The passage of a cold front, troughs and storm lines developed severe weather conditions in several states in the southern United States with negative effects on several populations.
The Climate Prediction Center and local offices of the National Metereological Service from the United States warned since yesterday morning, Monday, January 2, of conditions of severe thunderstorms and tornado potential between Arkansas, and Louisiana, the latter being where a tornado caused damage.
#Tornado damage video just in from Jackson Parish, LA. This is between Weston & Jonesboro. Shreveport Volunteer Network arrived to help clear trees from roads and homes. pic.twitter.com/Qh1p95GwGo
— Doug Warner (@dougwarnertv) January 3, 2023
It was reported on power outages that affected 2,572 homes in Jackson Parish and 692 in Union Parish north of Louisianain addition to injured people and several trees fell on several highways interstates. It was caught on camera at Jessieville High School, in Arkansas the step of a tornado causing a fall in the lighting of the soccer field.
In case you missed it…Here is some footage from a security camera at the Jessieville High School (Garland Co) on January 2nd. A weak tornado emerges from the left side of the screen onto the football field. The video is courtesy of the Jessieville School District.#arwx pic.twitter.com/WwzPMeJpVv
— NWS Little Rock (@NWSLittleRock) January 3, 2023
new tornado warnings
This afternoon of Tuesday, January 3, new time zones are developed between Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Illinois where they already have warnings and watches for strong storms, hailstorms and tornado formation. So far, one of these has been confirmed in Many, Illinois.
️️ A Confirmed Damaging Tornado is on the ground in #Many #Illinois
Damaging Tornado is on the ground passing through parts of the town of Maroa Illinois as these thunderstorm are capable of producing multiple tornadoes. pic.twitter.com/rVnp599luF— A~ (@RES911CUE) January 3, 2023
Thousands of people exposed to severe weather
These storms move in a northeasterly direction and Illinois locations such as Decatur, Forsyth, OrangeFoosland, among others, are already under a tornado warning with possible small hail and gusts of windbeing potentially exposed more than 79 thousand people in the region this evening.