Temperatures dropped almost 40 degrees in just about 36 hours between Thursday to Saturday morning. Such a dramatic change in temperatures can sometimes fuel big storms.
While the threat was there last Friday, the severe storms missed the Miami Valley. Unfortunately, the active weather pattern that brought in fall is forecast to continue into at least early October.
Once again, the threat for severe storms is returning early this week as yet another strong cold front barrels into the region. This will bring the threat for damaging wind gusts and heavy rainfall through Wednesday followed by another significant drop in temperatures late in the week.
Yet another intense system will likely cross the region early next week.
The more active weather pattern means we will likely have a bit of a roller-coaster ride in temperatures and above average precipitation taking us into the most active harvest time. This is not going to be great news for area farmers and pumpkin growers.
While a more active weather pattern in fall can happen, we typically don’t see this much activity until later in October or into November. This is when Ohio typically sees an uptick in severe storm reports after a steady decline from late spring.
Many Ohioans can remember the massive tornado outbreak in November of 2002. This is when a massive F4 ripped through the town of Van Wert, killing four people. One other person was killed in the town of Tiffin.
Another November outbreak of tornadoes occurred just last year across northern Ohio. The National Weather Service confirmed 16 tornadoes in Ohio on Nov. 5. This is the day that Celina was hit with an EF2 tornado that ripped through the city, hitting Crown Equipment Corporation and the Dollar General.
With fall getting underway, we will once again have to start paying attention to the threat of stronger storm systems. It appears the fall severe weather season may be getting underway a bit early this year.
The hope is there will be enough dry time for area farmers to work the fields and get the harvest complete after what has been a relatively good growing season. The next two weeks may be tough.
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