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 >

October 15-16, 2021
Tornadoes

Late in the evening hours on the 15th into the early morning hours on the 16th, a single well-formed supercell thunderstorm tracked from southern IN through northern KY and eventually into southwestern and central OH during the heart of the overnight hours. This single storm exhibited strong rotation at various points along its track, eventually producing numerous, but rather short-lived, tornadoes during a 3-4 hour span. The most significant of these tornadoes was an EF2 which touched down in Ross County, Ohio near the town of South Salem.