JACKSON, Miss., April 4 (UPI) -- Severe storms in the Deep South Friday spawned tornadoes, high winds, hail and potential flooding as they moved toward the southeastern United States.
Two waves of storms were predicted to move through the Gulf States before Saturday, AccuWeather.com reported. The first wave was expected to track through the Tennessee Valley while the trailing wave was forecast to spark dangerous storms from east Texas to the Florida Panhandle.
Storm-related watches and warnings extended from eastern Texas across the Deep South and through the Tennessee Valley into the upper Ohio Valley.
Jeff Rent, a spokesman for the Mississippi Management Agency, said a powerful super cell moved across the state, causing damage along the Interstate 20 corridor, including power outages, downed trees and power lines and damage to vehicles, homes and businesses.
The front was expected to reach the Southeast coast by Saturday, shifting the potential for bad weather to Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, forecasters said.
In the Midwest, heavy rain will move from the Mississippi Valley into the Ohio Valley, AccuWeather.com said. A high pressure system behind the storms was predicted to bring several non-eventful days of dry weather to the Plains and Midwest.
