On Sunday, November 8, The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center located in Norman, Oklahoma, informed the public that a fast-moving storm is likely to come into sudden contact with moisture and humidity coming from the Gulf of Mexico.
The bureau explained that such occurrence can produce precarious weather conditions that can possibly develop very strong tornadoes with gust winds of more or less 136-165 mph. Once this hit land, the resulting damages would be very severe.
The National Hurricane Center named the tropical storm as ‘Kate' and it was first spotted in the Atlantic Ocean, close to Bahamas, on Monday morning. The storm was recorded to have sustained maximum winds of 45 mph as of noon of that day, and tracked to be heading northwest at slower speed.
As this develops, AccuWeather, issued storm warning signals over parts of central and western Bahamas. People should stay away from the sea as there's high possibility that rip currents and life-threatening tides would occur.
The storm is expected to move away from this side of state but will gain more power as it travels to the northwestern side. The path that will be traverse by Kate is now getting ready to face strong winds and snow.
"Kate will move away from the northern Bahamas during Tuesday morning and should remain over warm water to the southwest and west of Bermuda Tuesday into Tuesday night," Dan Kottlowski, hurricane expert at AccuWeather said
He added, "Kate is experiencing southwesterly shear and this is displacing the more intense showers and thunderstorms to the east of the depression's center, away from the Bahamas."
Likewise, according to St. Louis, the list of most threatened cities are Little Rock, Arkansas; St. Louis; Memphis, Tennessee; Jackson, Tennessee; and St. Charles, Missouri.
On the other hand, Oklahoma, Kansas, Indianapolis, Nashville, and Dallas would be hit by the storm too, but the impact on them would be less severe.
Notice of blizzard has been posted in Kansas and Colorado as early as Monday while in states of Nebraska, Texas, and Oklahoma, were given warnings on high winds with gustiness of 50 to 60 mph.
ABC News reported that come Wednesday, the storm will gather more strength and it may become a powerful hurricane that can bring rain squalls, turbulent winds, and even tornadoes in Bermuda and neighboring places. Flash floods and pellets of frozen rain showers are likely to happen as well.
Meanwhile, Kootlowski further shared that storm Kate could be the last bad weather for this year as hurricane season is about to end this November 30. "Besides Kate, we see no support for other tropical development across the Atlantic basin through the middle of November," the weather expert said.
