A rare ‘high risk’ for tornadoes is issued for the South — the second time in a week

The Storm Prediction Center says there’s a high chance of tornadoes — a level 5 out of 5 — for parts of the South. That’s the worst and highest forecast outlook issued for severe storms. And while it’s very rare for the SPC to issue this kind of outlook — it’s now the second time in a week for the South.

The SPC warns of “several long-track tornadoes, destructive winds and very large hail forecast from the Lower Mississippi Valley, eastward across parts of the southeast and northward into the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys.”

Some of the widespread winds will be “hurricane force,” the SPC…