Weather

[W5GA]

Tornado's here, moving due east. One about 7 miles away from me.

[W3MIV]

Hunker down. Stay safe.

[W2NAP]

joplin,mo got hit hard. hospital major damage

[KC9ECI]

South side of La Crosse near where I live just got ripped up by a tornado. I'm still in Ohio. Sounds like north of the city where I live wasn't bothered. A storm warning near here earlier, but just light rain where I'm at near Wright Patterson.

[N9FE]

Tom: There saying stay out of lacrosse. Don't know how bad yet. The one here stayed on the ground from rapids to just one south of me in plover and on the waupaca. Shitload of branchs to pick up and green leif crap splattered all over the sides of the garage and house. Baseball hail in point. It was fun there for a while. Nobody hurt that i know of yet...

[KC9ECI]

I've been in touch with some of the guys back home via IRLP and so far everyone I know is OK. I'll come in well north of town tomorrow late in the day so I'm not expecting and issues, but thanks for the info. KC9ECH is home from UW-Plattville and he says we just got some light rain at the house.

[W5GA]

The hospital in Joplin, MO got wasted, as did their Home Depot and a bunch more. Several towns in northeast OK hit by tornados. 8-10" of rain so far as well. Some areas have also had softball size hail - golf ball size hail very common all over eastern OK tonight.

[W5GA]

Joplin Walmart destroyed, Joplin HS destroyed, 24 confirmed dead. One Joplin cop got picked up in his car by the tornado - no word on him.

So far in Oklahoma this year - over 60 tornado's east of I-35, only 2 west of I-35.

[NQ6U]

Put on your hard hat and get down in the basement, Doug.

[NA4BH]

Tornado's here, moving due east. One about 7 miles away from me.

What county are you in?

[N9FE]

What we got was nothing. Pray for joplin Mo

[W5GA]

What county are you in?
Delaware county, Oklahoma. If you're looking at a map, I'm 1 mile south of Ottawa county, and about 3 miles east of Craig county. Joplin is about 35 miles north east of me.
The town of Grove, OK had a severe thunderstorm last night that lasted about 4 1/2 hours. Not all one storm, but they kept firing up one after the other and merging over the town.

[W5GA]

We're supposed to get more of this chit today and tomorrow. The local news is saying now that 25-35% of Joplin is just flat gone. Joplin is about 50k people, and the largest town in quite a large area. It draws traffic from 3 other states (KS, OK and AR) to the town as a commerce center.

[PA5COR]

Joplin alone 89 people lost their life...
Please stay safe guy's... this is a bad your for tornado''s...

[NA4BH]

Looking at the radar, it looks like the storms are in Craig county heading towards Ottawa.

[KC2UGV]

Doug, is it possible for you to get the hell out of there?

[W5GA]

Looking at the radar, it looks like the storms are in Craig county heading towards Ottawa.
You're right....and they are already severe. Today won't be fun. I'm back down in Ft. Smith now (for the week - it's where I work). XYL, FIL and #2 son who is home from college have a storm cellar there next to our house...if necessary. 20 or so feet from the back door to the cellar. So, we should be good to go if there's a problem.

Corey, I could...but it's like living with the threat of earthquakes in Ca., it just goes with the territory. Honestly, when we moved here I told the wife that if she ever mentioned the word move again there would be a nuclear detonation in our living room.

[NA4BH]

Round #2 is knocking at your door.

[KC2UGV]

You're right....and they are already severe. Today won't be fun. I'm back down in Ft. Smith now (for the week - it's where I work). XYL, FIL and #2 son who is home from college have a storm cellar there next to our house...if necessary. 20 or so feet from the back door to the cellar. So, we should be good to go if there's a problem.

Corey, I could...but it's like living with the threat of earthquakes in Ca., it just goes with the territory. Honestly, when we moved here I told the wife that if she ever mentioned the word move again there would be a nuclear detonation in our living room.

I didn't mean move, necessarily. Just get out until the nastiness is gone... Sounds like they're well kept, with the storm cellar, and that's a good thing.

[n2ize]

Delaware county, Oklahoma. If you're looking at a map, I'm 1 mile south of Ottawa county, and about 3 miles east of Craig county. Joplin is about 35 miles north east of me.
The town of Grove, OK had a severe thunderstorm last night that lasted about 4 1/2 hours. Not all one storm, but they kept firing up one after the other and merging over the town.

That's incredible !! A severe thunderstorm lasting for 15-20 minutes over a given area is pretty devastating. 4.5 hours !!! WHEW!!

