Tropical Storm Arthur and Heavy Rainfall in the South; Severe Weather in the Midwest

An outbreak of severe thunderstorms is expected across portions of Illinois and Indiana tonight. Intense tornadoes, swaths of damaging gusts, and hail in excess of 2 inches in diameter possible. Tropical Storm Arthur will continue to produce strong winds across coastal Upper Texas and Louisiana tonight, as well as potentially life-threatening flooding across southern Louisiana into Mississippi. Read More >

June 4, 2010
Severe Weather

Scattered thunderstorms developed on Friday evening in a very unstable airmass. Although winds aloft were weak, enough instability existed to favor strong updrafts with large hail, and strong downdrafts with damaging winds. Licking County was the hardest hit, where two separate storms hit the Granville and Newark areas with hail up to the size of half dollars and extensive wind damage, including numerous trees down, some roofs off houses and several power poles and antennas blown down. Additional wind damage occurred in Fayette County and parts of west central Ohio.