User blog:Hurricane Layten/2 tornado emergencies, numerous PDS watches, and several deaths from todays High Risk event

OK, so im sure we have all been monitoring the devastating situation that has developed across much of the southern US/

For only the second time on record, a High Risk was issued for severe weather in the moths of January, the other happened during the January 21-23, 1999 tornado outbreak, which saw an F4 tornado in Arkansas.

Todays High Risk has regrettably been proven right,with wave after wave of supercellular storms sweeping across much of the southern US since about 1400 UTC, with several of those having being long lived.

2 tornado emergencies have been declared so far, IN Albany and Double Run, both in Georgia, which took the full force of a large, destructive tornadoes at 2030 and 2113 UTC, respectively.

One of these, in Albany, is so far known to have caused 9 fatalities as it tore apart an entire mobile home park and several other buildings, as well as leaving deep scouring patterns in the ground.

Ill most likely post again on the situation tomorrow afternoon once the threat has passed, but until then, northern and central Florida and southern and central Georgia remain under High Risk warnings, currently rated at a 90% chance for significant tornadoes in some cases.