A multi-state severe weather threat is developing over the Southern United States on Sunday, with tornadoes, destructive winds, and huge hail expected in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama.
According to the National Weather Service in Memphis, a slight risk area—defined as a 15% or greater possibility of severe weather—stretches from Shreveport to Memphis and into central Kentucky. The storms are predicted to be scattered, but they may contain isolated powerful cells capable of producing tornadoes.
Wind gusts of 60 mph (ca. 97 km/h) or higher, quarter-size or larger hail, and a few tornadoes are the most likely risks, especially in places where instability rises by Sunday afternoon. The severe weather warning is valid from early Sunday, March 30, to 7 a.m. Monday, March 31…