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A system of violent three – day storms that brought hail, strong winds, and tornadoes into the Kansas – Texas corridor slowly moved east into the South South, threatening to rustle. a more violent climate to head for the Atlantic coast.

The National Weather Service warns of several potential tornadoes and severe wind damage in the central Gulf States, the South and the Tennessee Valley, particularly in Louisiana and Mississippi. Excessive rain is possible from the center of the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley.

National Meteorological Service forecasts forecast high winds, floods and tornadoes in the south until Friday. (Photo: National Meteorological Service)

While fears of massive hail and numerous tornadoes did not materialize in North Texas, seven tornadoes were reported in the plains of northeastern Texas Panhandle in southeastern Kansas.

A twister was reported near Glazier, Texas on Wednesday afternoon and the NWS announced that a second tornado had been spotted by a radar over Higgins, Texas.

Two semi-trailers were knocked down on Interstate 35 in north central Oklahoma, near the border with Kansas. The reports of the weather channel.

A hail up to 3 inches in diameter was reported Wednesday night in Selman, Oklahoma, while areas of East Texas Panhandle have seen hail reaching up to 2 inches. According to the weather service, in Goodnight, Texas, a quarter of the hail was reported.

Strong winds have also knocked down utility poles, trees and power lines in some areas of Texas, putting more than 110,000 customers off, mostly in East Texas, according to poweroutage.us. Several thousand other people have been affected in Missouri and Arkansas, according to AccuWeather.

High winds are the greatest threat from the Florida Peninsula to the mid-Atlantic states.

"The most likely area for tornadoes could be near the coast of Carolina, where a breeze from the Atlantic Ocean could give more effect to the lower layers of the atmosphere," said Dan Kottlowski, Senior Meteorologist at AccuWeather.

The storm does not promise to be released because it is reflected in the Great South. "The greatest risk of extreme weather occurs today in the Gulf Coast States and in the Southeast Atlantic.
Coastal states are going from Virginia to Florida on Friday, "said the weather service, the main threat Thursday, according to the NWS, will be gusts of high winds and several tornadoes.

Thunderstorms and heavy rains also pose a sudden flood risk over much of the eastern half of the United States, from the northern border with Canada to Georgia, in the next two days.

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