Severe weather outbreak produces tornadoes, damage from Ohio Valley to Southeast
The first round of severe thunderstorms caused damage across the Ohio Valley during the morning, but NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) had highlighted parts of the Ohio Valley at highest risk for severe storms during the evening.
– After storms caused damage in the nation’s heartland Monday, Tuesday's severe weather outbreak produced hundreds of reports of damaging wind, hail and tornadoes.
The first round of severe thunderstorms caused damage across the Ohio Valley during the morning, only to be followed by discrete supercells during the late afternoon and evening.
The hardest hit communities appeared to be along the Ohio River, where damage was reported to trees, power lines and buildings.
Following the storm system, PowerOutage.us reported more than 250,000 electrical outages with many in West Virginia.
Ohio Valley hit by severe storms Tuesday, causing injuries
Early Tuesday morning, an 84-mph wind gust was reported near Evansville, Indiana. City officials reported significant storm damage throughout the city, particularly on the north side. City crews are working to clear the roads, and there are reports of power outages in several areas, including stoplights.
Strong winds in Vanderburgh, Indiana, caused damage to the city's Emergency Operations Center's roof. According to the National Weather Service, there have been multiple reports of downed trees and powerlines and damage to mobile homes throughout Vanderburgh.
Additional strong winds and falling trees caused notable destruction in southern Boonville, Indiana, leading to roof and structural damage. Utility poles were also snapped in Chrisney, Indiana, due to the high winds.
Emergency managers reported one person suffered minor injuries in Uniontown, Kentucky, when a tree fell onto a mobile home, according to the NWS office in Paducah, Kentucky.
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The states of Ohio and West Virginia experienced significant damage to various structures, causing widespread tree and power line damage.
The Proctorville, Ohio, Fire Department building was destroyed, and several other structures suffered significant damage. Multiple structures in South Point, Ohio, were damaged, and there was also widespread tree and power line damage. In Hanging Rock, Ohio, several trailers were flipped over.
On Tuesday morning, there was a wind gust of 92 mph near Huntington, West Virginia, and a reported wind gust of 102 mph in Boyd County, Kentucky.
These winds caused trees and power lines to fall and damage to several homes.
The governors of Kentucky and West Virginia issued states of emergencies ahead of the worst of the weather.
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Jeff Diederich, sheriff of Williamson County in Illinois, said a significant amount of property damage was reported in the county early Tuesday. He said the damage included downed trees and power lines.
"We have residences that have significant trees across their roofs," Diederich told FOX Weather. "We have roofs that are missing in some isolated residential areas and then we have multiple businesses that are significantly damaged or completely destroyed.
Destruction across Illinois after intense overnight storms
Williamson County, Illinois Sheriff Jeff Diederich tells FOX Weather about homes without roofs, destroyed businesses and downed trees blocking most roads after an overnight intense storm blew through.
During the severe weather, several vehicles along I-265 in southern Indiana outside of Louisville were flipped during strong winds. Westbound lanes were blocked by the overturned vehicles as emergency crews responded to the scene.
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg announced a local state of emergency for Jefferson County due to thousands of power outages, but no injuries were reported from the storms.
Flipped vehicles along I-265 in southern Indiana
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Severe weather threat shifts to East Coast on Wednesday
Severe thunderstorms packing threats of damaging winds and hail are possible Wednesday across parts of the eastern Carolinas and mid-Atlantic, with a second severe weather threat area expected over the Florida Peninsula.
Wednesday's threat zone includes the cities of Richmond and Virginia Beach in Virginia, Hatteras in North Carolina.
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Further south, a line of storms is expected to move across the Florida Peninsula, with hail and damaging winds being the main threats.
Communities such as Gainesville, St. Augustine and Tampa and Orlando are all included in the likely threat zone.
Be sure to check back with FOX Weather for updates on this ongoing severe weather outbreak. You can download the free FOX Weather app and enable notifications to receive real-time alerts about any severe weather headed your way.
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