DescriptionSPC 1630 UTC outlook with watches and radar 3-31-2023.gif
English: The SPC 1630 UTC outlook for 3/31/2023 with the watches and radar imagery overlayed.
"...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR FAR SOUTHEAST
IOWA...WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS...FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND IN PARTS
OF EASTERN ARKANSAS...NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHWESTERN
TENNESSEE...
...SUMMARY...
A severe weather outbreak appears increasingly likely, centered on
this afternoon and evening, across a large portion of the
Mississippi Valley. At least a few long-track, strong to potentially
violent tornadoes are probable, particularly over portions of the
Mid-Mississippi Valley to the Mid-South. Swaths of intense damaging
wind gusts along with very large hail are expected as well."
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