or two can't be ruled out.
Thursday, the threat of scattered severe thunderstorms shifts farther eastward, stretching from East Texas and Arkansas into Louisiana, Mississippi, southwestern Tennessee, parts of Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle.
Large hail and damaging winds appear to be the primary severe weather threats, but a tornado or two are also possible.
Thursday, the threat of scattered severe thunderstorms shifts farther eastward, stretching from East Texas and Arkansas into Louisiana, Mississippi, southwestern Tennessee, parts of Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle.
Large hail and damaging winds appear to be the primary severe weather threats, but a tornado or two are also possible.