Damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes are all threats from this latest siege of severe weather.
Locally heavy rain will also overspread areas from the central Gulf Coast to the Piedmont of the southern Appalachians, yielding an increased threat of flash flooding.Severe storm damage was reported by officials in Mississippi’s Newton County on Tuesday, April 5, as dangerous storms swept through the southern United States.
In addition, as a cold front slices through a warm, humid air mass in place across the Southeast, additional scattered severe storms are expected to develop ahead of the front during the late-afternoon and evening hours from the Tennessee Valley to the southern Appalachians. Damaging wind gusts and a couple of tornadoes are the main threats in those areas.
Not only is severe weather expected, but there could also be areas of heavy rain across the South through midweek. A broad area of 1 to 3 inches of rainfall could drench areas from the lower Mississippi Valley to the southern Appalachians and northern Florida. Locally higher amounts over 3 inches are possible where any heavier bands of rain stall for a period of a few hours or longer.