Tornado Threats- Storms hit areas in the Ohio Valley and the Northeast after a rainy Monday. There were reports of possible tornadoes, hail, strong winds, and heavy rain in the South.
Tornado Threats, Heavy Rain, Snow Forecasted
A strong storm hit Kentucky and Tennessee on Tuesday, possibly causing a tornado. It moved mobile homes and knocked over trees. Buildings were also damaged in Tennessee. Many states were affected, with millions of people warned about bad weather.
A big spring storm hit, according to the National Weather Service. Thankfully, no one has died. But in Kentucky, there were car crashes causing injuries.
“We’ve heard about a lot of buildings getting badly damaged, but luckily, at this moment, we haven’t heard of anyone getting killed,” said Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear. He declared a state of emergency.”
On Tuesday evening, more than 16 million people were under tornado watches from northeastern Louisiana to central Ohio. Also, there were flash flood watches in place for areas stretching from West Virginia and Pennsylvania to New York.
Photos from the Boyd County Emergency Management office in Kentucky showed damage caused by a tornado that was at least EF1 intensity, according to the weather service’s storm reports website. Two mobile homes were either moved from their original location or overturned.
After a large storm swept through Sunbright, Tennessee, Billy Glen Kennedy got a call from a friend. Sunbright is a small town with around 500 residents.
Kennedy, who owns the badly damaged Schubert Funeral Home, told a local news station, “Someone told me, ‘You should go to town; your funeral home is destroyed.’ I didn’t even know what had happened.”
Kennedy heard the loud sounds of emergency vehicles passing by his house, which happens sometimes. “I didn’t anticipate seeing this when I came up here,” he remarked.
On Tuesday, there were expected to be several storms in the Ohio Valley, middle Tennessee, and the Southeast. In Kentucky, some areas were on tornado watch until 10 p.m. Governor Beshear advised people to stay ready for bad weather.
In Lexington, Kentucky, Mayor Linda Gorton mentioned that there was one injury due to the weather, but she didn’t give more information about it.
The Lexington Fire Department got 61 emergency calls and 2 calls about trees hitting homes. Also, there were 2 fires in buildings because of power lines falling down, the mayor said on Tuesday.
Governor Beshear said that the weather service found out there were two EF1 tornadoes—one in Nelson County and another in Anderson County. These tornadoes had winds ranging from 86 to 110 mph on the scale used to measure tornado strength.
On Tuesday, there may have been tornadoes following severe weather in the Midwest on Monday. This bad weather also led to severe thunderstorm watches in parts of Indiana and Ohio. In Columbus, Ohio, a part of U.S. 23 got flooded on Tuesday. This information was reported by NBC affiliate WCHM in Columbus.
New York City has a travel advisory for Wednesday because there’s going to be more rain, about 2 to 3 inches. The advisory stays until Thursday, according to the city’s Emergency Management Department.
The National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center announced on Tuesday that there will be heavy snow and strong winds in the Great Lakes and Northeast until midweek.
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On Tuesday, much of Wisconsin had warnings or advisories for winter storms. In places like Green Bay, snow was coming down. In the Fox Valley and near the lakes, snow could fall at a rate of 1 inch per hour occasionally.
Four tornadoes were seen on Monday in Oklahoma and Missouri.
Several houses in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, got damaged due to bad weather, but thankfully, no one has been reported dead. Also, because of the weather, the public schools were closed on Tuesday.
Some schools in Ohio were shut down too.
On Tuesday, besides the wind and snow, about 41 million people from Indiana to New Jersey were being warned to watch out for flooding.
On Tuesday, the Pittsburgh area got two to 3 more inches of rain, according to the local weather service. This added to the 2 to 4 inches already fallen. The weather service office warned on social media that flooding is still a big problem in many places around the area.
On Tuesday, the biggest flood risk came from strong thunderstorms moving through the Ohio Valley. These storms could bring heavy rain, with rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour, which might cause sudden flooding.
Due to heavy rain, the Weather Prediction Center warned about a slight risk of too much rainfall in parts of the lower Great Lakes, Ohio and Tennessee valleys, and central Appalachians until Wednesday morning. This could lead to flash floods, especially in cities, on roads, and near small streams.
On Wednesday, there was dangerous weather expected in the mid-Atlantic and Florida. Approximately 22 million individuals from Florida to Maryland were affected by this.
A second low-pressure system near the mid-Atlantic coast might cause a lot of heavy, wet snow and a bit of sleet in the Northeast from Wednesday afternoon to Friday, according to the center.
Parts of Upstate New York and northern New England are going to get a lot of snow. This could make it hard to see and make roads slippery, which might be dangerous for driving.
The weather center warned that there’s a small chance of severe thunderstorms hitting the Florida Peninsula from Wednesday into Thursday morning. These storms could bring lots of lightning, strong winds, hail, and maybe even tornadoes.
After a rainy Monday, storms hit the South with possible tornadoes, hail, strong winds, and heavy rain during springtime.
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