Big March storm fans #wildfires and flips trucks as forecasters fear weekend #tornado outbreak
By RUSS BYNUM and SEAN MURPHY
Updated 9:02 PM EDT, March 14, 2025
"Tornadoes likely amid storm outbreak
"The Storm Prediction Center said fast-moving storms could spawn twisters and hail as large as baseballs Friday, but the greatest threat would come from straight-line winds near or exceeding hurricane force, with gusts of 100 mph (160 kph) possible.
"A #TornadoWatch was issued until 11 p.m. for central and eastern #Missouri, including St. Louis, as well as parts of #Illinois and #Arkansas.
"The National Weather Service said it observed an evening tornado in the south-central Missouri city of #Grovespring.
"Other areas at risk included parts of #Iowa, #Kentucky, #Tennessee and #Mississippi.
"About 47 million people faced an enhanced to moderate severe storm threat from Madison, #Wisconsin, to Birmingham, #Alabama.
"Forecasters grew increasingly worried that intense thunderstorms farther south will likely bring an even greater tornado threat Saturday.
"The Storm Prediction Center said parts of #Mississippi including Jackson and Hattiesburg and areas of #Alabama including Birmingham and Tuscaloosa will be at a high risk. Severe storms and tornadoes are also possible across eastern #Louisiana, western #Georgia, central #Tennessee and the western #Florida Panhandle.
"'We have a lot of confidence that we most likely will have a tornado outbreak tomorrow,' Storm Prediction Center meteorologist Evan Bentley said in an online briefing."
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A sprawling storm system crossing the U.S. has overturned semitrucks on highways and fanned wildfires in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas. At least three Tornadoes touched down in Missouri and threats of more loomed for the Mississippi Valley into the night and the Deep South on Saturday. The National Weather Service predicted extreme weather across a vast swath of the country that is home to more than 100 million people. Powerful winds gusting up to 80 mph were forecast from the Canadian border to Texas. A wildfire fueled by dry grasses and spread by strong winds prompted emergency officials to urge residents to evacuate the small town of Leedey, Oklahoma. Meanwhile the Oklahoma State Patrol said dusty winds toppled several tractor-trailers.
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40 degree (F) temperature drop overnight - so winds going to be noisy.
The National Weather Service in #OXNARD has issued a
*#Tornado Warning for...
Central #Ventura County in southwestern California...
*Until 200 AM PST.
*At 128 AM PST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Oxnard moving north at 15 mph.
* This dangerous storm will be near... Oxnard and Ventura around 135 AM PST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include #ElRio, #SilverStrandBeach, and Naval Base Ventura County.
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