More bad weather may be coming

Meteorologists predict the possibility of more dangerous weather in Tennessee during the next two weeks.

Frank Strait, a meteorologist with AccuWeather, said that severe weather is a possibility twice in the next week.

“In the near future, you will probably see severe weather outbreaks again on Wednesday and another one probably a week from Saturday (April 15),” he said.

The situation is a part of peak tornado season in the South.

“Last year, there were not that many tornadoes in general across the country,” Strait said. “This year, what we have seen so far is certainly like normal. It is too soon to say if it’s unusually active, but it’s certainly heading in that direction.”

In less than a week, 36 people were killed during two outbreaks of tornadoes and strong storms. Last Sunday 24 people were killed in Dyer and Gibson counties in West Tennessee. On Friday, 12 people were killed by tornadoes that struck in the suburbs north of Nashville and later in Warren County.

The National Weather Service in Tennessee received reports of tornadoes on Friday in 10 counties in the state.