The threat from Tornados moved to the east to the Mississippi and Deep South on Saturday, a day after a massive storm system that moved through the country, in which winds were damaged and damages damaged, whipped up dust storms, caused fatal accidents and more than 100 forest fires in several central states.
On Friday, several tornados were reported in Missouri, only part of the extreme weather that had predicted that it affects an area of more than 100 million people. Windge, which were predicted from the Canadian border to Texas from up to 130 km/h, which threatened the conditions of Blizzard in colder northern areas and forest fire in warmer, drier areas in the south.
According to SGT. Cindy Barkley from the State Ministry of Public Security. An estimated 38 cars included a bunch.
“It is the worst I’ve ever seen,” said Barkley and named the visibility of almost zero as a nightmare. “We couldn’t say that they were all together until the dust somehow settled.”
Evacuations were ordered in some municipalities in Oklahoma because more than 130 fires were reported throughout the state. The state patrol said the winds were so strong that they plunged several saddle.
“This is terrible here,” said Charles Daniel, a truck driver who dragged a 14.6-meter fan along the Interstate 40 in the Western Oklahoma. “There is a lot of sand and dirt in the air. I don’t push it over 55 miles per hour. I’m afraid that it will turn around when I do it.”
Prognostics said that the severe storm threat would continue with a high chance of tornados and harmful winds on Saturday in Mississippi and Alabama. Heavy rain could bring flood floods in some parts of the east coast on Sunday.
Experts say it is not unusual to see such weather extremes in March.
“What is unique about this is its great size and intensity,” said Bill Bunting from the Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Service in Norman, Okla.
Tornados, big hail
The weather service said at least five tornados were reported in Missouri on Friday, including one in the area of Saint Louis. Several buildings were damaged in the storm, including a shopping center in Rolla, Mo, where a tornado was reported on Friday afternoon.
The Storm Prediction Center said that quickly moving storms could produce Twister and that the biggest threat from Gerad Winden nearby or the hurricane power exceeded with gusts of 160 km/h would come as big as Baseballs.
“Potentially violent” tornados were expected in parts of the Central Golf Coast and the deep south in the Tennessee Valley on Saturday.
The Storm Prediction Center said that parts of Mississippi, including Jackson and Hattiesburg as well as areas of Alabama, including Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, would make a high risk. In East Louisiana, West Georgia, Central Tennessee and the West Florida Panhandle, heavy storms and tornados were also possible.
Forest fires under dry, gusty conditions
Forest fires in the southern levels threatened to quickly spread in the middle of warm, dry weather and strong winds, and evacuations were ordered for some municipalities in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and New Mexico on Friday.
A fire in Roberts County, Texas, northeast of Amarillo, quickly blew up from less than two square kilometers on an estimated 85 square kilometer.
Another fire grew to about 10 square kilometers about 90 kilometers to the south before its advance was set in the afternoon.
The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management activated its Emergency Operations Center because several quickly moving fires in the western part of the state and in a rural area caused Norman Evacuations by the city of Leedey.
Firefighters had to prepare in certain areas, which helps the authorities to jump on Blazes early, said Andy James, Oklahoma Forestry Services Fire Management Chief. Firefighters were also used in some parts of Oklahoma and Texas, but were generally unable to fly due to the low visibility of smoke and dust, he added.
Friday evening, the National Weather Service said that a “complex of extremely dangerous fires” was located northeast of Oklahoma City near Stillwater, and urged some people in the city to evacuate. Officials granted mandatory evacuation orders on social media, which included houses, hotels and a Walmart.
Officials asked people in some areas of the Camden County in Central Missouri to evacuate due to forest fires, and the state highway patrol warned about social media that they approached houses and companies.
About 190 kilometers of 70 in Westkansas were temporarily closed due to dust and limited perspective.
According to the website poweroutage.us.
Blizzard warnings in northern levels
The US National Weather Service published Blizzard warnings for parts of far western Minnesota and Fernoast South Dakota from early Saturday. Snow accumulations from 7.6 to 15.2 centimeters were expected, with up to 30 centimeters possible.
Winds were expected to cause white conditions at 97 km/h.
