MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The storms the WREG Weather Experts have been forecasting have arrived.
The National Weather Service has placed parts of the Mid-South in the Moderate to High risk category for developing severe storms later this afternoon. Damaging winds, hail, tornadoes and even some flash flooding are possible risks with those storms.
The first round of storms moved through the Mid-South during rush hour Thursday morning, causing delays for drivers heading about their day and some minor flooding at Malone and Holmes, Highway 64 and Kirby Whitten, and Stateline and Yahweh.
WREG’s Wendy Nations said parts of the Mid-South have already picked up an inch of rain, and that’s only the first storm of the day.
The second wave should be here around 3 p.m. Thursday, and that is the one that could produce the severe weather threats. Up to two inches of rain is also expected with this system.
The National Weather Service puts some of the News Channel 3 viewing area in northeast Mississippi — specifically Alcorn and parts of Tippah counties — in the High Risk region for severe weather. Most of the rest of north Mississippi and west Tennessee — including Memphis — are in the Moderate Risk region.
The Washington Post reports that this is the first time in 30 years that two level-5 severe weather warnings have been issued by the NWS in the month of March.
Just a week ago, a line of storms produced nine tornadoes in Mississippi and Alabama, just outside the News Channel 3 viewing area.
The storms should be out of here by 7 p.m., bringing clearing skies for Friday. Check our weather page on digital-stage.wreg.com or watch News Channel 3 to keep up with conditions.
