local time in much of central and southern Alabama, including Birmingham and Montgomery. “This includes the potential for long-lived supercells and strong tornadoes (EF2+).”Ī tornado watch is also in effect until 1 a.m. “Large hail and damaging winds will be the main threats initially, but the tornado potential should increase toward and after sunset, when low-level shear will considerably increase.” the Storm Prediction Center said. local time for eastern Louisiana and central and southern Mississippi, including the cities of Jackson, Meridian and Hattiesburg. Threats include the possibility of strong tornadoes, hail the size of tennis balls and damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph, the Storm Prediction Center said.Ī tornado watch is in effect until 11 p.m. Elijah Nouvelage/ReutersĪcross the South and Southeast, more than 30 million people are at risk of severe storms Sunday from Houston all the way to the coasts of the Carolinas.
Edmondson told CNN affiliate WSB.Īs many as 100 homes were damaged, with 30 to 40 “completely destroyed,” Troup County Emergency Management Director Zachary Steele said in a news conference Sunday.įallen trees are seen on a truck after the National Weather Service (NWS) reported that a large tornado hit Troup County in LaGrange, Georgia. “It was awful … a lot of homes were destroyed,” LaGrange Mayor-elect Willie T. No fatalities were immediately reported, but at least three people were injured in the storm, officials said. National Weather Service March 26, 2023Īlready, a “large and extremely dangerous tornado” struck Sunday morning south of LaGrange, Georgia, the weather service in Atlanta said. A few strong tornadoes and very large hail may occur with the most intense storms, particularly from central Louisiana into central/southern Alabama. Severe thunderstorms will persist into tonight across a broad portion of the Deep South/Southeast States.
“A few strong tornadoes and very large hail may occur with the most intense storms, particularly from central Louisiana across central/southern portions of Mississippi and Alabama this afternoon and evening,” the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center said. After a rash of violent storms killed 26 people in the South, some of the same areas will get hammered again by a new round of storms Sunday.
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