The threat of severe thunderstorms returned to the Southeast Sunday and Monday ahead of a second push of arctic air.
An early Monday morning tornado damaged buildings and a perimeter fence at the Calhoun State Correctional Institution near Blountstown, Florida. The National Weather Service has assigned a rating of EF2 to that tornado, which traveled 22.7 miles. Another tornado was confirmed just southeast of Warner Robins, Georgia.
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Wind gusts near 60 mph were reported Monday afternoon in parts of Rhode Island and on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, as severe storms brushed the New England coast. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for parts of New York City earlier in the afternoon, but there were no confirmed reports of damage or high wind gusts.