[N2CHX]

How is Fox, OK? My daughter lives there and I haven't been able to get ahold of her.

[W5GA]

That's a couple hundred miles to the west of all this, Kelli, so she should be fine. All the nasty WX has been well east of I-35.

[W5GA]

4169My yard after what came through this morning.4168

[NQ6U]

My yard after what came through this morning.

At least it's still all there, Doug!

[KC2UGV]

At least it's still all there, Doug!

I'll echo this.

[KG4CGC]

I really feel bad for the families in the area who live there. I also feel bad for the people/crews going in to report and being hit with the site of dead people strewn about. I don't think they expected it to be as bad as it was.
Really sad and the radar map is indicating another round on the same spot. Maybe this time everyone will be cleared out, moved to higher, safer ground.

[W5GA]

Just talked to my wife. The local news is saying my area has gotten 4-6" of rain since yesterday. Severe wx chances are 70% or better for the next 3 days (includes today).

[PA5COR]

The outbreak of tornadoes that ravaged the southern US last week was the largest in US recorded history, the National Weather Service has said.
The three-day period from 25-28 April saw 362 tornadoes strike, including some 312 in a single 24-hour period.
The previous record was 148 in two days in April 1974.
The tornadoes and the storm system that spawned them killed at least 350 people in Alabama and six other states. It was the deadliest outbreak since 1936.

That was the last month spree.
With these added we certainly can speak of a very bad season in the USA.
Here our hearts and feelings go out to the victims, and pray for them.
Stay safe...

[NQ6U]

Corey, I could...but it's like living with the threat of earthquakes in Ca., it just goes with the territory. Honestly, when we moved here I told the wife that if she ever mentioned the word move again there would be a nuclear detonation in our living room.

Not even counting the tornado that hit Joplin yesterday, the NOAA Web site says 365 have been killed by tornadoes in the United States this year alone. That's more than the number of people killed by earthquakes in the U.S. over the last fifty years, according to the USGS.

I'll take my chances with the earthquakes, Doug.

[KG4CGC]

Boy am I in the wrong area! We've had a hurricane come through and do some damage, Hugo. We get tornadoes but not so much lately. We've earthquakes but nothing like the massive ones elsewhere unless you count the Charleston one a long time ago. We get floods but nothing like what we're seeing now to my north and west.
We've had blizzards beyond our capability to keep up with and I honestly don't remember the last glacier.

[W2NAP]

Just talked to my wife. The local news is saying my area has gotten 4-6" of rain since yesterday. Severe wx chances are 70% or better for the next 3 days (includes today).

Indiana severe storm season is just warming up. usually peaks in june.

[W5GA]

I heard today that the Joplin tornado is the single deadliest in U.S. history - 116 dead confirmed so far.
They also said not to be surprised if tomorrow brings 50+ tornados.

[N8YX]

A couple years ago, much of the chaser/meteorology community wondered aloud if a wholescale chasing "bust" wasn't upon us due to the marked decrease in tornadic activity as compared to years past. Evidently (and sadly) not...

[KG4CGC]

A couple years ago, much of the chaser/meteorology community wondered aloud if a wholescale chasing "bust" wasn't upon us due to the marked decrease in tornadic activity as compared to years past. Evidently (and sadly) not...
Did they pray for rain? Only a little funny. People don't realize to be careful of what they ask for and besides, I recall The Weather Channel setting up a show to chase tornadoes from special trucks that was a big let down for weather whackers.

Ah well. Some things we do not want to see improvements in.

[N8YX]

Stuff just got real (ugly):

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0356.html

Batten down the hatches, Doug.

[N9FE]

I seen they were getting it again last night.. Jeebus Man.. I hope to send sunshine your way

[W5GA]

Stuff just got real (ugly):

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0356.html

Batten down the hatches, Doug.

Amazingly, I'm a bit east of all that. I'm sure it'll head my way before it's over though.

The NWS guy I heard last night said he would'nt be surprised to see 50+ tornado's throughout the heartland today. Last night wasn't too bad...noisy and wet is all.

I appreciate the thoughts, guys. Some sun would be real good right about now - but then it would be 100F and 100%.

[W2NAP]

tornadoes in Oklahoma.

http://chase.tornadovideos.net/pages/full_screen

one of them is a rain wrapped

[W5GA]

Yeah, SW of OKC. Mostly west - moving east on the I-40 line.

