Thunderstorms Expected From the Ozarks to the Middle Mississippi Valley: Watching the Tropics

Isolated severe thunderstorms are forecast Monday afternoon from the Ozarks into parts of the Tennessee and lower Ohio Valleys. A tropical disturbance could form by the middle part of next week over the northwestern Caribbean Sea. Gradual development is possible as it moves into the Gulf of Mexico late week with possible U.S. impacts next weekend. Read More >

The radar animation below is from the October 24, 2000, severe weather event. It produced tornadic thunderstorms and flash flooding across the central Permian Basin. The sequence of images were taken approximately 5 minutes apart, from 6:00 PM CDT to 10:04 PM CDT.

The many hook shaped echoes that occurred frequently with this event; prompted the issuance of numerous severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings that evening. This severe weather event affected the most populated regions of the Permian Basin; the cities of Odessa and Midland. Very heavy rains from those thunderstorms produced flash flooding too.

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Thunderstorms Expected From the Ozarks to the Middle Mississippi Valley: Watching the Tropics

Severe Weather and Flooding, October 24, 2000