Live: Severe Storms in Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio Valley

Meghan Evans
By , Meteorologist
July 27, 2012; 8:43 PM
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Elmira, N.Y., storm damage on Friday July 27, 2012, following unconfirmed tornado on Thursday. The storm threat has shifted farther south today, spanning New Jersey to Georgia as well as the Ohio Valley. For the latest storm reports, <a href="#link1">see below</a>.

Following deadly storms that rattled many communities of the Northeast on Thursday, severe storms are developing and threatening portions of Virginia, North Carolina and the Ohio Valley.

The violent thunderstorms are actually erupting in two separate zones, unlike the long seemingly continuous line of severe thunderstorms that stretched from the Northeast to Oklahoma late Thursday.

Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C., Roanoke, Norfolk and Richmond, Va., Atlanta, Ga., Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Md., Philadelphia, Pa., and Atlantic City, N.J., are among the cities and towns in one threat zone.

The other corridor at risk for severe thunderstorms into this evening include Detroit, Mich., Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, Louisville, Ky., and Pittsburgh, Pa.

Damaging winds gusts greater than 60 mph, large hail and isolated tornadoes are possible with the strongest storms that erupt.

For more details on the storm threat into this evening, continue reading here.

UPDATES:

8:50 p.m. EDT: Trees and power lines downed as a result of thunderstorm winds throughout several counties in Georgia, including: Wilkinson, Polk, Henry, Jefferson, Newton, Fayette, Spalding, Butts, Lamar, Pike and Muscogee.

6:29 p.m. EDT: A tree is down in Charleston, S.C., near the intersection of highway-164 and Rodd Drive. More trees and power lines down in Rowan and Orange Counties, N.C.

In Scott County, Ind., a trained spotter reported a 65-mph wind gust ripping shingles off a roof.

4:46 p.m. EDT: Trees are down throughout Marlboro and Darlington Counties, S.C. Highway Patrol reported power lines down at highway-34 in Kershaw County, S.C.

3:40 p.m. EDT: A thunderstorm in Roanoke, Va., caused the temperature to drop 22° in just 40 minutes and produced 54-mph winds.

3:20 p.m. EDT: Penny-sized hail was reported five miles east-southeast of Noblesville, Ind. In Gratiot County, Mich., a trained spotter reported one inch of rain and hail the size of ping pong balls.

2:46 p.m. EDT: A new watch box for severe thunderstorms is now in effect across much of Indiana and western Ohio until 11 p.m. EDT. This watch box also includes the neighboring counties in Michigan and northern Kentucky.

2:20 p.m. EDT: Strong thunderstorm winds downed power lines, a transformer and trees around Flora, Ind. A roof was also ripped off a chicken coop. Residents in Flora lost power as the thunderstorm moved through.

2:00 p.m. EDT: A watch box has been issued for severe thunderstorms across portions of Virginia and North Carolina until 10 p.m. EDT.

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