In South Carolina, heavy downpours coinciding with high tides led to Flash Flood Warnings being issued in Charleston, where storms dumped close to 2 inches of rainfall within a span of three hours.
Recently, severe storms that appear to have spawned a rare February tornado outbreak sent sleeping Midwesterners scrambling for safety and left a trail of damage and power outages across four Great Lakes states, including the Chicago suburbs, ending a spell of summerlike, sometimes record temperatures.
Nearly two dozen confirmed or suspected tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio littered roads with fallen trees and branches, shredded homes and barns, and scattered debris across city and countryside alike. No injuries were reported, despite the storm’s timing at night.
In Michigan’s Grand Blanc Township, near Flint, a confirmed tornado — only the second on record for February in that part of the state — damaged subdivisions, uprooted trees and broke gas lines in Wednesday’s wee hours. Its strength was rated at EF-2, with peak winds of 115 mph (185 kph).
FAQs:
Q1. What is the weather forecast?
A1. In South Carolina, heavy downpours coinciding with high tides led to Flash Flood Warnings being issued in Charleston, where storms dumped close to 2 inches of rainfall within a span of three hours.Q2. What is the speed of Tornado?
A2. The severe storms have the potential to unleash gusts of up to 70 mph and produce large hail, in addition to posing a tornado threat.
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