Storm chaser Aaron Jayjack is in Tupelo, Mississippi, where severe weather is brewing with conditions favorable of producing an outbreak of tornadoes throughout the southern U.S. this weekend.
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00:00Good morning from Tupelo, Mississippi where we are expecting a tornado outbreak today here in the southern states along the Gulf Coast
00:08Mississippi, Alabama, even Georgia all under the gun today for significant severe weather
00:15Numerous supercells with potentially long track tornadoes and these tornadoes are potentially going to be strong to violent tornadoes
00:22EF3 plus tornadoes possible today here in Mississippi and Alabama and already storms have erupted off to the west
00:30Along the western border of the state line of Mississippi a line of storms moving southwest to northeast
00:36But we are expecting more supercells of fire out ahead of that line today as these storms the storm system moves off to the east
00:43Here in Mississippi, and this is a dangerous day
00:46We have an environment that is ripe for these intense
00:49Strong long track tornadoes and their parent supercells to march across the deep south starting here in Mississippi
00:56This morning late morning hours into the afternoon hours before eventually moving into Alabama in the afternoon
01:02And then eventually by tonight moving into Georgia the Florida Panhandle as well before the storm system moves off to the east out over
01:09The Atlantic, but we do have a significant threat here today in Mississippi here in Tupelo
01:14We are already seeing power crews stationed here expecting power outages to be widespread here in the deep south
01:20So crews have arrived to be ready to get on the job getting power back online for the folks here in the deep south
01:27If you are living here in these states now is the time to enact that safety plan
01:32Make sure you're you have a shelter ready to go a plan ready to go that you're somewhere safe today and a sturdy
01:38Structure because this is going to be a very dangerous day ahead here in the deep south
01:44Reporting for AccuWeather. I'm Aaron Jayjack in Tupelo, Mississippi