Be Prepared When a Tornado Strikes with New Red Cross Tornado App
The months of May and June bring welcome relief from the winter chill, but they also bring along an increased risk for severe weather in the Tri-State area, namely tornadoes.
The months of May and June bring welcome relief from the winter chill, but they also bring along an increased risk for severe weather in the Tri-State area, namely tornadoes.
The devastation in Moore, Oklahoma goes beyond comprehension and the death toll, unfortunately, continues to rise after yesterday's massive tornado that all but leveled the town of Moore. All of us in the Tri-State want to do anything we can to help and the best way to help is by making donations to the American Red Cross by calling 812-471-7200 or online at redcross.org/tristate.
The country continues to pray for and help the people devastated by the massive tornado that touched down in Oklahoma on Monday, killing dozens.
A huge tornado touched down just outside of Oklahoma City earlier today, causing widespread destruction and leaving behind a yet-untold number of casualties.
To see how you can help those affected, see the list below
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center out of Paducah, Kentucky has issued a statement for the tri-state area saying there is a potential for severe weather in the area later tonight and tomorrow.
Local Highway Crews plan to pre-treat area highways to prepare for a threat of freezing rain and sleet that is expected to sweep across the region in the early morning hours on Thursday.
Temperatures on Wednesday night are expected in the mid-20’s
Apparently, the cold winter daze that most of us have been walking around in here in the tri-state will soon be uplifted, with warmer, spring like temperatures just around the corner. At least that is the consensus according to “Punxsutawney Phi,” who upon emerging from his Pennsylvania home at Gobbler’s Knob, earlier this morning, did not see his shadow.
Accord
From the National Weather Serivce:
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN GIBSON AND
NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 1130 PM CST...
AT 11:05 PM CST
Due to a wintry mix that fell across Western Kentucky on Tuesday afternoon, the following schools and businesses are either closed or on a two-hour delay.
We want to see the first snow of 2012 through your eyes, or camera, I guess.
This morning, southern Indiana, Illinois and Western Kentucky has been hit by up to 12" of snow! In Wisconsin or Michigan, this wouldn't be anything to write home about but here in the 'almost South' we take our snow very seriously