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A Moderate Risk of Severe Thunderstorms is forecast for Fri (03/14)

A regional outbreak of severe storms is expected across much of the Mississippi Valley, eastward to the Lower Ohio and Tennessee Valleys late Friday afternoon into Saturday morning. Widespread damaging winds (some greater than 65 kt), several tornadoes (some strong), and large hail will all be possible.

For additional details, see the latest Day 2 Convective Outlook.

A severe weather outbreak is expected on Saturday from the central Gulf coast states/Deep South into the Ohio Valley. Significant tornadoes (focused across the South), swaths of damaging gusts, and hail are expected.

For additional details, see the latest Day 3 Convective Outlook.

Critical fire weather conditions are forecast today. See details...

Extremely critical fire weather conditions are forecast on Fri (03/14). See details...

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Hazard	Thu (03/13)	Fri (03/14)	Sat (03/15)	Sun (03/16)	Mon (03/17)	Tue (03/18)	Wed (03/19)	Thu (03/20)
Severe	Marginal	Moderate	Moderate	Severe	No Area	No Area	No Area	No Area
Fire	Critical	Extreme	Critical	No Area	Critical	Critical	No Area	No Area

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Severe Weather Climatology (1982-2011)

Any Severe Probabilities: 13 Mar

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Significant Tornado Probabilities: 13 Mar

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Significant Hail Probabilities: 13 Mar

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100 Acres Wildfire Probabilities: 13 Mar

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