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Severe thunderstorms will continue to push across southern Alabama, northern Florida and southern Georgia today into this evening. The cities of Albany, Tallahassee, Jacksonville and Savannah will be threatened.


Click the graphic for the latest watches and warnings.A locally strong thunderstorm or two cannot be ruled out over the Tennessee Valley this afternoon.

The strongest thunderstorms will be capable of producing powerful winds, hail and frequent lightning. The winds could lead to downed trees, property damage and overturned semi-trucks.

An isolated tornado or two could touch down and cause destruction, but there will likely not be a repeat of Wednesday's tornado outbreak.

Flooding downpours will also accompany the thunderstorms, while heavy rain spreads over the rest of the Tennessee Valley and Carolinas. In both instances, flash flooding could ensue.

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One tornado on Wednesday slammed Waskom, Texas, which is just west of Shreveport, La. The twister destroyed homes and businesses, as well as downed trees across Interstate 20.


Closer to Dallas, another tornado littered Interstate 20 with power lines and debris near Canton, Texas. The Associated Press reports that officials were forced to close the interstate for several hours. Multiple homes northeast of Canton were damaged and several people sustained minor injuries.


Fortunately, there have been no reports of deaths from Wednesday's outbreak.

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(CNN) -- At least five homes were destroyed after a tornado touched down in western Oklahoma Monday evening, authorities said. There were no reports of injuries.

Other homes were damaged, and power was out to about 900 residences in and around the city of Hammon in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, Michelann Ooten of the Department of Emergency Management said.

Roger Mills officials continued to assess the damage, but all residents appear to be accounted for, Ooten said.

The tornado hit about 5:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. ET), said Ken Gallant, lead forecaster for the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.

The thunderstorms that produced the conditions for the tornado weakened shortly afterward and a tornado warning was canceled, Gallant said.

Jerry Dean, county commissioner of Roger Mills, said the county barn was among the structures destroyed.

Area residents had time to prepare before the tornado hit, Dean said.

He could see the tornado coming before going into a cellar to wait it out, he said.

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Dangerous Thunderstorms Take Aim at Lower Mississippi

.One or more rounds of powerful, potentially dangerous and destructive thunderstorms will fire from portions of eastern Texas to Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Alabama into tonight.

Many of the storms will bring strong, gusty winds, blinding downpours, small hail and cloud to ground lightning strikes. However, a handful of the storms can bring damaging wind gusts, golf-ball sized hail and flash flooding. The strongest of the storms may spawn tornadoes.

While only a few tornadoes are expected during this outbreak, even one tornado in a populated area could lead to loss of life and devastation.

The storms rolled through the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex at midday with downpours and brief gusty winds. However the line of storms has had a recent history of producing golf ball-sized hail in parts of Texas.

Additional lines of thunderstorms will fire and progress to the east into the evening.

AccuWeather.com meteorologists are concerned this early season outbreak may catch people off guard.

If you live or are traveling through this area, be prepared for delays as the storms roll through.

If severe weather approaches your location, seek shelter immediately.

Remember to stay away from windows in your home, school or office. Do not attempt to drive through flooded roadways.

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(CNN) -- Parts of Arkansas were under a tornado watch until early Thursday after a series of powerful tornadoes ripped through dozens of homes, critically injuring two people.

The first twister struck in Saline County in central Arkansas at 7:28 p.m. ET Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. The tornado damaged 22 homes, an Arkansas Emergency Management spokeswoman said.

A woman in the area said she could hear the storm roaring as it approached the area.

"It was the awfulest roaring I ever heard in my life," the woman told CNN affiliate KTHV. "My house felt like it was fixing to crumble over me."

Another tornado struck north of Saline in White County at 9:25 p.m. ET, the weather service said. That storm damaged 9 homes and injured one person.

A third tornado struck in nearby Cleburne County at 10:05 p.m. ET. Emergency officials were still trying to determine the full extent of the damage hours after the twister hit the area. Several homes were damaged or destroyed and three people were injured. Two were critically injured, said Renee Preslar, spokeswoman for the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management.

Along with tornadoes, central Arkansas was raked by powerful thunderstorms and golf ball-size hail, the National Weather Service said.

"The storm seems to be shifting to the east so the severe weather should be out of this area by [Thursday]," said John Lewis, a senior forecaster with an Arkansas office of the National Weather Service.

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This year's tornado season is expected to shift farther eastward into the Midwest and become more active in late April through June.

The greatest concentration of tornadoes is reported between March and August each year in "Tornado Alley," which includes portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota.

This spring, AccuWeather.com meteorologists expect tornado activity will increase farther east into the Midwest instead of the traditional Tornado Alley.

Tornado season usually begins in March, but this year, there has been a lack of tornadoes. A total of 64 tornadoes have occurred as of March 29. On average, 225 tornadoes occur by this date.

Several reasons account for the lack for tornadoes in 2010, an El Niņo year.

1. A cooler-than-normal Gulf of Mexico.

2. Jet stream displaced farther south than normal due to the El Niņo.

3. Persistent cool weather in the Plains and South.

The frequency of tornadoes will increase as the El Niņo begins to weaken and the Gulf of Mexico sea surface temperatures warm.

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The Midwest appears particularly primed for additional tornado outbreaks this year rather than the typical Tornado Alley states because of the predicted storm track and the proximity of Gulf moisture should be present by late April.

AccuWeather.com analyzed tornado reports dating back to 1950 from the Storm Prediction Center during April, May and June of 1958, 1966, 1978, 1988, 1993, 1995 and 2003, the most recent years categorized as El Niņo events.

Two patterns emerged from this information: many states had fewer tornadoes reported early in severe weather season than normal, and then higher totals emerged in the following months for some states.

In April, the southern tier of states, including Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, reported an increased number of tornadoes than they typically see. Meanwhile, nearly all states to the north of that line saw fewer twisters in El Niņo years.

However, the severe weather often returned with a vengeance in the states lining the Mississippi River and many Southern states in May, as a much higher-than-normal amount of tornado reports occurred in those years.

Once June arrives, tornado activity begins to normalize overall across the country. The one exception is South Dakota, which has seen nearly double the amount of twisters in June El Niņo years than others.