Is it possible to nuke the wind?

**** it. At this point it's worth a shot.

Bumping this....will be a crazy weekend.

Friday
35 International falls...80 in Mankato

snow, rain, storms all in the same system

https://bsmweather.org/wscache/wsimg_mpx_Tab3FileL.png

Looks like Nevada and Moundville, MO both caught twisters bright and early this morning.

Been following the damage to my hometown on FB this morning. Thankfully it doesn’t appear that any died. The real damage is about 10 miles away in Moundville where I spent a lot of my summers growing up. Town of about 120 people lost the service station that’s been there for at least 50 years, which now means the nearest fuel and repair service is 10 miles away. Looks like the Post Office made it, but there are a lot of missing roofs. It’s just odd looking at damage to stuff that’s been there as long as you can remember.

Owasso OK (north of Tulsa) got hit early this morning (around 6:00 or so) at the N96th and Garnett area. Several houses with roof damage and whatnot, but luckily no injuries reported. Most likely in the same line of storms as Nevada and Moundville, just further southwest.

Pretty sure it was the same line. I think NWS released the Vernon County Tornado warning at 7:15.

It was probably closer to 7, that's when I got up and turned on the TV and Owasso was just ending (tornado warning ended around 7:15), except for the damage reports of course.

Serious shit about to go down in AR and TN. PDS Tornado Watch.

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0098.html

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/wa..._radar_big.gif

ABC nightly news said "storm of the century" or some shit.

Slow moving, tornadoes and severe storms, flooding expected. Stay safe anyone that way.

Watching a storm chasing channel on YouTube. This looks absolutely brutal

26 tornado warnings right now. SEMO and NEArk gonna get obliterated again.

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The weather here on TV said it was the highest tornado probability forecast that they have seen ever.

What in the ****. Dude on that channel is running from a tornado in real time.

which one?

Yeah, he got too close. He got lucky.

They pulled out the rain here:(

Shit is getting real on the drought front.

Monette Arkansas was a close one I saw. 18 wheeler was trying to turn around as it was bearing down too.

Still under tornado and flood watch but the bad stuff was mostly south and east and it’s calm now. Got a LOT of rain but none of the 2” hail others got.

Did it get pushed down here? All the forecasts skyrocketed.

Must have. It’s down to 50% tomorrow calling for less than .25 then done.

tough night tonight

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">11:37pm CDT <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SPC_Watch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SPC_Watch</a> WW 104 TORNADO AL KY MS TN 030435Z - 031100Z, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/alwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#alwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kywx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#kywx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mswx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#mswx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tnwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#tnwx</a>, <a href="https://t.co/si6B0faKq6">https://t.co/si6B0faKq6</a> <a href="https://t.co/cT7xWUSrr9">pic.twitter.com/cT7xWUSrr9</a></p>&mdash; NWS Storm Prediction Center (@NWSSPC) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSSPC/status/1907653550991171831?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Oh, ours went up from 20% to 40% for 1/4” predicted. ROFL

So, the same as you now.

Crazy that the tornado that hit Moundville and Nevada yesterday was on the ground for almost 17 miles.

<blockquote class="reddit-embed-bq" style="height:500px" data-embed-theme="dark" data-embed-height="740"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingas****/comments/1jq7943/extremely_up_close_footage_of_a_possible_ef4/">Extremely up close footage of a possible EF-4 Tornado near Lake City, Arkansas.</a><br> by<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Outside_Abroad_3516/">u/Outside_Abroad_3516</a> in<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingas****/">interestingas****</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://embed.reddit.com/widgets.js" charset="UTF-8"></script>

That's nothing. The EF4 I photographed a couple of years ago was on the ground for almost 60. Killed 6 people in winterset, south and west of Des Moines and dissipated just north of us.

It’s not 60 miles, but it’s far from “nothing”. Thankfully, it’s almost entirely farmland and timber between the 2 towns.

I lied. - https://www.weather.gov/lzk/

Severe weather 4/5 risk in Ark today, no meso discussion yet.

I guess I just don't see 17 miles as that long. I've snapped photos of 4 different tornadoes. All four of them were on the ground for at least 30 miles with the aforementioned EF4 and an EF4 i saw in 1995 being on the ground for 57. I guess I've just seen (relatively speaking) a lot of long-track tornadoes.

