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 118 AM EDT THU APR 21 2011 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED 6 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NEWARK IN LICKING COUNTY OHIO... LOCATION...6 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NEWARK IN LICKING COUNTY OHIO DATE...APRIL 20 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...248 AM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...109 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS PATH LENGTH...500 YARDS BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.0485N/82.2822W ENDING LAT/LON...40.0489N/82.2784W * 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 6 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NEWARK IN LICKING COUNTY OHIO ON APRIL 20 2011. A MOBILE HOME ON THE WEST SIDE OF BRUSHY FORK ROAD SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE RD WAS DESTROYED. IT ROLLED OVER AND THE ROOF AND LENGTHWISE SIDE WERE REMOVED AND BLOWN INTO TREES IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST. TREES 1 TO 1.5 FEET IN DIAMETER WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED IN THE VICINITY OF THIS MOBILE HOME. ROOF DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED AT A RESIDENCE ON THE EAST SIDE OF BRUSHY FORK ROAD. FARTHER ALONG THE SAME PATH... TREES WERE SNAPPED ON A HILLSIDE ABOUT 200 YARDS EAST OF BRUSHY FORK ROAD. 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. $$ SHOBE2

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