Tornado warning in Texas as thunderstorms and wild winds to batter New England

A TORNADO warning is in effect for Texas residents as thunderstorms and wild winds are expected to pummel New England this weekend. Texans are bracing themselves for the severe weather from Friday afternoon, with huge hail, vicious winds, twisters and flash flooding as experts warn people to stay vigilant. Meteorologist John Honore shared the worrying […]

A TORNADO warning is in effect for Texas residents as thunderstorms and wild winds are expected to pummel New England this weekend.

Texans are bracing themselves for the severe weather from Friday afternoon, with huge hail, vicious winds, twisters and flash flooding as experts warn people to stay vigilant.

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Texans are bracing themselves for the severe storms from Friday afternoon[/caption]

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The storm is moving across the south while heavy rain pummels New Engliand[/caption]

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Last month, severe thunderstorms hammered parts of the US[/caption]

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Homes were destroyed and cars damaged beyond repair during the last twister warning[/caption]

Meteorologist John Honore shared the worrying warning on Twitter today, urging residents to “stay weather aware” because the “risk could go higher than ‘Slight.'”

Despite the tornado risk, Weather.com acknowledged that twisters have been arriving at a lower than average pace this year, according to NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) tally.

Last month, there were 191 preliminary tornado reports and during one, some 70million people in Nashville, Memphis, Little Rock, Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Washington DC were warned to hunker down.

This week, thunderstorms will batter regions in the South, while New England faces into a severe tempest today, which will travel through Boston before sundown, bringing gusty winds and downpours.

It will travel from Oklahoma into central Texas, bringing hail, rain, and possibly twisters, impacting Oklahoma City, Dallas, and Houston, from Friday.

The storm is then set to pummel the eastern part of the Lone Star State on that evening, hitting Little Rock, Jackson, and New Orleans, Atlanta, Tallahassee, and Nashville by Saturday.

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Honore urged residents to ‘stay weather aware’[/caption]

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A damaged house in Newnan, Georgia last month[/caption]

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A bike tossed around by the storm in Newnan[/caption]

Because of the heavy rainfall, lower Mississippi Valley in particular is at risk of flash flooding while the downpour will continue in parts of the Gulf Coast on Saturday

This will continue and possibly bring about intense storms, while other wild weather could kick off across the South.

By Sunday and Monday, residents in the affected areas can expect a lull – but parts of the central and southern US may experience thunderstorms, although it is too early to confirm this, weather experts say.

It comes after series of devastating tornadoes touched down in the Deep South in March, tearing “airplanes and homes apart like toys.”

Willie Jean Harris, 73, his wife Barbara Harris, 69, and their daughter Ebonique Harris, 39, were all killed when their wooden home in Ochatchee, Alabama, was left in ruin yesterday morning.

A 12-year-old girl who was also inside the Harris’ home at the time the storm hit has been rushed to hospital to undergo emergency surgery on her back.

James William Geno, 72, was killed in his mobile home, also in Ochatchee, while 72-year-old Emily Myra Wilborn died in her mobile home in Wellington.

One person was killed in Georgia when the cluster of tornadoes swept into the state after decimating areas of Alabama on Thursday.

Another person, 62-year-old Ester Jarrell, died when a large tree fell and crushed her mobile home in Wilkinson County, Mississippi.

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Willie Jean Harris, 73 and his wife Barbara Harris, 69, died following the tonados[/caption]

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The ravaged front of a house in Alabama[/caption]