(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Rare ‘high risk’ storm alert issued for a large portion of the Mississippi Valley [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-03-31 N​OAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued a rare 'high risk' (level 5 out of 5) severe weather forecast for Friday afternoon and evening, the first such 'high risk' forecast they've issued since the March 25, 2021 tornado outbreak in the South. The likelihood of strong to violent tornadoes, damaging thunderstorm winds and hail is high in areas shown in the map. x Going to be a long severe weather day for the central U.S. — two different “High Risk” bullseyes highlighted by the Storm Prediction Center. Multiple long-track tornadoes, large hail, and very strong winds all look likely. pic.twitter.com/ZKAXuJCiFB — Paul Heggen (@PaulKPIX) March 31, 2023 Additional weather statements from origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/… - ...Severe thunderstorms likely and flash flooding possible from the Midwest to the Lower Mississippi Valley today... ...Heavy snow and blizzard conditions forecast from the northern Plains to the Upper Great Lakes through early Saturday... ...Critical Fire Weather concerns and high winds across the Southern High Plains over the next several days... ...High winds and severe thunderstorms possible on Saturday across the Appalachians and Interior Northeast... Preparations Please be prepared and inform your friends and family in affected areas. Preparedness actions from www.spc.noaa.gov/... Review your severe weather safety procedures for the possibility of dangerous weather today. Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio, weather.gov, or other media for watches and warnings. A tornado watch means that conditions are favorable for tornadoes to form during the next several hours. If a tornado warning is issued for your area, move to a place of safety, ideally in a basement or interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Prepare for power outages as well. Please post additional information about resources, storm shelters, etc. in the comments section. Causes of the latest bouts of severe weather From weather.com/…, the cause of today’s storms are the latest round of storms to hit California. T​he origin of this potentially volatile setup is a storm that has brought more snow, rain and wind to the West, including California. T​hat southward plunge of the jet stream will pivot into the Plains. When that happens, low pressure near the surface strengthens, pulling warm and humid air northward from the Gulf of Mexico. T​his combination of wind shear (winds increasing and changing direction from the ground upward); instability from warm, humid air near the ground topped by cold, dry air aloft; and lift from a dryline and the associated cold and warm fronts typically produces some severe weather. The Southeast is cursed, in multiple ways already. x @WalkerSAshley and myself have been working on the #tornado issue in the #Southeast for over two decades. The problem is dynamic, multifaceted, and not easy to solve. This graphic helps explain the multitude of factors that overlap to create tornado disaster. #RollingFork pic.twitter.com/nBM8eOAFxu — Stephen Strader (@StephenMStrader) March 27, 2023 Add in climate change driven weather and things are getting worse already. ... Resources Storm shelter map - x You can now get to my #tornado shelter map MUCH more easily and quickly. I now have it at https://t.co/KrCpli3ltz so that you have an easy to remember address. That will make it a lot easier. I have about 1,600 shelters mapped and I'm constantly adding more. — Craig Ceecee (@CC_StormWatch) March 22, 2023 Tweets about storm shelters — twitter.com/... [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/31/2161337/--High-Risk-severe-weather-expected-today-across-a-large-portion-of-the-Mississippi-Valley Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/