Kara: Huge windstorm hawls across the nation's midsection

Today, Tuesday October 26th, a huge storm with winds up to 81mph swept across the midsection of our nation. It was very powerful, taking down power lines, snapping trees, ripping off roofs, and creating flights to be delayed. It's pressure was similar to a category 3 hurricane, it's force was comparable to a blizzard minus the snow and it's size was huge, spreading from the Dakotas to the eastern Great Lakes, it had meteorologist fascinated. If this storm went over water it would have created a major hurricane.

Because our temperatures were in the 50s and 60s it didn't turn into a blizzard, but some think that if it was in the 20s than is could have been. More than 145,000 homes were without power, at one point, in Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, and the St. Louis area. The storm was moving 50 to 60 mph creating the wind to become stronger and creating tornado's. Down in Racine County, south-east corner of Wisconsin, two people were injured after a tornado ripped off a piece of a roof on a factory. In different places, a few others were injured too.

Since this storm was massive, it created 31 states to have had same kind of advisory out, from thunderstorm to tornadoes to blizzards, which is very unusual. There is still warnings out for the rest of tonight and tomorrow, but the meteorologist think that the worst is over and the winds will start to calm down.