WEATHER UPDATE: Slight risk for severe storms Tuesday

Published 7:48 am Monday, April 11, 2022

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Adams County and Concordia Parish have a slight risk for severe weather Tuesday going into the night, according to the National Weather Service’s Jackson office.

Damaging wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour, quarter-size hail and tornadoes are possible.

“Severe weather is possible Tuesday into Tuesday night, especially during the afternoon and evening hours,” NWS states.  “Locations along and west of the Interstate 55 corridor have the greatest chance for getting storms capable of producing damaging wind gusts, quarter size hail and possibly tornadoes.”

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Showers and thunderstorms are predicted to continue through Wednesday with a much smaller chance of rain for the remainder of this week between 20 and 30 percent.