May 30-31, 1998 Tornado Outbreak - The ONLY Northeastern High Risk

Check out Bill's storm chasing blog! - https://stormbruiser.com/chase/1998/05/30/may-30-1998-spencer-sd-tornado/ Today we look at the only northeastern high risk ever issued in the US, and the surrounding severe weather outbreak of late May 1998. Sources and additional information: Mechanicville Tornado by NWS ALY: https://www.weather.gov/media/aly/Past_Events/1998/May%2031%20Severe%20Outbreak%20Mechanicville%20Tornado/Lipton_31_May_1998_Northeastern_SevereOutbreak.pdf ArcGIS Story by NWS: https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=0c339b809fbd4b1eaefdc950d6ec4e6f Paper by Alexander, Wurman on Spencer Tornado (2 parts): https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/mwre/133/1/mwr-2855.1.xml https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/mwre/133/1/mwr-2856.1.xml NWS Damage Summary by Roger Edwards: https://www.stormeyes.org/tornado/spencer/spendmg.htm Older SPC summary of Great Lakes Derecho: https://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/casepages/may30-311998page.htm NWS ALY / University at Albany paper on Mechanicville Tornado: https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/wefo/20/4/waf875_1.xml Will add others below as I continue to find more. May 30-31, 1998 Tornado Outbreak - The ONLY Northeastern High Risk