[W5GA]

Major tornado's in the OKC area - estimated F4/5, with fatalities. One getting ready to hit OSU in Stillwater. Live stream http://www.kfor.com/news/livestreaming/

[NQ6U]

I've been watching them on MSNBC, lots of live shots of the twisters. Scary shit.

[NA4BH]

Looking at the GRLevel3 radar, the next batch is very close.

[NA4BH]

A friend just sent me this photo taken from his front door (North of Dallas).http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2452/5756436063_d932db5728_z.jpg

[NQ6U]

A friend just sent me this photo taken from her front door (in Kansas).

http://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/reference/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Wizard-of-Oz-300x221.jpg

[KG4CGC]

TWC has been all over it. I guess they were in the area and ready. Everything was coming in, boom boom boom. It's been a rough stretch of weather.
Time to change the building codes. Why do houses always have to be like gingerbread cottages or palaces?
Underground and built to weather standards NOT Barbie Townhouse standards.

Then there's rebuilding infrastructure. Will we patch it back together or move forward with 21st century tech?

[W5GA]

It's really hard to tech against EF5. Major tornado hit just a bit NE of Ft. Smith.

[W2NAP]

from what i hear. NWS IND is getting ready for a major outbreak today (wed ) across central indiana.

NWS-IND has wind,hail,tornado purple (high risk)

spc outlook for us wed. has us in a 15% probability with a Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of EF2 - EF5 tornadoes within 25 miles of a point

noticed the wording IND has been using "Possibility of Strong/Violent Long lived long tracked tornadoes"

could be a interesting day for us here.

[N9FE]

There calling for frost here tonight and tomorrow night. The high today is like 56. Sorry man the pattern just won't change.

[W2NAP]

wake up. my area under tornado watch.

got a PDS tornado watch to my south/southwest

[N8YX]

Big line of stuff now 60 miles to my west. All gear except for this computer and my work laptop has been powered off and disconnected.

[W5GA]

Ya'll keep your heads down. Last nite was not fun.

[W2NAP]

from what i have heard. central indiana is now under a PDS Tornado watch till 2AM EDT

[W2NAP]

also had reports so far today of hail up to 4inches. damage reported in columbus and greensburg indiana

[W2NAP]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 375
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
635 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA

EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 635 PM
UNTIL 200 AM EDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON
INDIANA TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE INDIANA. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 368. WATCH NUMBER 368 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
635 PM EDT. CONTINUE...WW 370...WW 371...WW 372...WW 373...WW
374...

DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND SPREAD ACROSS
THE WATCH THIS EVENING GIVEN THE VERY FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES
COUPLED WITH THE LARGE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AVAILABLE. E/W BOUNDARY
ACROSS CENTRAL IND WILL BE A FOCUS FOR ENHANCED SHEAR/CONVERGENCE.
TORNADOS POSSIBLY STRONG TO VIOLENT WILL BE A THREAT WELL INTO THE
EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...HALES

[N8YX]

The NWS just extended an existing TOR Watch further east. Line of stuff moving in, 'DSG has to work until 9:30 and here I am with a case of

http://thirstydog.com/news/beers.php

The Cerberus Trippel is an ass-kicker. I have to write some documentation and have just started on a Twisted Kilt so this evening ought to be fun...!

[W2NAP]

were in for a long night

[N8YX]

Here we go, gang:

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0372_radar_big.gif

[ki4itv]

You guys stay as safe as you can.
I can't get over how big these recent tornado's have been. Unreal.

[N8YX]

I can't get over how big these recent tornado's have been. Unreal.
I haven't been chasing ONCE during all this. $4/gal gas tends to put a damper on it.

[N8YX]

Just stepped outside to check condx. Southwesterly advection feeding storms to my north and west. Juicy atmosphere, but not overly so - setup at the moment looks good for classic, rather than HP supercells. Winds steady at 20 knots. Accas spotted in area. Ingredients are coming together...

[NA4BH]

Looking at the radar, that FSCKING preacher (the fruitcake) was right. HOLY SHIT !!!! 25 tornado warnings, 24 severe thunderstorm warnings. Central Mississippi to Lake Michigan.

[N8YX]

VIP6 core with a spin-up heading this way. Sirens just went off...

[N8YX]

Outflow boundary of main gust front here. No greenage (hail shaft) visible at moment but radar-indicated couplet looks to pass just north of where 'DSG is at the moment.

[N8YX]

Four PDS watch boxes up at once:

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/

I cannot recall such a setup happening before.

