Damaging winds and tornadoes possible in New England
September 8th, 2012 at 9:42 am by Doug Higgins under Weather
The northeastern U.S. will be under the gun for severe weather today. The Storm Prediction Center has much of the area under a moderate threat for severe storms. The primary threat will be from a long lived damaging wind storm called a Derecho, as well as a few Tornadoes. Simply defined a derecho is a storm that produces winds of 58 mph or greater for over 240 miles. For a lot more information on derechos Click Here.
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Doug Higgins is the meteorologist for Good Day Wisconsin, as well as FOX 11 News at Five and Nine on the weekends. He has a background in covering everything from tornadoes to t...
Why so much thunder tonight! Especially around 7 p.m. AND temps were pretty warm considering we had a frost last night.