Severe Weather Hits Florida
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Tornado watches are in effect for the panhandle of Florida and Southern Georgia. TV forecasters in Panama City, Tallahassee and Jacksonville, Florida are experiencing heavy rain. A tornado watch also means there is the possibility of damaging winds and isolated tornadoes.
This same storm system will be tracking up the Carolinas into the Northeast over the next several days. Cold artic air will be funneled into the deep South by Friday, where forecasters as far south as Mississippi are currently predicting the possibility of light snow.
-Dawn Brown
Weather Warnings Light Up Louisiana
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A large storm system crossing the mid-section has sparked severe weather warnings across Southeastern Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. Forecasters in Lafayette, Louisiana are staying on top of a line of severe storms moving through the area. Soon, those warnings will move east. You can track the storms as they move through New Orleans and Central Mississippi.
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You can see how large the storm is on the satellite imagery. Heavy rain and thunderstorms stretch from Iowa to the Gulf of Mexico. The severe line is being aided by warm, tropical air from the Gulf of Mexico and the remnants of Hurricane Rick.
The stormy weather and associated cold front quickly marches east toward the Ohio and Tennessee River Valleys.
-Dawn Brown