[NA4BH]

A tornado warning in Butte County, California. Say what?

[KG4CGC]

A tornado warning in Butte County, California. Say what?

I know right. From the Sac to Molesto.

[NA4BH]

I know right. From the Sac to Molesto.

Via the Taint City Bridge

[W5GA]

Everything ok up there, Fred?? You did duck, right?

[KG4CGC]

http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/dopplerradarusnational/southeastdopplerradar1800_large.html
Southeast isn't looking good either.

[NA4BH]

Ass-whippin is on the way

[W5GA]

I didn't mean to send it your way, guys, honest!

[NA4BH]

I didn't mean to send it your way, guys, honest!

Just keep looking into the proctoscope displayed in your avatar. We understand. :whistle: :rofl:

ETA:

Which reminds me, do you know the difference in a proctoscope and an endoscope?

The taste

[NQ6U]

I know right. From the Sac to Molesto.

Before moving to San Diego, I lived in Butte County. Still have family and friends there, too. There were at least two tornadoes while I was there but they were wimpy little things, nothing like the monsters they have in the Midwest. They might tear the roof off a trailer but that's about it.

BTW, Butte County is not between Suckatomato and Molesto, it's about 100 miles north of Sac.

[W2NAP]

Busy day in indiana.

tornado damage in bedford,columbus,greensburg and other places.

I think every county in central indiana seen a wall cloud and or actuall funnel cloud/tornado.

last line that came though. tornado warnings were issues 4 to 10 counties at a time.

possible tornado damage in my county. around elwood i guess. I personally seen wall cloud just west of Anderson and another possible west of frankton.

honestly. Anderson came real close to doomsday IMO.

[N8YX]

Everything ok up there, Fred?? You did duck, right?
We're good - missed the worst of it. Torrential rains around midnight and 2AM, though.

[NA4BH]

Charles,

Get your fan out, the shist is headed your way.

[N9FE]

Not again you guys.. Geez hey. Some got a double whammy down there to. 39 degrees last night, And 28 degrees tonight. The thirty to sixty outlook for here is way below normal temps. I hope the violent stuff quits for you all down there.. I really do.

[ki4itv]

I thought this vid was pretty kewl. Get's pretty chaotic.
(Check the cat out around the 2:21 or so)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrnRSSHz4dU&feature=player_embedded

[KG4CGC]

Charles,

Get your fan out, the shist is headed your way.

I was out in it with the dog when you posted that.
Getting blowy rain, big fat drops and little skinny drops.
Need the water here.
Got some last week in the areas around me but not here.
I'm more comfortable in 90 degree temps but prefer an igloo for a porch.

Hello?

[NA4BH]

Holy Crap http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_severe_weather and WOW...........

[KG4CGC]

Holy Crap http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_severe_weather and WOW...........
I was watching that on TWC. It was like they were already there to film it. I think I know what NBC has done with their budget since getting rid of half the on air talent.

[NA4BH]

HAARP

[NQ6U]

Here's an astonishing video of the Mass tornado:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj5uvC9cLO4

[ki4itv]

If we just take out Cantore, all the madness will stop.
God must have it out for him, wherever he is...bad shit happens.

[W5RB]

I keep hopin' it gets bad enough here for Stephanie Abrams to shoot wet t-shirt video in my neighborhood ;-)

[W2NAP]

I keep hopin' it gets bad enough here for Stephanie Abrams to shoot wet t-shirt video in my neighborhood ;-)

oh man. great idea

[ki4itv]

I keep hopin' it gets bad enough here for Stephanie Abrams to shoot wet t-shirt video in my neighborhood ;-)


oh man. great idea

You're not kidding...
They would probably go for it now, I'm probably not the only one who has noticed the changes around TWC. They seem to be going that direction slowly, but steadily.
The frequent innuendo surrounding the interaction between personalities can't be an accident.

[W5RB]

You're not kidding...
They would probably go for it now, I'm probably not the only one who has noticed the changes around TWC. They seem to be going that direction slowly, but steadily.
The frequent innuendo surrounding the interaction between personalities can't be an accident.

The May rating period just ended , things will prob'ly settle down 'til the next sweeps .

[ki4itv]

Good. 'Cause if we really wanted sex in our weather, the young lady and I would just go screw outside.

[NA4BH]

Good. 'Cause if we really wanted sex in our weather, the young lady and I would just go screw outside.

Be careful if you use a corded electric drill. Well grounded, dry conditions.

