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Highest Level NWS Warning for Severe Storms & Strong Tornadoes in MS Valley NOW [1]

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Date: 2023-03-31  

NOAA's Storm Prediction Center just issued its rare highest level warning for a high risk of severe thunderstorms including a risk of strong long strack tornadoes late today March 31, 2023.

Two particularly dangerous situation tornado watches for the lower and upper Mississippi river valley regions were recently issued by NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC). The SPC also issued its highest level alert — high risk of severe storms including strong long track tornadoes for those regions. This severe weather outbreak is developing just a week after a devastating long track F4 tornado killed 21 people in Mississippi and one in Alabama. President Joe Biden is touring the damage just as this severe weather outbreak is developing over the same region.

A number of tornado warnings have already been issued in Arkansas. These warnings may or may not indicate tornadoes on the ground. The warnings are based on radar signatures indicative of a possible tornado. If you live in the Mississippi river valley keep touch with your trusted local weather source such as weather radio. It will be impossible for people like me on the internet to keep track your local situation with a large scale severe weather outbreak like the one that is developing now.

Air traffic has been stopped at Chicago airports because of approaching storms. There are multiple tornado warnings in Iowa and it appears that at least one of these storms is a huge wedge tornado. This massive wedge tornado was located in Sigourney Iowa moving in the direction of Iowa City.

x 🚨#BREAKING: A Confirmed large and extremely violent tornado is on the ground⁰⁰📌#Sigourney | #Iowa⁰⁰The National weather service has issues a PDS tornado warning meaning particular Dangerous situation as a confirmed large and extremely violent tornado is on the ground… pic.twitter.com/QWQEUZrz7x — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) March 31, 2023

There are warnings from Texas to Illinois and the severe weather will continue to move eastwards as we head into the nighttime hours.

x ⚠️PDS Tornado Warning continues for Little Rock AR, North Little Rock AR and Sherwood AR until 2:30 PM CDT. Seek Shelter NOW! We're tracking this with @RadarOmega LIVE: https://t.co/wdvo0GDNbr pic.twitter.com/hO6EYcDnB5 — Ryan Hall, Y’all (@ryanhallyall) March 31, 2023

x View from Little Rock Baptist moments ago! *video shot by Kristal Benton from the 7th Floor of Medical Towers 1. #arwx @NWSLittleRock @KATVToddYak @KATVJames pic.twitter.com/zX2xHoSMvz — Sean (@_spcanady) March 31, 2023

x A Tornado Watch is in effect until 8 PM CDT for parts of the middle and southern Mississippi Valley. This is a particularly dangerous situation. Several tornadoes (some intense), scattered large hail, and scattered damaging gusts are expected. Stay weather aware in these areas. pic.twitter.com/j7nSPB3QUP — NWS Storm Prediction Center (@NWSSPC) March 31, 2023

x Here’s a look at the rotating wall cloud we spotted near Hot Springs, #Arkansas.



A #tornado warning is now in effect for the Little Rock metro.



LIVE storm coverage on AccuWeather 📺 pic.twitter.com/O6vTByneQS — Bill Wadell (@BillWadell) March 31, 2023

x A Tornado Watch is in effect until 8 PM CDT for northeast Missouri, central/eastern Iowa, far southwest Wisconsin, and parts of western Illinois. This is a particularly dangerous situation. Numerous tornadoes (some intense), large hail, and damaging winds are expected. pic.twitter.com/SWOrueut5q — NWS Storm Prediction Center (@NWSSPC) March 31, 2023

The severe weather risk this early spring has been enhanced by the combination of La Niña, the follow on effects of a sudden stratospheric warming, and warmer than normal waters in the Gulf of Mexico associated with climate change/ocean warming.

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