Major storm in the United States: alert for heavy rain and dangerous hailstorms
United States National Weather Service reported that there is a slight possible risk of severe thunderstorms (Level 2 of 5) for Thursday afternoon March 23 and Friday evening March 24 in central and eastern Oklahoma and the Texas hill country, including the counties of Fort Worth, Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
Notably, the main threats are large to very large hail, along with damaging wind gusts and a brief possibility of tornadoes.
There is also a marginal risk of severe storms (level 1 in 5) from the Texas-Mexico border through central Indiana, including the counties of Dallas, Indianapolis and St. Louis. In this case, hail and destructive winds are expected.
Since these severe storms can bring excessive rainfall, authorities have issued an alert for a slight risk of excessive rainfall from from eastern Oklahoma to western Ohio. The rainfall could reach 50 to 76 mm with insulated uprights up to 100 mm.
In addition, an alert for an increased risk of severe thunderstorms (level 3 out of 5) was issued for the southern valley of the mississippi river, where counties are included Jackson, Monroe and Alexandria. Threats in this region are violent tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail.
It’s important to note that there is a slight risk of severe storms from eastern Texas west to Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky, which includes cities like Memphis, Nashville, Birmingham, Baton Rouge and Shreveport. The main threats are tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail.
Tourists leave the waterfalls area due to rain in Arizona
Shannon Castellano and Travis Methvin They had planned to spend the weekend past the world famous waterfalls on the Havasupai Tribal Reservation in the Northern Arizona.
Instead, the two friends of San Diego they spent Friday night with about 40 other hikers camped at a helipad. But their attempts to sleep were hampered by tribal members warning that an emergency services helicopter could land at any time of the night.
“Yes, we haven’t really slept”, Castellano said Saturday while checking into a hotel in Sedona. “I really kept an eye and an ear… You don’t expect that to happen. So I think I’m still in shock that he’s not even here right now.”
Tourists hoping to reach the reserve’s impressive waterfalls faced harrowing evacuations due to flooding.
The official tourism Facebook page havasupai tribe reported on Friday that floodwaters had knocked down a bridge to the camp. An unknown number of campers were evicted to supai village and some were rescued by helicopter.
The camp is in a lower area than the village of Supai. Some hikers had to camp in the village. Others unable to do so due to rising waters were forced to camp overnight on a trail.
There Camp Havasupai flood It comes as the tribe reopened access last month to its reservation and several majestic teal waterfalls for the first time since March 2020. The tribe chose to close to protect its members from the coronavirus. The authorities then decided to extend the closure until the tourist season of last year.
Source: El Heraldo De Mexico
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