A Twister Alley-style storm system is about to hit the Center East — in a nearly unprecedented atmospheric setup for the area.
Components of the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf might be slammed by robust to extreme thunderstorms Thursday, bringing the potential for damaging winds, harmful hail and some tornadoes. Massive expanses of the desert might flood, in some instances selecting up a 12 months’s value of rainfall in three days. A minimum of one mannequin reveals storm results stretching from elements of Iran towards Dubai and Abu Dhabi on Thursday afternoon.

