Double-whammy storms for the South again

On the heels of the most recent one, another winter storm is on its way and will bring severe weather troubles across the South and Southeast Thursday night into Friday.

Low pressure zipping out of the central and southern Rockies today will shift across the southern Plains. On its colder, northern flank, snow is expected in the Colorado and New Mexico Rockies and the central Plains of Nebraska and Kansas. Rain and thunderstorms will stick to the storm’s warmer, southern end.

Enhanced risks – a level three out of five on the severity scale – have been issued for tonight and Friday ahead of the expected severe weather, just days after more than 450 severe weather reports were recorded in the South and Southeast.

Thursday’s enhanced risk includes the ArkLaTex areas and the southeastern corner of Oklahoma. Places like Shreveport, La., Hot Springs, Ark., and Texarkana, Texas, are included in the risk. All hazards are on the table including nocturnal tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds.

Since Thursday’s storm risk comes after dark, it will be even more important to have at least three ways to receive a weather warning and your notification volume turned up in case it goes off while you’re sleeping.

The WeatherRadar shows these storms starting around 10 p.m. local time Thursday night and moving east through the Friday morning rush hour before the next risk for severe weather takes over across the Gulf Coast and Southeast.

For Friday, a renewed threat for severe weather stretches from western Mississippi through the Carolinas and Florida. The enhanced risk includes Montgomery and Dothan, Ala., Macon, Ga., Columbia, S.C., and Rockingham, N.C. but the slight risk – level two out of five – extends up into southern Virginia and central Florida.

All residents should be on alert for these severe storms. Friday’s activity includes the same hazards, tornadoes, hail, and damaging winds. The WeatherRadar shows the storms getting into the enhanced risk zone late afternoon and through the evening, adding another chance for nocturnal storm activity.

Weather & Radar’s Meteorologists will be covering the latest forecast updates to keep you in the know about the situation. Have your alerts switched on in the app to receive the latest information.