Over 300,000 lose power in Great Lakes as severe thunderstorms push toward Northeast
The line of storms was still active into Saturday morning, sweeping across Ohio as dawn neared and triggering numerous Severe Thunderstorms Warnings.
A ferocious line of thunderstorms swept through the Great Lakes area Friday night into Saturday morning with reported gusts over 60-80 mph, toppling trees and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands.
The line of storms was still active into Saturday morning, sweeping across Ohio as dawn neared and triggering numerous Severe Thunderstorms Warnings.
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A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remained in effect for much of Ohio and western Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh, through 11 a.m. ET for continued gusts of 70 mph as this squall line sweeps to the east.
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Over 300,000 left without power Saturday morning
The storms formed in Iowa earlier Friday evening with several wind gusts clocked a over 70-80 mph. A spotter reported an unofficial gust of 95 mph in Martelle, Iowa while Cedar Rapids hit a gust of 80 mph, according to the National Weather Service. One spotter reported a possible tornado in Franklin County.
Spotters reported shingles damaged on roof in Park View, Iowa while an entire roof was blown off just across the Illinois border in the town of Red Oak.
The storms continued their march through the Chicago area Friday night with gusts of 40-60 mph. Downed trees were reported in Momence, Illinois and a gust reached 60 mph in Mount Prospect.
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Thunderstorms trekked into Indiana and Ohio with a gust to 79 mph reported in Lowell, Indiana and a 74 mph gust registered at Grissom Air Force Base. A home suffered tree damage as the storms crossed into the Ohio town of Hicksville, as wind gusts hit 62 mph.
Over 300,000 people lost power in the Great Lakes area as of early Saturday morning, according to PowerOutgage.us, but so far there are no reports of any injuries.
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Severe weather risk shifts into mid-Atlantic, Northeast Saturday
As the storms continue their eastward trek a much quieter Saturday is expected around the Great Lakes as the severe threat shifts to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
The SPC has placed around 48 million people from the Appalachian Mountains to New England under a level 2 out of 5 on its severe weather risk scale on Saturday.
Communities under the heightened threat include Washington, D.C., Baltimore, New York and Boston.
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Hail and tornadoes reported in Iowa and Nebraska on Friday
On Friday afternoon, hail the size of baseballs was reported to have fallen outside of Omaha, Nebraska. The hail was estimated to be just shy of 3" in diameter and was one of several reports across the state.
The SPC also received at least three reports of twisters across the Hawkeye State on Friday. One of the tornadoes was caught on video moving through fields in Franklin County, Iowa.
PowerOutage.US reported over 150,000 outages across half a dozen states, with many a result of gusty winds downing trees and power lines.
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