Here's a pic of the EF4 and the second one was an EF2, IIRC. In the 2nd one, the structure to the left is actually a hail shaft. The tornado is at the base of the structure on the right. I never did get a picture of the actual funnel.

Been a tough few days in the south


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">12:57pm CDT <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SPC_Watch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SPC_Watch</a> WW 113 TORNADO AR LA OK TX 041755Z - 050200Z, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/arwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#arwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lawx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#lawx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/okwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#okwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#txwx</a>, <a href="https://t.co/ChM5a3TzE3">https://t.co/ChM5a3TzE3</a> <a href="https://t.co/xz4lHkin4K">pic.twitter.com/xz4lHkin4K</a></p>&mdash; NWS Storm Prediction Center (@NWSSPC) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSSPC/status/1908217268124733790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

It is hard to get a shitty photo of a tornado, and you managed to get really clear photos.

Nice work.

Thanks!

I take a lot of pics and movies of weather. Maybe some day I will link them here.

Same track 3rd straight day. I’ll just open a beer about 4pm and turn on the live weather. I’ve got no place to shelter, so there’s not much else to do. lol

Stay safe, man.

Great pics! Do you do the storm chasing stuff?

On my own. I've always wanted to do one of those up-close-and-personal tours but just never could justify spending the money.

Interestingly enough, both of those pictures were taken from me back deck. I wasn't chasing them, they were chasing me.

Stay safe kids. I'll just be out here whithering away in the ****ing desert.

What the hell with that, anyway? It seems like you really are on some deserted island of drought where you are; literally everything around you gets hit.

Seems to be that way lately. But sometimes it hits.

Bueh and Notorious hanging out on a humid afternoon.

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/db/de/1b/d...f9aa63fa28.jpg

Kicking off an hour early today with program weather interruptions just before 3. Beer opened!

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Weather shit is bearing down on me for the third day in a row. Constant thunder for the past 30 minutes. Just reporting 3” hail about 15 miles west. This is exhausting.

How did I not know this existed?

https://precip.ai/rainfall-totals/zipcode/75501

You can zoom in to your actual location in the ZIP.

I’ve gotten just over 7” in the past 24 hours, which means the past 17 because it didn’t start raining until 5pm yesterday. That’s a lot of rain in a place where houses don’t have basements because the water table is so high.

0"

Thanks a lot , Bob D.

(Very cool find btw. Thanks)

I wonder how accurate it is, and how do they get their information.

For example, you can move the map a little and it will show a slightly more or less rainfall amount.

:hmmm:

I grabbed the app and it allows for a specific address. I have no idea how it works, but it is consistent with all the other info I’ve read.

Doppler radar can estimate storms/rainfall/time and give an estimated amount of precipitation. Sure they are getting data from NWS , local TV radars and local weather stations.

That’s my assumption. KTBS3 Texarkana/Shreveport has what they claim is the most powerful Doppler radar west of the Mississippi (1 million watts). It’s what I watch during tornado warnings and it’s amazing what kind of stuff the live app shows.

I was wondering how much you've had, we are at 14" now and got another day of this.

We be flooding everywhere.

Good thing I went grocery shopping before it hit and we be up high on a hill!

Its definitely cold and poopy here, rainy with a chance of more rain

Reeeally tired of these wildly fluctuating temps, please just get warm and stay there for a while Mother Nature, you old bitch!

I got out and went to town yesterday and it was bad, but not as bad as I expected. A lot of the problems here happen in the same places repeatedly, and there is never any real attempt to fix it. There’s video of a local bar that floods every couple of years, and people are still there wading through a foot of water. lol

The 12” whistle under my drive at the road rotted out a couple of years ago and I replaced it with an 18” version, which seems to have solved my individual runoff issue. I’ve got another 12” whistle about midpoint to the house where 2 creeks combine, and it did fine.

All in all, I’m happy. Tornadoes stayed away and no trees fell on the house.

Whistle?

The pipe that runs under the road/driveway.

culvert

Ah

Ya that's what us hicks up here call it

After the first response, I went to FB with the question of regional versus age, and it appears to be very regional. I know “culvert”, but it’s always been a “whistle” to me. Maybe if people spent more time outdoors they’d understand.

