Sunday 27 November 2022 07:35 PM Forecasters warn 'severe' weather front will spawn devastating tornadoes and ... trends now
Severe storms are heading toward the Pacific Northwest - as forecasters warn of devastating tornadoes and damaging winds on Tuesday night.
Bill Bunting, Storm Prediction Center specialist, said that tornadoes extending from Illinois to Louisiana are likely to continue overnight when most people are asleep and unprepared.
Just yesterday, around 10,000 were without power after the torrential weather hit St. Charles Parish with winds of 86 to 110 miles per hour.
And much of the region is now under an extreme weather warning - meaning that the likelihood of dangerous tornados and winds hitting is very high.
The lower Mississippi River Valley areas of Memphis and Bartlett, Tennessee, Jonesboro and Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and Monroe, Louisiana have received a level three out of five enhanced storm risk that will impact more than three million people, according to the Storm Prediction Center.
'Unfortunately, it does appear that the severe storm threat will continue into the evening and overnight hours on Tuesday,' Bunting told CNN. 'This storm system will have the potential to produce severe thunderstorms capable of tornadoes, damaging straight-line winds, and also large hail.'
Tornadoes and high winds are predicted to hit the lower Mississippi River Valley on Tuesday night
The areas expected to be the most impacted extend through Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana
The storm warning comes after a tornado hit Paradis, Louisiana - which is right outside of New Orleans - on Saturday and left thousands without power. Pictured: A classroom that got torn apart by the tornado
A mobile trailer was overturned after the tornado hit the city on Saturday
Thousands were left without power after the storm hit
Forecasters warned that tornadoes can occur overnight when people are asleep, and the areas most at risk are between Illinois and Louisiana
Forecasters warned that the level three warning can shift to level five and move toward the cities that have lower storm risks, such as Houston and Pasadena, Texas, Nashville, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
'The details regarding areas most at risk from tornadoes will become clearer as
