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Dangerous storms marched east on Halloween night and into Friday morning, creating numerous reports of flooding and wind damage, some of which was caused by reported tornadoes.
"An area of low pressure intensified rapidly as it moved from the Midwest into eastern Canada Thursday into early Friday," said weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce. "This resulted in numerous reports of high winds, wind damage and a few tornadoes from the lower and middle Mississippi Valleys into the Ohio Valley and central Appalachians."
Tennessee
A 9-year-old boy died at a Nashville hospital after being struck by a downed power line on Thursday evening, according to local station WSMV-TV. He was riding on his bicycle at around 9:30 p.m. local time when a tree contacted a power line and the live wire subsequently came in contact with the child. He was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital.
New York
As the system continued to push toward the East Coast on Friday morning, a building in Manhattan suffered wind damage, and scaffolding collapsed outside the structure. Several injures were reported, according to local reports.
Local storm reports show winds gusting as high as 44 mph at Central Park late Friday morning.
At the Coast Guard station in Buffalo, winds gusted as high as 62 mph.
New Jersey
On Friday morning, a tree fell on a car in Wayne, N.J., trapping two people inside. Their conditions were not immediately known.
Wind gusts as high as 45 mph were recorded in Trenton.
Massachusetts
Windy conditions were present on Friday afternoon across Massachusetts, where a large piece of a roof in Chelsea blew off. Wind gusts reached 60 mph at the Blue Hill Observatory.
Ohio
Storms rolling through Ohio overnight toppled trees and left thousands of homes without power.
Authorities said the weather that moved through past midnight brought 50 mph winds in some areas that downed trees limbs and power lines.
Outages were reported in the Cleveland area and throughout central Ohio, where some homes were damaged from the wind. Thousands of customers were still without power early Friday.
A funnel cloud was reported in Hardin County in northwest Ohio but it hadn't been confirmed. Television reports showed a church there damaged when a tower toppled onto it, reportedly by a tornado. Winds damaged dozens of mobile homes at a trailer park on the south side of Columbus.
Some communities had postponed trick or treat Thursday because of the threat of bad weather.
Arkansas
No injuries were reported after severe storms struck northeastern Arkansas on Halloween, breaking windows and peeling roofs from buildings. On Friday afternoon, the National Weather Service confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down in the town of Caraway, packing winds as high as 90 mph while in progress on Thursday night.
Authorities say damage was reported in the Craighead County towns of Caraway and Monette after the storms hit Thursday night. The Craighead County Sheriff's Office says no deaths or injuries were reported.
About 10 buildings sustained damage in Caraway, and trees and power lines were knocked down. The Storm Prediction Center says straight-line winds blew the roof off a convenience store in Monette.
Caraway Police reported trick-or-treaters went missing Thursday night after squally weather moved into the area, though all eight kids were eventually found at different times and locations including a storm shelter and residences.
Louisiana
A record daily maximum rainfall has been set at Lake Charles, La. Nearly two inches of rain fell in the town on Thursday, breaking the old record of 1.9 inches set in 1907.
Earlier Thursday morning, a tornado touched down five miles west-northwest of Lake Charles, in Calcasieu Parish. The EF0 tornado touched down at approximately 10:30 a.m. CDT, causing minor damage to a home deck, uprooting a tree and causing two sheds to collapse.
Missouri
In Cape Girardeau, Mo., thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 mph downed numerous hardwood trees at Highway 206 and Bloomfield Road, closing of the intersection. In addition, traffic was impeded by downed tree debris on Interstate 55. A tractor trailer rolled over due to gusty winds near mile marker 96 along Interstate 55.
In Poplar Bluff, Mo., thunderstorm winds blew over a mobile home in the community of Brosley.
Near Naylor, Mo., strong thunderstorm winds estimated at 75 mph downed trees and power lines, destroying a barn which resulted in numerous injured and dead cattle. Numerous outbuildings were also damaged.
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