Severe Weather, Tornadoes & Flooding

Dangerous Cold Weather for Most of the Country; Rare Winter Storm for the South; Fire Weather Concerns for Southern California

Arctic air will filter south and east through early this week. As this cold air moves across the South, a rare winter storm is forecast to develop from Texas, Gulf Coast States into the Southeast through early this week. Several new daily record low temperatures are expected, including new record-low maximum temperatures. For Southern California, fire weather concerns increase this week. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 600 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR VISALIA IN KENTON COUNTY KENTUCKY... LOCATION...VISALIA IN KENTON COUNTY KENTUCKY DATE...APRIL 23, 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...3:14 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...95 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS PATH LENGTH...1000 FEET BEGINNING LAT/LON...38.9123N/84.4522W ENDING LAT/LON...39.9129N/84.4492W * 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 NEAR VISALIA IN KENTON COUNTY KENTUCKY ON APRIL 23, 2011. THE TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AND CAUSED NUMEROUS TREES TO BE BLOWN DOWN, MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND AN OUTBUILDING TO BE DESTROYED. 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. $$ KH/JF

Dangerous Cold Weather for Most of the Country; Rare Winter Storm for the South; Fire Weather Concerns for Southern California

Severe Weather, Tornadoes & Flooding - April 23, 2011