00:00Severe storms usually move fast sweeping through towns, cities and states
00:04leaving behind destruction in just hours. But according to Accu weather
00:08storm chasers this week was different. This is unheard of to me to be in this
00:13area, eastern Arkansas into western Mississippi and Tennessee for three or
00:18four days in a row with legitimate severe weather and tornado chances.
00:21It's not often storm chasers stay put, but this outbreak across the south and
00:25Midwest is rewriting the playbook. Typically it's just a one night thing
00:30and it's over. It's done. This is the first time that I can remember doing a
00:34setup where it just goes days on end. Accu weather expert forecasters are
00:40warning of generational flooding rain totals that could break records and
00:44devastate communities. It's a rare setup with two key ingredients
00:48colliding. Number one, a bona fide atmospheric river that's going to take
00:53moisture from the Caribbean and ram it northward into the mid south. And
00:58number two, we're gonna get severe weather with this. Not only are we
01:02gonna get damaging winds, hail and flooding rain, but I think tornadoes
01:05are on the ground. The highest flood risk will be in the Mississippi Valley
01:08through the weekend with a warning for residents. Rare meteorological
01:13ingredients like this unfortunately produce historically bad outcomes. And
01:19that's exactly what storm chasers will be bracing for while just this time
01:23staying in the same location. It's not uncommon for storm chasers to cover a
01:28lot of ground in the prime months of march through june. But what is
01:32unusual is to be camped out essentially in the same area, especially in an area
01:37displaced so far from the traditional tornado alley for Accu weather. I'm
01:42Ali Reed.
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