A few storms could produce hail and locally damaging winds over southeasternVirginia and the Carolina's today, threatening both Norfolk, Va., andCharlotte, N.C. An isolated tornado is not entirely out of the question. At thesame time, portions of the Tennessee Valley will have drenching storms.Even more violent storms will bear down on parts of Kentucky, Tennessee,northern Mississippi, northern Louisiana and East Texas on Sunday.
A cold front that will finally start moving on Monday will draw stormsfarther east. The threat for the start of the week will be from the Gulf coastto the central Carolinas. The tornado threat will likely end up being higherthan today's at that time.
Meanwhile, today marks the anniversary of the worst tornado outbreak inVirginia's history. On this date in 1929, at least six tornadoes touched downin Virginia and killed 22 people, including 12 students and a teacher at aschool in the town of Rye Cove, located in the mountainous region ofsouthwestern parts of Virginia. This is the deadliest tornado outbreak in thestate's history. Four schools in total were demolished by the tornadoes.
Another 150 people were injured with at least half of a million dollars worthof damage. The severe storms moved northeast into Maryland late in the dayalong a powerful cold front, where at least two more tornadoes struck andkilled six people.
Story by AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Meghan Evans.
