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redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly TROPICAL UPDATE: 1:00PM CDT Tropical Update This afternoon as we look across the Western Pacific we continue to see Typhoon Saola turn its way just off the coast of Taiwan and make its way slowly northwest towards mainland China. The northwest section of Taiwan to include the city of Taipei can expect to continue seeing heavy rain along with strong winds as the estimated winds are around 65kts with higher gust. Tropical Storm Damrey continues...

Big Story Weather from July 26: The frontal boundary shifted a tad bit further east and was responsible for plenty of severe weather yesterday, as we had tornado reports in Southern New York along with hail reports from New York southward back into Ohio. Also a few hail reports also came out of Iowa. The major impact from this frontal boundary was the winds which extended from New York all the way south back into Texas and Oklahoma. A second area of strong winds developed into Georgia and...

redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from July 24: The heat continued for another day throughout the Midwest and also extending back into the Plains were temps hit the upper 90’s with heat index values well over 100. The southeast is also getting its share of the heat now with temps soaring into the 90’s and heat index values well over 100 for many places. Damaging wind reports were found in the Western Dakota’s. Also, a larger, more evolved storm system developed in...

redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from July 20-22: Friday proved to be a fairly active day for severe weather with well over 80 damaging wind reports along with 30+ hail reports. The strongest winds were found in the Montana region. The largest hail was found in Western Oregon, Washington and parts of Idaho. Saturday brought one single tornado report in the far northwest portion of North Dakota along with many wind damage reports in Eastern Texas and more isolated...

redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from July 13-15: Friday was not very active on the severe weather front with only a few hail reports in Iowa, Minnesota and out west in Washington. Strong gusts resulted from thunderstorms in places like Oklahoma and Kansas. On Saturday an isolated tornado was reported out on the Atlantic Ocean section of Virginia along with a wind report over 75mph in the Western portion of South Dakota. Sunday brought another day with one tornado...

redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from July 11: Wind damage reports from both Kentucky and South Carolina. Also, another area of storms developed along a frontal boundary that moved through the Dakota’s extending back into Wyoming. There was flooding that spread through the Ohio River valley with strong afternoon storms which extended towards the Mid-Atlantic. Also it is important to point out that thunderstorms can be dangerous from the ground and also from the air,...

redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from July 10: The Southeast was the targeted area yesterday for severe weather including one tornado near the North Carolina shoreline. The majority of the reports were strong wind gusts like the one in Tuscaloosa, AL which was reported at 65mph leading to damage. Hail around the size of 1.75in was also reported in Florida. Big Story Weather Outlook: Low pressure moving off the coast near Virginia will bring thunderstorms from...

redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from July 9: Yesterday, there were scattered storm reports along the frontal boundary that stretched from the Carolina’s back into the Southeast. Also yesterday was one of the first days in over a couple of weeks that we didn’t talk about record-setting heat as temps stayed near their normal for this time of year. Big Story Weather Outlook: Partly cloudy skies will be found throughout the Northeast today as temps are again...

redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from July 6-8: A frontal boundary began to start moving through the Northern Plains finally bringing some relief from the heat to places like Chicago and Minneapolis. The front was also responsible for storms that brought hail and strong winds from the Northern Plains extending into the Mid-Atlantic back into the Southeast this past weekend. Big Story Weather Outlook: Partly cloudy skies and cooler weather will extend from the...

redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from July 4, 2012: The heat was around in full force yesterday from the Plains all the way into the Southeast as temps again soared well into the upper 90’s with heat index values in the 100-110F range. The biggest severe weather threat yesterday was the winds with over 200 wind damage reports extending from Minnesota down southward into the Southeast. The strongest winds were concentrated in the Southeast portion of the United States...