Weather.com - Jon Erdman, Updated 10/18/12
After rocking the Rocky Mountain and High Plains states with powerful gusts Tuesday, a powerful jet stream disturbance is making its presence felt over more of the Midwest Wednesday and Thursday.
Powerful Jet Disturbance
During the 24-hour period ending at 6 a.m. CDT Wednesday, the National Weather Service relayed about 200 reports of wind damage or wind gusts of at least 40 miles per hour. These were not from thunderstorms, but purely from the wind energy associated with this large-scale storm system.
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