snow and ice on this system's colder side in portions of the Great Lakes and central Appalachians.Severe storms will impact some of the same places that were hit hard by last week's outbreak of severe weather, which resulted in more than 60 confirmed tornadoes over three days.
While there will likely be several tornadoes – some of which could be strong – with Wednesday's outbreak, there is an even greater threat of widespread wind gusts over 75 mph, particularly from the lower Mississippi Valley into western and southern Alabama, West Tennessee and the western Florida Panhandle.Here's what to expect through Thursday.
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to 10 p.m. Eastern time.A severe thunderstorm outbreak is expected from the lower Mississippi Valley into parts of the Ohio and Tennessee valleys on Wednesday, spreading into portions of the central Gulf Coast later Wednesday into Wednesday night.The severe weather will be triggered by a squall line of severe storms tracking eastward across those regions.