Snow Squalls May Impact New Year's Eve Travel from the Great Lakes to the Northeast; Heavy Rain Returns to California

An Alberta clipper will bring lake effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes, with the highest snow totals downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Snow squalls may impact New Year's Eve travel during the evening and overnight hours across parts of the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and Northeast. Heavy rain will bring a flash flooding threat for southern California on New Year's Eve into New Year's Day. Read More >

Adams County

Reflectivity
The oranges and reds signify heavy rainfall and possible hail.

In the first three pictures the storm moves from southwest to eastcentral Adams County. The white rectangle between Vera Cruz and Berne in the first picture indicates a very tall, strong storm. Note how the tornado-producing storm is by itself, out ahead of the line of storms moving in from the west.

Velocity
The reds depict air moving away from the radar, the greens depict air moving toward the radar (in these pictures, the radar is to the upper left, out of the picture). Reds and greens right next to each other suggest circulation, since there are air currents flowing in opposite directions in close proximity to each other.

In the first picture shows weak, disorganized circulation about to enter southwest Adams County. A brief F0 tornado in Wells County had just lifted when this picture was taken. In the second picture the circulation is noticeably stronger. This picture was taken at the birth of what was to become an F3 tornado. In the last picture the circulation has become very strong and has crossed into Van Wert County. About a minute after this third shot was captured, what was to be the F4 tornado that struck Van Wert was born.

On to Van Wert County...

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Snow Squalls May Impact New Year's Eve Travel from the Great Lakes to the Northeast; Heavy Rain Returns to California

November 10 2002 Adams County Radar Imagery