Winds have battered the Ohio Valley and many portions of the US over the last couple of days. This threat continues into today, and will potentially peak over today and tomorrow. Today's threat brings an elevated risk of potential hurricane-force winds, QLCS tornadoes, and if supercells are allowed to form out ahead of it, tornadoes of EF-2+ or greater intensity. 

Reporting from Bloomington, Indiana, the wind here has been very strong. We've seen gusts today of over 55mph+. The greenhouse here on the BT Weather property had its windows blown out (non-destructively), and is now being dissassembled for the approaching storm. Already reporting wind damage here, and today's storms haven't even started. Today, BT Weather HQ is under an Enhanced Risk for severe weather. 

Power outages are expected across much of today's path. Please refer to https://www.weather.gov/mqt/carbontips for information on running portable generators.

If we lose power here at BT Weather, we will sadly have to stop our coverage for the day, unless it comes back quickly (less than 30 minutes.) If everything goes as planned, we will be live on BreakyTime on Twitch at 4PM ET. Be safe today. Turn around, don't drown, and don't be scared, be prepared.