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Weather models have been pointing towards a potentially severe weather event across the Mississippi valley and the Plains later this week - and lasting for several days - and this morning the National Weather Service published the above tweet.
A visit to the NOAA/NWS Storms Prediction Center (SPC) shows an outlook calling for severe weather starting tomorrow and running to at least Tuesday.
The high risk areas for Friday and Saturday are shown below:
Spring tornadoes have already claimed 31 lives in 2019, in what has already been a moderately active season.
While 2018 only saw 10 tornado-related deaths - in 2011, 555 people died across the United States from twisters - making it the 2nd deadliest season on record.
Last month, in It Happens Every Spring - 2019 Edition, we looked at tornado safety, and so I won't rehash those topics again today.
Suffice to say that if you live or work (or will travel through) any of the areas in any of the areas forecast to see severe weather the next few days, you should be prepared to move to a safe location should conditions threaten.April and May are the most active tornado months for our southern states, while in June and July the action moves more into the Midwest and upper Midwest. But the truth is, tornadoes - and severe weather - can occur anytime, and just about anywhere.
Anyone in these forecast high risk areas should pay close attention to local weather reports, and ensure they have their emergency kits, and their disaster plans, up to date.
