Photos, 80 Tornado Reports, More to Come?

This week's severe weather outbreak has added up to the following astounding stats:

Today will be the last day of the event, as the associated cold front moves through the East. Post-storm radar loops coming soon. Today's storms should not be as severe as yesterday, but will likely still generate quite a few spotter reports. This will put State College, PA, home of AccuWeather HQ [Google Map], in the path of the storms and you can see the evil clouds already present on the J-CAM and the J-CAM2, pointed out my window today (LIVE IMAGES BELOW):

If anything exciting happens here, we'll post the photos and video. Here are some photos from the Associated Press. See also Yahoo News and yesterday's blog entry for photos and video of the Pensacola, FL tornado.

Panhandle Pounded - Oct. 18, 2007 - Aluminum siding is wrapped around a fence after a tornado swept through downtown Pensacola, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007. (AP Photo/ John Hill)




Part of the skirting and paving stones that surrounded a mobile home that was destroyed in an early morning storm, possibly a tornado, in Paris, Mos., early Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007. The bodies of Kristy L. Secrease, 25 of Paris, Mo, and Kent Ensor, 44 of Paris, Mo, were found in the field across the highway after the midnight storm scattering pieces and contents of their mobile home over 1/4 mile in Paris. (AP Photo Dan Gill)