I don’t talk about it much but I hear scary noises in the culvert at night too. You’re not alone!

dont get me started on how Wisconsin people call water fountains-bubblers.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">9:25pm CDT <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SPC_MD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SPC_MD</a> 0455 , <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kswx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#kswx</a>, <a href="https://t.co/EcwkwJYmxs">https://t.co/EcwkwJYmxs</a> <a href="https://t.co/NQDlP1cGHd">pic.twitter.com/NQDlP1cGHd</a></p>&mdash; NWS Storm Prediction Center (@NWSSPC) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSSPC/status/1912693774578229518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Well...What the **** they call bubblers there?

A water fountain, or just fountain

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Heavy rain returns Friday through the weekend across parts of the southern Plains and Midwest. Repeated storms could bring 2–4&quot;+ of rain, with numerous flash floods likely from eastern Oklahoma to central Missouri. Stay weather-aware. <a href="https://t.co/bepnqMTntR">pic.twitter.com/bepnqMTntR</a></p>&mdash; NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSWPC/status/1912793567312871766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Check in if you are in SW iowa or SE Nebby.

Let us know you are alive.

By the time it got here it's was mostly just small hail. The lightning show was impressive.

holy shit

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This tornado has been rated a preliminary EF-1 by NWS Omaha NE, with estimated peak winds at 110 mph. This tornado reached a peak width of 3130 yards (roughly 1.8 miles), making it the widest tornado in Iowa state history. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/iawx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#iawx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/newx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#newx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wxtwitter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#wxtwitter</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tornado?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#tornado</a> <a href="https://t.co/wBsGBs6F9n">https://t.co/wBsGBs6F9n</a> <a href="https://t.co/w8fsMY6Vqs">pic.twitter.com/w8fsMY6Vqs</a></p>&mdash; JordanSlavWX (@getcapbusted) <a href="https://twitter.com/getcapbusted/status/1913418060267954476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WPC_MD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WPC_MD</a> 0141 affecting eastern Oklahoma through southern/east-central Missouri, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ilwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ilwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mowx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#mowx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/arwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#arwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/okwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#okwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kswx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#kswx</a>, <a href="https://t.co/UReIhUfe9T">https://t.co/UReIhUfe9T</a> <a href="https://t.co/0Xh0YYhMGI">pic.twitter.com/0Xh0YYhMGI</a></p>&mdash; NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSWPC/status/1913417924632629312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">OMG, hail in Nebraska this weekend. Huge hail smashing windows ��<a href="https://t.co/XZxrxQGq2W">pic.twitter.com/XZxrxQGq2W</a></p>&mdash; Volcaholic �� (@volcaholic1) <a href="https://twitter.com/volcaholic1/status/1913621166217925037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Whoa!

Window and auto body repair guys are going to be working 80 hour weeks for the foreseeable future.

Ouch. I've experienced hail like that once, and once was plenty. The biggest hailstones I found later were the size of tennis balls. Sounded like we were being bombed. Scared the **** out of the cats. Luckily we didn't lose any windows and the car was in the garage, but every car that was parked outside was damaged, and the board had all the roofs replaced. It was really weird because it was pretty much completely confined to my neighborhood - a quarter mile in any direction there was no damage.

Bates County has some roads flooded over and expect a lot more rain today and tonight

At this rate, Arkansas is going to be underwater by the end of the month.

Hail is one of the most amazing phenomena in nature.

Air movement is strong enough due to massive pressure differences to lift a large piece of ice 60, 70, 80 thousand feet into the air before it gets so large it falls back down to earth.

It’s incredible when you think about it.

google

The strength of the updraft within a storm determines how large hailstones can grow and be lifted. Stronger updrafts (upward winds) are needed to lift larger hailstones. Specifically, winds of 64 mph can support a golf ball-sized hailstone, while grapefruit-sized hail requires updrafts near 100 mph. The updraft also plays a role in how long the hailstone stays in the freezing air, allowing it to accumulate more ice and grow large

Where in Nebraska did this happen?

I know Fremont got beat up. Not sure where else.