We’re approaching what historically has been the most dangerous time in the most dangerous month of spring storm season. But April has been mostly quiet in Mississippi this year. That’s about to change. Eric Carpenter at the National Weather Service in Jackson says the risk for severe storms in the local area Friday night has been upgraded to a Level-2 “slight” risk. But he says, that could be just the beginning…
“Going beyond Friday, we’re looking at additional rounds of showers and storms, at least on a periodic basis, to be likely as we go through the weekend into early next week.”
But the good news is that forecasters are not expecting the kind of big storm outbreak that we’ve often seen in late April. The tornado threat should be relatively low. Instead…
“Right now, it looks like the main concern with that is more of a straight-line wind and hail threat.”
Those storms are expected to produce a significant amount of rain which should provide some temporary relief from the drought that Mississippi has been locked into.
