Tuesday 29 November 2022 07:06 AM 'Significant' tornados are forecast from northeastern Louisiana to southern ... trends now
Powerful tornadoes and damaging winds are threatening several parts of the southern United States this week while a major snowstorm is expected to bury the Pacific Northwest under several feet of snow.
The National Weather Service (NWS) forecast warned that the violent storms would hit Tuesday afternoon into evening and produce powerful 'long-track' tornadoes - twisters that stay on the ground far longer than normal tornadoes.
The string of tornadoes extending from Illinois to Louisiana with gusts of 111 miles and above are likely to hit overnight when most people are asleep and unprepared, according to Storm Prediction Center specialist Bill Bunting.
While the southern states brace for the storms, at least 18 states in the Northwest are on alert as some areas could get up to two feet of snow on Tuesday.
Powerful tornadoes and damaging winds are threatening several parts of southern US this week while a major snowstorm is expected to bury the northwest under several feet of snow
Forecasters warned that tornadoes can occur overnight when people are asleep, and the areas most at risk are between Illinois and Louisiana
The National Weather Service Spokane office tweeted that a winter storm watch has been issued for Spokane, Washington, late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, with heavy snowfall expected.
The cross-country storm is expected to bring heavy snow from Nebraska to Michigan later Monday night into Tuesday morning.
Over the next two days, Salt Lake City, Utah; Denver, Colorado; and Casper, Wyoming, are expected to get between 6 and 12 inches of snow.
With the cold front barreling down from the Rocky Mountains and pushing across the central plains, with warmer, moist air pushing north from the Gulf of Mexico, it's triggering severe storms in the south, Andrew Orrison, an NWS meteorologist, said.
The NWS on Monday warned the violent storms would hit parts of Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee, with heavy wind damage expected, affecting more than 30 million people.
'We are fairly confident that there will be multiple tornadoes on the ground from late Tuesday to early Tuesday night,' AccuWeather Chief On-Air Meteorologist Bernie Rayno said. 'People should take this threat seriously.'
The National Weather Service Spokane office tweeted that a winter storm watch has been issued for Spokane, Washington late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning
Along with the possibility of tornadoes, damaging winds of more than 60 mph and large hail are also possible for the northwestern Gulf coast to the Mississippi Valley, AccuWeather meteorologists warned.
Heavy, gusty, and possibly violent thunderstorms are expected to erupt later in the day Tuesday
