Intense storms with winds that are governed up to 90 mph are forecast and on Friday, it warned the size of baseball balls to attack a large west and southern area on Friday, the National Meteorological Service warned.
An area that includes St. Louis; Springfield, Illinois; Southeast of Iowa; And western Tennessee and Kentucky are under a “moderate risk” of harmful storms, but other areas from Louisiana to Ohio and Wisconsin also have some risk, the agency said.
It is likely that severe storms are in the lower and medium Missouri valley, the Mississippi Valley and Ohio’s lower valley on Friday afternoon until Saturday morning, said the weather service.
“Tornadoes, several of which could be strong and generalized harmful winds with gusts of 70 to 90 mph, and a great horn will be possible until baseball size,” he said.
On Saturday, Louisiana, including New Orleans, will have a higher risk of severe storms, with possible tornadoes, the forecasts said.
“It will be later that morning and the afternoon and Saturday night, where we will probably see a significant severe climate outbreak,” said Kevin Gilmore, a meteorologist at the New Orleans Meteorological Service office and Baton Rouge, in an informative video session on Thursday.
The area was under a threat level of three and four, or “improved” and “moderate”, of the five levels used by forecasting, which is unusual very much anticipated, he said.
While the west and south are preparing for possible severe storms on Friday and Saturday, on Thursday there was a critical risk of fire in Texas and other parts of the great plains, and the extreme danger will continue until the weekend.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he was directing additional state resources to respond to the “extremely critical forest fire” that is expected to last until the weekend.
“With dry conditions, bursts of wind and low moisture that increases the danger of forest fires, the Texans are encouraged to make an emergency plan, limit any activity that can cause a spark and pay attention to the guidance of local officials to keep their family already safely,” Abbott said in a statement.
The weather service said that on Friday, the “potentially historical conditions of the fire climate” are probably in the large plains of the south, with an extreme risk in areas that include Lubbock and Wichita Falls in Texas, as well as in Oklahoma City.
In the West, a winter storm has been covering Sierra Nevada in California with snow. The city of Tahoe, on the western coast of Lake Tahoe, obtained 17½ inches of snow at 10 am on Thursday, said the weather service of the region.
The snow was expected to take a break on Thursday, said the weather service, but another storm will hit the Sierra on Friday and Friday night.
In the Los Angeles area, a tornado arrived in the city of Pico Rivera on Thursday morning. The high-end EF-0 tornado around 3:15 am had maximum winds of 85 mph and tracked for about 1 mile, said the weather service after storm surveys were conducted.
The trees were uprooted and the branches of the trees were knocked down, some of which landed in cars and ceilings. The tornado itself also caused some damage to the roof, the agency said.
