Supercell storms rip through southern states leaving millions at risk for dangerous tornadoes - Fox News

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Several confederate states were battered overnight Tuesday into Wednesday greeting by large storms that spawned unsafe tornadoes.

Counties crossed Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana were nether a tornado watch Wednesday arsenic a terrible supercell tempest strategy trekked crossed the United States.

The National Weather Service confirmed that respective tornadoes person touched down successful Mississippi done Tuesday evening, leaving a way of demolition successful their wake.

No injuries were reported arsenic dense thunderstorms extended from eastbound Texas to Georgia and arsenic acold northbound arsenic Indiana.

SEVERE WEATHER WILL IMPACT MISSISSIPPI, TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEYS

People were besides impacted by dense rainfall and ample hail arsenic aggregate tornadoes touched down successful the South.

Just earlier 5 a.m. Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service based retired of Birmingham, Alabama, tweeted retired an urgent informing to residents confirming that a tornado had touched down conscionable southwest of Tallassee. The tweet warned residents to "take screen immediately!"

Lightning brightens the evening entity  successful  Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, November 29, 2022. Area residents were provided a airy  amusement   arsenic  terrible  upwind  accompanied by immoderate   imaginable   twisters affected parts of Louisiana and Mississippi.

Lightning brightens the evening entity successful Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, November 29, 2022. Area residents were provided a airy amusement arsenic terrible upwind accompanied by immoderate imaginable twisters affected parts of Louisiana and Mississippi.

Dark clouds successful  Mound, Louisiana earlier  a tornado.

Dark clouds successful Mound, Louisiana earlier a tornado. (Twitter via Hayden Lester)

People were reportedly trapped astatine a market store successful Caledonia, Mississippi, conscionable aft 6 p.m. connected Tuesday, but they did extremity up making it retired safely. A household trapped successful a location astir a mile from the store besides escaped.

A conveyance  races on  a Jackson, Miss., thoroughfare  arsenic  lightning streaks crossed  the sky.

A conveyance races on a Jackson, Miss., thoroughfare arsenic lightning streaks crossed the sky.

In westbound Alabama, a tornado damaged galore homes and thousands of customers were near without powerfulness aboriginal Wednesday morning.

FLORIDA SCIENTISTS DISCOVER TOXIC ALGAE LEVELS ALONG THE COAST

A tornado forms successful  Mound, Louisiana connected  Tuesday evening.

A tornado forms successful Mound, Louisiana connected Tuesday evening. (Twitter via Hayden Lester)

A small aft 7 p.m. cardinal time, the National Weather Service advised residents of Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, to instrumentality screen owed to a "likely destructive tornado connected the crushed now."

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Additionally, flood watches were issued for parts of southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama. The National Weather Service said 3 to 5 inches of rainfall successful these areas could pb to flash flooding.

And successful parts of the Upper Midwest, dense snowfall was slowing down traffic.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Sarah Rumpf is simply a Fox News Digital Production Assistant. You tin scope her connected Twitter astatine @rumpfsarahc 

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