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Showers and thunderstorms forecasted for Saturday could be strong to severe, bringing damaging winds to central Ohio, according to a hazardous weather report from the National Weather Service.. In ...
A severe thunderstorm contains large damaging hail of 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter or larger, and/or damaging winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) or greater. These warnings are currently issued on a polygonal basis, are usually issued for a duration of 30 minutes to one hour, and can be issued without a severe thunderstorm watch or a tornado watch being ...
A severe weather outbreak is typically considered to be when ten or more tornadoes, some of which will likely be long-tracked and violent, and many large hail or damaging wind reports occur within one or more consecutive days. Severity is also dependent on the size of the geographic area affected, whether it covers hundreds or thousands of ...
"The primary hazards are large hail and damaging wind gusts, though a brief tornado is also possible." Hail as big as 1 inch in diameter is possible, too, in some of the storms.
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has placed most of Greater Cincinnati under a severe thunderstorm watch as heavy rainfall and damaging winds are expected to hit the region Thursday ...
Also including a 60% significant severe wind probability which meets high risk standards. Forty tornadoes were confirmed; three were rated EF2. [255] 261 damaging wind gusts were reported including 10 hurricane-force which were up to 100 mph, though many occurred south of the high risk. [256] April 10: 2009: Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee [257] 62
Damaging wind gusts, large hail and a few tornadoes are the main risks associated with severe storms, but Tuesday could also have “a strong tornado or two,” the Storm Prediction Center said ...
Straight-line winds are common with the gust front of a thunderstorm or originate with a downburst from a thunderstorm. These events can cause considerable damage, even in the absence of a tornado. The winds can gust to 58 m/s (130 mph) [11] and winds of 26 m/s (58 mph) or more can last for more than twenty minutes. [12]