Severe Weather - May 3-5, 2010

Heavy Great Lakes Snow through Friday; Extreme Cold and Potential for Major Winter Storm Late Week into this Weekend

Multiple clipper systems will bring cold temperatures and enhance lake-effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes. An arctic blast will bring frigid temperatures accompanied with gusty winds that may lead to dangerous wind chills beginning in the Northern Plains Thursday before expanding to the South and East. An expansive winter storm will start Friday in the Southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 154 PM EDT SAT MAY 8 2010 ...STORM DAMAGE SURVEY COMPLETED FOR DARKE AND MIAMI COUNTIES... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY COMPLETED SATURDAY MORNING DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE REPORTED ACROSS DARKE AND MIAMI COUNTIES FROM THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY EVENING MAY 7TH WERE THE RESULT OF STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND NOT A TORNADO. ANALYSIS OF THE DAMAGE...WHICH INCLUDED NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND SEVERAL BARNS WHICH WERE DESTROYED...AND REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS IN THE AREA CONFIRMED THAT THE DAMAGE FIT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IN ADDITION...RADAR DATA FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON SHOWED NO INDICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ROTATION WITHIN THE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORMS MOVING IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...COUPLED WITH AN ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTIVE OF SIGNIFICANT WIND GUSTS...LIKELY WERE THE MAIN CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PATH OF WIND DAMAGE SURVEYED SATURDAY MORNING. BASED ON THE DAMAGE AND RADAR DATA...WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 70 MPH. THE MOST CONCENTRATED AREA OF DAMAGE EXISTED ALONG A LINE FROM NEW MADISON AND ARCANUM IN DARKE COUNTY...INTO AREAS FROM PLEASANT HILL TO TROY IN MIAMI COUNTY. THIS DAMAGE LIKELY OCCURRED BETWEEN 840 PM AND 915 PM FRIDAY EVENING. $$ BINAU/MJP