An outbreak of severe weather, including the potential for hail, damaging winds and tornadoes, is likely Thursday into Friday across portions of Texas, the Deep South, the Ozarks, the Tennessee Valley and the Southeast.
, with an estimated preliminary total of 168 observed during the month. Only 1999 featured more , and all signs point to March roaring in at breakneck pace.The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center is highlighting a broad area from Texas to Mississippi as facing a level 3 out of 5 “enhanced risk” for severe weather Thursday.
March is historically a time when the pace of severe weather starts to pick up dramatically, reaching a crescendo in May and June, when an average of 473 tornadoes — split between both months — occur.Instigating the severe weather is a shortwave — a pocket of high-altitude frigid air, low pressure and spin. It is pinching off from a larger body of cold banked over the western United States.
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