Mid-South Meteorology: Enhanced Chance for Severe Storms/Tornadoes Thursday

We have an enhanced chance of severe storms and that includes tornadoes this afternoon into the evening as daytime heating combines with a lot of moisture in the air to increase instability. With the cold front approaching, we anticipate a squall line coming through, with the chance we could see come strong winds within (bow echoes) and the possibility for some embedded supercells which could spawn tornadoes. We could also see some individual supercells form in advance of the squall line.

Our mains threats will be high winds and tornadoes! Make sure you have fresh batteries in your weather radio, cellphone charged and be ready to activate your emergency plan to take shelter should storms threaten.

These storms could also bring heavy rainfall, upwards of 2 and 3 inches! After today, we'll cool back down Friday and into the weekend.