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Rare Southern U.S. Winter Storm; Dangerous Cold Weather For Much of the Eastern U.S.; Critical Fire Weather for Southern California

A rare winter storm impacting the Southern U.S. will move offshore Wednesday morning. Behind the storm, arctic air will continue encompassing the eastern two-thirds of the Nation with only a slow return to normal temperatures expected by the end of the week. Moderate to strong Santa Ana winds and low humidity will maintain Critical fire weather conditions in southern California into Thursday. Read More >

Overview

Several rounds of strong to severe storms impacted the area starting during the evening hours of July 28 and continuing into the early morning hours of July 29th. Storms were more scattered with the initial round, before a stronger second round consisting of a Bow Echo moved trough early in the morning of July 29th. The highest measured wind speed during this event was 74 MPH at the Grissom Air Force Base in Cass/Miami counties. Numerous reports were received of damage to trees, tree limbs, structures, power lines and poles across northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. 

Assessment of the damage continues in some areas, with additional updates and changes forthcoming over the next day or two. As of 3 PM July 30th, two tornadoes have been confirmed from this event. The latest details can be found in the most recent Public Information Statement.

 

 

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A map of hail, flood, wind gusts, and wind damage reports from the evening of July 28th into the morning of July 29th
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