[ki4itv]

It's cool Bob. I'm well grounded and need no external power source.

[NA4BH]

It's cool Bob. I'm well grounded and need no external power source.

Safety first.

[N8YX]

I flatly can't stand Stephanie Abrams.

Cass, Tesch and a number of others - both current and former - have much better poise and presentation skills. If I want innuendo on the toob, there's always Sex and the City reruns.

Larosa and Egger would also do well to STFU and GTFO the set. They're the meteorological equivalent of Kelsa Kinsley (ex TWC "Road Crew" personality) and we all know just how well that particular experiment worked out.

[KG4CGC]

I quit being gaga about Abrams sometime around late 2006. The goomba back and forth between her and Roker in the morning is akin to sophomoric morning radio shows. Obviously, Roker has NBC by the balls otherwise, considering all the shit canning that been going on in the last year or so, they would have never moved him to TWC. Then again, NBC cheesed it up even further than it was going.

[ki4itv]

Abrams reminds me of a hill chick I used to date in Mississippi. She's probably a live wire, and I'd almost bet she cooks turkey necks in plain vinegar.

The innuendo I mentioned is mostly between Roker and Abrams.
It's only disturbing because... well, it is the weather channel. The weather's either hot or nippy. Never both, unless those two are on getting nippy with each other during hot weather.

It's the weather channel damnit... And is it too much to ask that some weather phenomenon please put Cantore out of my misery. Please, please... perty please.
He's like the Geraldo Rivera of weather, and TWC is becoming an absolute soap opera with their stylized coverage of other people's misery.
Oh well, guess I could just time it to the 8's and then spin the knob.
[/rant]

[N8YX]

Uncle Al is an agenda tool who is controlled by his parent network.

A couple of his "exclusive" report shows bore about as much leftward spin as the Balloon's right-twisting missives and tidily omitted more than a few key facts...an opinion which is shared by a good number of my contemporaries.

I do not trust a thing he says, nor the motivations behind his words.

Paul Goodloe, Vivian Brown et al project a much more professional picture of the minority meteorologist. It really torqued me to see these folks and a few other African-American weather commentators shuffled off the mainstream slots, when in fact their presentation skills are better than most of TWC's on-camera personalities.

[suddenseer]

I keep hopin' it gets bad enough here for Stephanie Abrams to shoot wet t-shirt video in my neighborhood ;-)Don't get your blood pressure up too high there Russ :-)

[rot]

FM06 checking in.
Freakin awesome.
Nighttime 60 F...High of 80 something predicted.
Open windows...cool am breeze..massive sunbeams.
Maybe a small afternoon shower would be not only acceptable, but desirable.
No complaints fer today at least.
rot

[KG4CGC]

Currently it's about 87 here. Feels like someone dropped a big freeze on us compared to the last few days.

[W3MIV]

Presently sunny and bright, 79F; we could use some rain -- a nice, long, soft rain, the fahmah's fren.

[KG4CGC]

Presently sunny and bright, 79F; we could use some rain -- a nice, long, soft rain, the fahmah's fren.
I hear ya but there's not such thing as 'soft' when it comes to weather this year.

[NA4BH]

It's 98.8 here, 18% humidity

[W3MIV]

I hear ya but there's not such thing as 'soft' when it comes to weather this year.

Alas and alack, you may be right. It's Algore, Nostradamus or the damned Mayans -- all of which were Democrats according to some dim lights.

[NQ6U]

70° here with the usual 5 mph westerly breeze off the Pacific. We're not likely to see any rain before October but that's normal for the Left Coast.

[NA4BH]

83 degrees @ 11:00pm

[KG4CGC]

74 at 12:39AM.

[NQ6U]

56° F at 22:04 PDT.

[KG4CGC]

52 minutes later it's still 74.

[KG4CGC]

Nope! Make it 71.

[NQ6U]

Fifteen minutes later it's 55°.

[ki4itv]

We just experienced the perfect morning in FM17. Relaxing on the deck with the birds endlessly shrieking whistles of joy.
Too bad the day is not my own.

[NQ6U]

50° at 05:35 PDT

[kc7jty]

Telly Photo (no kin to Mr Savalas) in maxorama (5x) mode on these 2.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/okicuru12/5798786441/in/set-72157626763391707/
Upper 70s here today.

[W2NAP]

yesterday the thermometer got up to 101 no shit 10 freekin 1, then the storms came in no tornadoes but lots of wind damage. 1 person died when a tree fell on a van

today 76