re: Southeast Severe Weather: January 8-9, 2024

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think they sometimes over-rate the chances of severe weather areas where there is spotty radar coverage.

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I think they often under report the level of tornado activity at the coast because they can’t easily distinguish a waterspout from a tornado until it makes landfall.

A tornado warning on Lake Ponchatrain for a waterspout might not even get a thunderstorm warning in Mobile or Pensacola because it’s less likely to cause damage on land.

I’ve seen numerous waterspouts cause light damage that never gets talked about because they were never warned.

The unique element today for the coast is that it’s rare to see the supercell activity they get in C AL or MS and that sounds like what’s in store for the I10 corridor today.