Strong, potentially damaging winds to impact the Northeast today!!! 6th death has been confirmed in IL!!!

I heard reports of 1 EF4, that was in Washington, IL, and swore I heard "EF5" on the TV earlier. Not sure where...

Nice ! We are prepped here too. I got the thought/message that we have 10 years until we will have to change the way we live. I saw that the surface weather will be too severe to live on.

What state you in again? You can PM if you want.

Last Edited by Arizona on 11/17/2013 06:54 PM

Exactly..
Beyond belief that someone sounds all disappointed because they were spared the total destruction that so many are now faced with.

Relieved to have made it through today. We're not far from Washington. Took shelter in our bathroom because we don't have a basement. I've lived in Central IL my entire life, and this was the closest call for us. I know a lot of people who live in the worst hit areas and luckily they are all safe.

And Lake Huron saves the day once again for me, as soon as these "Supercells" get near the Lake they draw the cool wet air , rapidly equalizing the pressure and humidity, then it just rains. Now when the storm comes in from the lake that sucks!

TV said 89 reported tornados so far...

Happy to hear that

say a prayer for those still in the path of this monster.

Hoping Xenia (OH) is spared... they've had more than their share of tornadoes over the years.

Thanks for update

THIS

300,000+ people without power...

as per my TV

TWC Breaking ‏@TWCBreaking
6:47pm EST: Spotter reported 75mph wind gust in Hamilton County, Ohio, a/x the river from Melbourne, KY.

the storm is predicted to be 3 hours away, but wehave been getting strange, hard gusts of cold wind for some hours now, which are getting verymuch worse and scary.
Thread: Weather Alert for Erie Area

The tornado warnings have dropped way, way off. As of right now there is only one tornado warning in effect. The discrete supercells we saw earlier that produced tornadoes are now becoming more linear in nature. This means that the overall tornado threat is diminishing and now the main threat will be damaging straight-line winds.


OHIO


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
HIGHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 715 PM EST.

* AT 644 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF MOUNT ORAB...MOVING
EAST AT 60 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT ORAB...
HILLSBORO...

IN ADDITION...STATE ROUTE 32 AT US ROUTE 68...LAKE LORELEI...
GREENBUSH...CHASETOWN...FAYETTEVILLE...BUFORD...DANVILLE AND RUSSELL
ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.

Last Edited by Too Dark Park on 11/17/2013 07:03 PM

RT ‏@RT_com
BREAKING: 5 killed, many injured as dozens of tornadoes rip through US Midwest

[link to rt.com]

This channel does good coverage for Ohio-

[link to www.newsnet5.com]

Georgia Storm Chaser ‏@StormCoker
Here is a radar image of the Washington, Illinois tornado as it was leaving town. That debris ball is huge.

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TWC Breaking ‏@TWCBreaking
Report: "100-foot tower" (presumably communications tower) destroyed in Vandalia, OH around 6:30p EST. Straight-line winds blamed.

Seemed to fair well out here. Not many power outages so it couldn't be anything too bad

A tornado warning issued for Butler, Warren, Greene and Montgomery counties has been canceled.

Thousands of Dayton, Power & Light customers are without power, including 4,000 in Montomgery County and 3,700 customers in Shelby County.

A tornado watch is in effect until midnight for Butler, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Shelby, Wayne, Ind. and Warren counties

Here are the most up to date weather reports as far as tornadoes, hail, and high winds: [link to www.spc.noaa.gov]

Weather Underground ‏@wunderground
Tornado Warning for Robertson and Sumner Counties in TN until 6:45 PM CST

Yup. We aren't done yet.


* AT 604 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD...CROSS PLAINS...WHITE HOUSE...PORTLAND AND ORLINDA.

Thanks. Our parents, aunts and uncles are getting quite elderly with health problems. When the storms go through, I worry. I remember how bad they can get.

Glad y'all made it through ok.

Now, if only I could figure out why MY internet keeps going out! LOL We're not having storms!

There's too many people who type before they think. And if they DID take the time to think first and say things like that, I won't bother with their words. My whole family is in Chicago and the outlying area's. And I have a lot of friends in SE Wisconsin.

I just spent a couple of years there, in So Wisconsin, and was absolutely amazed at how people stick together there. Every time someone gets hurt, passes, loses their home in a fire or flood etc the whole town(s) comes together to help. I'm not kidding. An old friend, a nurse, driving home from work late at night in the country in the winter rolled her car and was paralyzed from the neck down. There was so many benefits and charity events for her and her family I couldn't go to them all. One of my closest friends lost his wife to cancer 6 months before I got there. everyone looked out for my friend. Rides, bringing him food, helping with repairs on his house... There's more to write but.... It was humbling and impressive to see people join together helping each other.

It would be great, and this would TRULY be a great nation if we were all like that. I don't know if it's possible any more. Especially if Mr "I wish the weather would've killed more people" has friends like himself here.

Sorry guys. I'm not sure why that did that. The preview looks fine.

I wasn't bitching because we didn't get tornados. I was bitching because these idiots where I live already don't listen to anything important. NOW THEY REALLY won't listen....Because this was so hyped up, specifically for my area. I am grateful that we didn't get tornados, this would be the LAST place I would want to die.