Weather.com - 2/01/13, Chris Dolce and Jon Erdman
iWitness weather user fshelton25 says he was driving home on Interstate 75 in Adairsville, Ga. Wed., Jan 30 when he saw a wedge tornado right in front of his car.
An unusual, widespread January severe thunderstorm outbreak began on Tuesday morning, Jan. 29, 2013 and has delivered a swath of damaging winds and some tornadoes from the Southern Plains to the lower/middle-Mississippi Valleys, Ohio Valley, Tennessee Valley and Mid-Atlantic, a distance of roughly 1700 miles over a little less than 48 hours. The storm system also produced strong non-thunderstorm wind gusts in parts of the Northeast and New England into early January 31.
Severe Reports Tally (as of Jan. 31)
- 34 confirmed tornadoes in 10 states (Currently fourth largest January tornado outbreak)
- 699 high wind/wind damage reports
- 13 reports of large hail
- 384 strong non-thunderstorm wind gusts and 200 reports of non-thunderstorm wind damage (mostly in Northeast).
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