The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for several locations.
According to many accounts, severe storms in the United States Southeast on Wednesday afternoon delivered damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes to sections of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.
Throughout Wednesday, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued many tornado warnings, mostly in southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia.
The National Weather Service also warned that hurricane-force winds could reach 90 mph (145 kph) in regions of northeast Louisiana and central Mississippi.
“Really great reminders! Several rounds of severe storms capable of very large hail, intense winds, and tornadoes, some strong, will be possible across the Gulf Coast states and Southeast,” the NWS announced at 6:40 p.m. ET on Twitter.
“The greatest threat extends from the Arklamiss region into western Georgia.”
The agency had announced around 4:00 p.m. ET that severe weather, including heavy rain and possible flash flooding, “will continue over the next couple of days stretching from the Southeast and Plains into the Rockies.”
According to Florida’s Tallahassee National Weather Service meteorologist Felecia Bowser, the storm system is unheard of at this time of year.
We typically prepare more for tropical weather in June, according to Bowser. “The spring is typically when we see more of the widespread, intense precipitation that we are seeing today.”
According to video shared on social media, it appears like a tornado in Georgia occurred close to the town of Blakely in the state’s southwest. Authorities in neighbouring areas reported snapped power lines and felled trees.
The elected commission chairperson for neighbouring Baker County, Connie Hobbs, reported finding hailstones as large as golf balls in her yard.
Two individuals managed to escape from one of the wrecked homes on Wednesday in Arlington, Georgia, safely, according to Calhoun County Sheriff Josh Hilton, who spoke to WALB. Other homes were also damaged.
According to the Eufaula Police Department, tornado damage was also recorded in Alabama, close to the Georgia state boundary.
According to Eufaula Mayor Jack Tibbs, the storm knocked down 30 to 40 trees and caused a building’s wall to fall. There were no recent reports of injuries, he said.
Local news organisations broadcast footage sent in by viewers of a tornado tearing through the adjacent Henry County, Alabama, and of roof damage there.
Around 6:30 p.m., a tornado was reported by the NWS to have touched down in the Domino region of Cass County in eastern Texas.
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