Severe Weather, Tornadoes & Flooding

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 623 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR NEW HOLLAND IN PICKAWAY COUNTY OHIO... LOCATION...NEW HOLLAND IN PICKAWAY COUNTY OHIO DATE...04/20/2011 ESTIMATED TIME...214 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...105 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...200 YARDS PATH LENGTH...4.2 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...39.5476N/83.2539W ENDING LAT/LON...39.5565N/83.1755 * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR NEW HOLLAND IN PICKAWAY COUNTY OHIO ON 04/20/2011. TWO BARNS WERE DESTROYED ALONG WITH A GRAIN BIN. DEBRIS WAS DRIVEN INTO A BUILDING AND STRAWN OUT INTO A FIELD FOR ABOUT A MILE. A SECOND BARN WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH A TRAILER OVERTURNED AND MOVED SEVERAL FEET. METAL ROOFING WAS PULLED IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WHILE A CORN FIELD ALSO SAW DIFFERENT DIRECTION IN DAMAGE. A COUPLE OF TREES AND LARGE LIMBS WERE ALSO DOWNED. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH. $$

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

Severe Weather, Tornadoes & Flooding - April 19-20, 2011