Forecasters are predicting that large hails, destructive winds and a couple of tornadoes could turn into “strong and severe storms” and keep on thrashing Texas, Oklahoma and parts of Louisiana on Thursday.
The Weather Channel reports that they will start getting weaker on their trajectory through Dallas and Fort Worth area, the cyclonic storms has the possibility of restarting in the afternoon for leaving behind more rain in the region.
The ones cleaning up after the damage of Wednesday’s storm will most likely be clearing out hails the size of golf balls integrated with 70 mph winds which knocked on regions of western Texas.
According to the reports of utility Entergy, almost 2,000 people had been left without power in the northern region of Louisiana with almost 100 homes left pitch dark in Mississippi. Southern Arkansas near El Dorado had 72 homes that lost its power as reported on 1 a.m. local time (2 a.m. ET).
A Delta Airlines flight which was heading towards Newark from Paris also had to be diverted to Boston as the turbulence was extremely dangerous as it came close to Logan International Airport. 2 of the passengers also were in need of medical attention and had to be taken to the hospital.
A woman had been injured as trees fell down on the residence in Sterlington, Louisiana. There had been reports of a tornado stirring down near Roscoe Texas and as much as 2 inches of rain fell in San Antonio region on Wednesday.
Michael Palmer, the lead meteorologist at the Weather Channel said that the chances of tornadoes have lowered, but the wild weather is still not over.
Palmer said, “Going forward into Friday and Saturday the tornado threat goes up. Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and parts of the southern plains will definitely go up. On Saturday the lower Mississippi Valley, Arkansas and other parts of the south east could be affected.”
He said that the temperatures had been below average in other places, but the parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut which struck by thunderstorms would be subsiding.
