Snow Squalls May Impact New Year's Eve Travel from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic; Heavy Rain & Isolated Severe Thunderstorms in Southern California

Snow squalls are likely to cross the Lower Great Lakes this evening and the Ohio Valley through the interior Northeast/northern Mid-Atlantic overnight, before potentially reaching the I-95 corridor from D.C. to New York City early New Year’s Day morning. Heavy rain and isolated severe thunderstorms will impact coastal southern California including Los Angeles tonight into early on New Year's Day. Read More >

October 10th, 1999
Circleville F3 Tornado

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
521 PM EDT THU OCT 14 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
	   ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0455 PM     CIRCLEVILLE            OH        TORNADO
10/13/99    PICKAWAY                       *** 6 INJ ***

                                          SEVERAL HOMES DESTROYED
                                          NORTH SIDE OF CIRCLEVILLE.
                                          TORNADO RATED AS AN F3.

$$

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
445 PM EDT WED OCT 13 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PICKAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO.

* UNTIL 550 PM EDT

* AT 444 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF CIRCLEVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
WILLIAMSPORT AT 447 PM EDT .
CIRCLEVILLE AT 457 PM EDT .
GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

.END/JTD

	The circle indicates the mesocyclone near Circleville, around the time of the tornado touchdown.
	A line of severe thunderstorms cuts across the region from northeast of Columbus to south of Cincinnati.
	80 km Eta model representation shows strong 850 mb jet that helped energize the severe weather.
	House damage from the October 13, 1999 Circleville tornado.
	Truck damage from the October 13, 1999 Circleville tornado.
	Tree damage from the October 13, 1999 Circleville tornado.