Our main problem here in Kentucky are multiple lines of severe thunderstorms that have hit the state over the past couple of weeks, dropping multiple tornadoes and knocking out power to over 30,000 customers (I was one of them last Tuesday).
Unfortunately, it looks like we are going to get hit again this evening. They are calling for heavy rain, wind gusts in excess of 50mph, possible hail, and the chance of tornadoes.
Some serious action coming to your area. We are seeing that strange temperature gradient again traveling from Texas/Oklahoma on up to Michigan. This then moves to the east. Basically, a cold Pacific (La Nina) is duking it out with a mild Atlantic. And those of you caught in the middle of that fight might end up being the biggest losers. Lots of subtropical moisture traveling up into the lower Midwest. Pretty strange watching the northern tropics flowing west to east. Is that normal for winter ?