Large hail, tornadoes and damaging winds for the Southeast on Friday

Good morning everyone, Wow! What a night last night in Texas. We had tornadoes, large hail and a destructive wind storm move through the Houston area killing 4 and doing a lot of damage. Now we look ahead for the weekend with more severe weather.

An active weekend of severe weather starts today in the Northern Plains and the Southeastern US.

Large hail, damaging winds, heavy rains for the Northern Plains today. Then another round of large hail, tornadoes and damaging winds in the Southeastern US. Please see SPC threat map below.

HRRR Future Radar for Friday

A line of storms will start in Montana and move into the Dakotas later today. Large hail and damaging winds will be the main threats.

HRRR Future Radar for Friday for the Southeastern US

Another active day of severe weather in the Southeastern US as the cold front moves East. Large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes will be possible in Southern MS,South AL, Fl Panhandle and SW GA.

HRRR Helicity tracks for Friday

A swath of large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes for Friday are highlighted on the helicity map for Southern Mississippi,South Alabama, Florida Panhandle and SW Georgia for today. Another swath of large hail and damaging winds are highlighted for the Dakotas. Please view maps below

Nam Significant Tornado Parameter for Friday.

An elevated tornado threat for the Southeastern US on Friday. As highlighted on the STP map, we are showing increasing tornado threat today for Southern Mississippi, South Alabama and Florida Panhandle.