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epzik8

#75
May 23, 2024, 08:36:45 PM  
So how would the experts rank this particular May for U.S. tornadoes in terms of volatility compared to years past? I'm having trouble thinking of many parts of the Midwest that have been spared.
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#76
May 23, 2024, 09:32:15 PM  
Quote from: epzik8 on May 23, 2024, 08:36:45 PMSo how would the experts rank this particular May for U.S. tornadoes in terms of volatility compared to years past? I'm having trouble thinking of many parts of the Midwest that have been spared.
Most of MN - north of the Twin Cities.
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Road Hog

#77
May 24, 2024, 12:03:59 AM  
North Texas has been spared the tornadoes but we've gotten a fair share of hail and straight-line wind damage. Plus a lot of rain and some flooding. The rain could end up biting us in the summer when it gets dry and all that excess vegetation provides fuel.

Interstate 69 Fan

#78
May 24, 2024, 03:46:25 PM  
Looks like another high risk day of tornadoes across Oklahoma inbound tomorrow.
Apparently I’m a fan of I-69.  Who knew.

bing101

#79
May 24, 2024, 05:02:18 PM  

ZLoth

#80
May 26, 2024, 12:08:42 AM  
https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/#2024-O-NEW-KFWD-TO-A-0308/USCOMP-N0Q-202405252025 - Tornado watch
https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/#2024-O-NEW-KFWD-TO-W-0051/USCOMP-N0Q-202405260400 - Tornado warning for the northern part of my county

I'm at the southern county line, so I should be safe.
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ZLoth

#81
May 26, 2024, 11:22:39 AM  
Quote from: ZLoth on May 26, 2024, 12:08:42 AMhttps://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/#2024-O-NEW-KFWD-TO-A-0308/USCOMP-N0Q-202405252025 - Tornado watch
https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/#2024-O-NEW-KFWD-TO-W-0051/USCOMP-N0Q-202405260400 - Tornado warning for the northern part of my county

I'm at the southern county line, so I should be safe.

From my perspective, this ended up being "nothing" as no high winds and no rain during this episode. I did lose power as part of the high wind warning which caused widespread power failures this morning.

But, like I said, this was a "nothing" for me. Over in Valley View, TX which is northwest of me on I-35, there was a direct tornado hit.

The NWS Fort Worth has yet to release their damage assessment as of this morning.
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Bobby5280

#82
May 26, 2024, 12:00:55 PM  
Some locations West of Lawton have had really bad weather this past week. There was an impressive tornado that struck near the small towns of Duke and Gould. Bigger than baseball size hail was reported. That was on a day where only a "slight" risk of severe weather was forecast. Yesterday didn't turn out as bad for SW OK (Thank God). It seems like the worst of it went South, hitting towns like Archer City in Texas. Lawton barely got more than a tenth of an inch of rain. That's fine by me. I don't want a repeat of June 15 weather from last year. That hail was insane.

bing101

#83
May 27, 2024, 10:38:30 AM  
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/papua-new-guinea-continue-rescue-efforts-after-hundreds-feared-killed-landslide-2024-05-26/

Here is more on the landslide in Papua New Guinea.

QuoteSYDNEY, May 27 (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea's massive landslide three days ago buried more than 2,000 people, the government said on Monday, as treacherous terrain impeded aid and lowered hopes of finding survivors. The National Disaster Centre gave the new number in a letter to the U.N., which had put possible deaths at more than 670. The variance reflects the remote site and the difficulty in getting an accurate population estimate. The Pacific island nation's last credible census was in 2000 and many people live in isolated mountain villages. Defence Minister Billy Joseph said 4,000 people had been living in the six remote villages in the Maip-Mulitaka area in Enga province, where the landslide occurred in the early hours of Frida

snowc

#84
May 29, 2024, 02:21:10 PM  
Quote from: thspfc on May 22, 2024, 06:42:47 PMApproaching 24 hours of no power and it looks like it's gonna be at least 24 more. If straight line winds of barely EF0 force triggered the apocalypse, I don't want to know what happens when Madison gets hit by an actual tornado.
Don't feel bad, we lost power a couple Saturdays ago, all due to a fallen tree. Duke restored it within 10 minutes.  :clap:
But! We've seen far worse, like Florence, that hit our area in September 2018, and only lost power for TWO days! Yes, TWO days! We had to blow up our air mattress due to it being being stuffy in the house.
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bing101

#85
March 16, 2025, 09:12:03 PM  

bing101

#86
March 16, 2025, 09:19:58 PM  
https://www.yahoo.com/news/least-4-tornadoes-hit-chicagoland-235116499.html

Here are some of the Tornadoes hitting the Chicago area.

Rothman

#87
March 16, 2025, 10:47:05 PM  
NY had a string of tornado warnings today.  Not sure if anything actually touched down.
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NWI_Irish96

#88
March 17, 2025, 07:17:40 AM  
Quote from: Rothman on March 16, 2025, 10:47:05 PMNY had a string of tornado warnings today.  Not sure if anything actually touched down.

NY used to not having touchdowns.
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webny99

#89
March 17, 2025, 07:21:50 AM   Last Edit: March 17, 2025, 07:24:13 AM by webny99
Quote from: NWI_Irish96 on March 17, 2025, 07:17:40 AM
Quote from: Rothman on March 16, 2025, 10:47:05 PMNY had a string of tornado warnings today.  Not sure if anything actually touched down.

NY used to not having touchdowns.

No, that's New Jersey  :sombrero:

hotdogPi

#90
March 17, 2025, 07:45:05 AM  
I'm not sure why we're not getting tornado warnings here if upstate New York got them yesterday. Massachusetts weather (at least northeastern Massachusetts where I am) is typically 24 hours after Buffalo/Rochester and 12 hours after Albany. This is accurate for the heavy rain and the temperature, but we've somehow been spared from tornadoes.
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webny99

#91
March 17, 2025, 08:46:09 AM  
Quote from: hotdogPi on March 17, 2025, 07:45:05 AMI'm not sure why we're not getting tornado warnings here if upstate New York got them yesterday. Massachusetts weather (at least northeastern Massachusetts where I am) is typically 24 hours after Buffalo/Rochester and 12 hours after Albany. This is accurate for the heavy rain and the temperature, but we've somehow been spared from tornadoes.

The weather experts can weigh in with a more technical explanation, but my understanding is that tornadoes are just less common near the coasts and more common the further inland you go.

Yesterday's storm also had strong south winds, rather than the more typical west winds, which means two things:
(1) it was moving in more of a north/northeast direction rather than due east towards MA
(2) it reached upstate NY *without* passing over the Great Lakes first, which is atypical, but also would have increased the chances of tornado formation here because it was moving over land.

Scott5114

#92
March 22, 2025, 12:33:11 PM  
Quote from: hotdogPi on March 17, 2025, 07:45:05 AMI'm not sure why we're not getting tornado warnings here if upstate New York got them yesterday. Massachusetts weather (at least northeastern Massachusetts where I am) is typically 24 hours after Buffalo/Rochester and 12 hours after Albany. This is accurate for the heavy rain and the temperature, but we've somehow been spared from tornadoes.

Tornadogenesis requires a very specific set of conditions in place to happen. Even if a tornadic storm system is strong enough to hold itself together, you won't get tornadoes if it moves into an area that does not have conditions favorable for them.
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bing101

#93
July 07, 2025, 11:16:19 PM  
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