Severe weather exploding across the lower MS Valley region
A tornado watch is currently in effect for most of Louisiana into western Mississippi and extreme southern Arkansas. Earlier
forecast models had projected weak to moderate instability across this region, but special 18z soundings reveal CAPE approaching 3,000 across south-central Louisiana. This is materializing in a very strongly-sheared environment, and strongly-rotating thunderstorms have been the result. A number of tornado warnings have been issued this afternoon, as a line of training, semi-discrete storms have developed over an area stretching from Monroe southwest to Natchitoches. These storms have been intensifying rather quickly, so this is definitely a time where residents should take the general tornado watch seriously, as strong rotation can often develop between radar scans giving forecasters less time to issue warnings. It appears that one possibly strong tornado has already occurred near Atlanta, LA, where several homes have been
reported destroyed, and numerous trees snapped. The threat for tornadoes will continue to increase into the evening and overnight for points east, so residents of the lower Mississippi River valley region and mid-south should remain alert to any changing conditions!
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