Here's the radar shot at 7PM EST showing where the meso scale outflow boundary (gustfront) actually lies relative to the precipitation. You can see the outflow is a good 40 - 50 km ahead of the actual precipitation, that's why things were so deceptive.
Usually outflow does not lay that far ahead of the main body of the squall line and if it does, the squall line is usually moving along at 100+ km/h