It will be the biggest outbreak of tornadoes for the year thus far. Severe thunderstorms will erupt in a massive, far-reaching outbreak that will begin late Wednesday night with a few strong storms over Oklahoma and northern Texas. From there, it will broaden into a wide swath of powerful storms, some tornadic, barreling eastward through the lower Mississippi Valley into Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky by late Thursday afternoon. The leading edge of severe storms will then reach southern Ohio to Georgia and South Carolina on Thursday night. Memphis, Nashville, Montgomery, Birmingham and Atlanta will be among the cities threatened by damaging thunderstorms and even tornadoes.
The tornado threat will be high across the heart of this area and will include the potential for violent, long-track twisters. There will be a significant threat of late-night tornadoes in the eastern half of the area.
Other severe threats within this wide area will stem from damaging straight-line winds, large hail and flooding downpours.
Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Jim Andrews
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