Tornado threat over Texas on Thursday

A slow-moving cold front will encounter moist, unstable air over the Gulf Coast states, bringing an INCREASED risk over Central Texas on Thursday for the entire I-35 corridor. Individual supercells develop with strong updrafts that can rotate and produce tornadoes. This is the most populous area in Texas with a high risk of hail and tornadoes. Try to park your car under cover and use multiple options to receive alerts.

This evening our cold front will support new storm cells along the I-20 corridor from Central Texas through Georgia. Storm clusters will contain gusty winds and embedded tornadoes. Two groups of storms could develop Thursday night into Friday, one through Georgia and South Carolina and another group developing in Louisiana and moving into Alabama on Friday morning.

The cold front that was responsible for the severe weather on Wednesday and Thursday finally cleared the southeastern United States on Friday, but not before a series of storms hit central/southern Alabama, Georgia and the Florida panhandle during the midday and early evening hours met. Heavy rains and strong winds will be the main danger.

The slow frontal boundary will form further south Thursday, producing more showers and thunderstorms from Texas to Georgia. With East Texas and West Louisiana getting drenched in recent weeks, flash flooding will be easier to find in this part of the Deep South. A LIGHT A RISK has been issued from Shreveport to well into western Alabama (below), with 2 to 3 inches of rain and locally higher amounts possible Thursday, while the threat of flooding remains in the Southeast Friday.