Emily Dresbach, left, 12, and Kelsey Blum, 11, sled down the hill on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 at Holmes Lake in Lincoln, Neb. Adam Wolffbrandt/The Journal-Star/AP
High winds created a a dusty situation for area motorist in the Texas Panhandle Wednesday, December 19, 2012 in Amarillo, Texas. Heavy blowing dirt had drivers turning on their lights and driving slowly on Southwest 34th Ave. in Amarillo Wednesday. Michael Schumacher/The Amarillo Globe News/AP
A fallen leaf gets caught and frozen on a windshield Tuesday morning, Nov. 13, 2012, in Piedmont, Ala., after temperatures in the area dropped below freezing overnight. The water, left over from Monday's rain, quickly froze, trapping this leaf. Trent Penn/The Anniston Star/AP
Overcome with emotion, cabana owner Janet Ryan sits on the porch at the Breezy Point Surf Club in the Queens borough of New York, Sept. 8, 2012, after her cabana sustained damage when a severe storm passed through the area. A tornado swept out of the sea and hit the beachfront neighborhood, hurling debris in the air, knocking out power, and startling residents who once thought of twisters as a Midwestern phenomenon. Kathy Willens/AP
Two weeks after hurricane Sandy struck, this home in Union Beach, N.J., awaits its fate. At least 121 people perished in the storm, which caused an estimated $50 billion in property damage and economic losses and ranks as one of the most destructive natural disasters to hit the US Northeast. Eric Thayer/Reuters
In this Aug. 16, 2012 photo, drought-damaged corn is seen in a field near Nickerson, Nebraska. Nati Harnik/AP
Justin and Kayla Franklin, from Tennessee, walk in wind and rain in downtown Key West as Tropical Storm Isaac moves over the island August 26, 2012. Tropical Storm Isaac lashed south Florida with winds and heavy rain after battering the Caribbean. Andrew Innerarity/Reuters
Randy Grebke of Kohnen Concrete Products, demonstrates how he locates underground water by holding two copper wires while on a well drilling site in Huey, Ill on Aug. 7, 2012. Many well drillers find themselves busier than they have been in years as drought grips much of the country. Seth Perlman/AP
A massive tree cracked and fell blocking Franklin Avenue in Columbus, Ohio following thunderstorms on June 29, 2012. The tree fell on two cars and brought down neighboring power lines. Abigail S. Fisher/Columbus Dispatch/AP
A lightning bolt flashes over Lake Colby near Saranac Lake, New York, July 23, 2012. The lightning was part of a powerful storm that downed trees and knocked out power to homes in the northern Adirondacks. Mike Lynch/Adirondack Daily Enterprise/AP
Two tornadoes dropped near Cherokee, Okla., April 14, 2012. Pete Spotts/The Christian Science Monitor
A woman fishes on the West Branch of the AuSable River in Wilmington, N.Y., after a snowfall on April 22, 2012. Mike Lynch/Adirondack Daily Enterprise/AP
A tornado on the ground makes it way through the night near Salin, Kansas, dApril 14, 2012. A spate of more than 100 tornadoes tore through parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, causing widespread damage and killing five people in Oklahoma. REUTERS/Gene Blevins
Potter County firefighter Matt Dryden standing next to a wall of hail April 11, 2012 in near Amarillo, Texas. National Weather Service Meteorologist Justyn Jackson said that hail that fell amid a rainstorm the day before was real small but 'there was a lot of it' in a concentrated area, accumulating 2- to 4-feet deep. Amarillo/Potter/Randall Office of Emergency Management/AP
A tornado touches down in Lancaster, Texas south of Dallas on April 3, 2012. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. Parrish Velasco/The Dallas Morning News/AP
Lightning rips through the sky behind the Kimberly Clark plant in Paris, Texas, March 19, as severe thunderstorms moved through northeast Texas, dumping inches of rain and producing heavy winds along the way. Sam Craft/The Paris News/AP
A late winter snow storm brought high winds and more than a foot of snow to parts of Arizona. Here, snow covers a house and its surroundings in Flagstaff, Arizona, March 18, 2012. REUTERS/Joshua Lott
Damage is seen early Wednesday morning, Feb. 29, in the town of Harveyville in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, after an apparent tornado passed through the town Tuesday night. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback declared a state of emergency late Tuesday after an apparent tornado struck Harveyville, part of a powerful storm system that pounded the state's midsection. Matthew Fowler/Gazette/AP
Fort Worth Swift Water Rescue Team members check on five flooded out vehicles on Trinity Blvd in Fort Worth, Texas on Jan. 25. Rainstorms and strong winds across parts of Texas have left thousands of people without electricity and facing the threat of worse conditions. Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News/AP
Residents walk around through the debris of their neighborhood after a possible tornado ripped through the Trussville, Ala. area on Jan. 23. Jefferson County sheriff's spokesman Randy Christian said the storm produced a possible tornado that moved across northern Jefferson County around 3:30 a.m., causing damage in Oak Grove, Graysville, Fultondale, Center Point, Clay and Trussville. Butch Dill/AP
Julia Breslin of Morris Plains, N.J., sleds down the hill at the Mountain Way School with her dog, Ella, on Jan. 21. By midafternoon 4.3 inches of snow had fallen in Central Park and 3.4 inches at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Bob Karp/The Daily Record/AP
Layers of ice and icicles slowly melt along the North Pier in St. Joseph, Mich., on Jan 21. Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium/AP
Levi Harnden pushes a block of snow from the roof of Valdez High School as James Burdette cuts the next one from the snow load on Jan. 13 in Valdez, Alaska. The city of Valdez continues to dig out from more than 322 inches of snow this winter. That's 168 inches above a normal winter snowfall, the National Weather Service said. Marc Lester/The Anchorage Daily News/AP
A fire hydrant is almost covered by flood waters in downtown in Scio, Ore., Jan. 19. Rivers are rapidly rising in western Oregon because of snowmelt and rain brought by a winter storm. Don Ryan/AP
A red-bellied woodpecker perches on a suet feeder in Nyack, N.Y., on Jan. 21 during the first major winter storm of 2012 to hit the northeastern US. Mike Segar/Reuters
As art teacher Barbara Sprawls tries to quiet students, fifth-grader Dakota Diehl takes cover with other students at Kenwood Elementary in Louisville, Ky., Jan. 17 during a tornado warning. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for parts of Kentucky and Indiana, but the warning expired without incident. Matt Stone/The Courier-Journal/AP
A flock of pink plastic flamingos sit in the snowy grass outside the Flowerama Jan. 12 in St. Louis. Erik M. Lunsford/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP
Derecho windstorms can blow 75 mph winds for hours, across vast distances. This derecho could affect Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and maybe Washington, D.C.
The National Weather Service was tracking a so-called derecho weather pattern in the Midwest on Tuesday that could spawn severe windstorms in major metropolitan areas with gusts as strong as 100 mph.
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