Winter Storm Bringing Widespread Hazardous Weather to the Eastern U.S.

A rapidly-intensifying winter storm continues to bring heavy snow, high winds, and blizzard conditions over the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes through today. An Arctic front will lead in a period of gusty to high winds and sharply colder temperatures over the entire eastern U.S. Heavy lake effect snow is then expected from Lakes Erie and Ontario through New Year's Day. 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.