News DetailINSANE WEATHER TODAY!!
Posted At: January 29, 2008 @ 10:11 AM
Posted By: Reed Timmer
Related Categories: Snow
A powerful cold front is currently surging across the central U.S. as of Tuesday morning, with up to 40 degree temperature drops across the front in the Southern and Central Plains. An intense low pressure system was moving slowly eastward just south of Hudson Bay, with a secondary low pressure area intensifying rapidly near Eastern IA/Northern IL. This area of low pressure will intensify to the upper 970s as it moves towards the Great Lakes Region overnight. A loop of the 12z WRF forecast panels for MSLP is shown below:
The front is particularly strong across Oklahoma, with temperatures near 70 in Southeast OK, plummeting to the low-mid 20s in the OK Panhandle!! Here in Norman, we've had wind gusts over 50 mph all morning and were without power for an hour so during the most intense winds (I was working on this blog post when the power went out and lost everything!). Accordingly, high wind warnings and advisories have been issued for much of the Central U.S. in association with this frontal passage.
As the secondary low pressure center intensifies and moves towards the Great Lakes Region, there will be a rather brief period of intense snowfall across eastern IA, northern IL, southern WI, and northern MI, but accumulations will not be that high (3-6 inch range max except in the lake effect snow belts). The main concern will be blowing snow as winds will be gusting over 50 mph across this region. The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for eastern IA, where blowing snow will reduce visibilities to near zero for a period of greater than 3 hours. Blizzard warning criteria states that the reduced visibilities can be from falling and/or blowing snow. Blizzard warnings have also been issued for areas along the Lake Superior shoreline in the U.P. of Michigan as well, where the winds will be roaring off the lake with gusts over 60 mph. Once the low pressure system moves northeastward, the lake effect snow machine will initiate, with over a foot of snow in the favored regions for northwesterly (westerly) flow in the U.P. (western L.P.) of Michigan.
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The narrow band of snow that will be partly responsible for the blizzard conditions in eastern IA tonight is currenlty moving across western IA and southern MN, with up to 1 inch/hour snowfall rates and insane wind gusts. The SPC has issued a mesoscale discussion for this area stating that near blizzard conditions will be possible over the next few hours.
While the winter aspect of this system will steal the show, we can't ignore the possibility of severe weather in the massive warm sector of this system. 60s dewpoints have been advecting northward ahead of the cold front in association with a strong low-level jet, which will generate marginal instability for severe storms. There will also be a small threat for tornadoes across the Lower Mississippi River Valley given the marginal instability and strong wind shear. However, there will be a tendency for any storms to rapidly develop linear structures given the orientation of the front relative to the upper-level flow. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a huge slight risk area over much of the Eastern U.S., with 5% tornado probabilities for the above-mentioned area. Stay tuned for updates as this crazy weather situation unfolds!
The front is particularly strong across Oklahoma, with temperatures near 70 in Southeast OK, plummeting to the low-mid 20s in the OK Panhandle!! Here in Norman, we've had wind gusts over 50 mph all morning and were without power for an hour so during the most intense winds (I was working on this blog post when the power went out and lost everything!). Accordingly, high wind warnings and advisories have been issued for much of the Central U.S. in association with this frontal passage.
As the secondary low pressure center intensifies and moves towards the Great Lakes Region, there will be a rather brief period of intense snowfall across eastern IA, northern IL, southern WI, and northern MI, but accumulations will not be that high (3-6 inch range max except in the lake effect snow belts). The main concern will be blowing snow as winds will be gusting over 50 mph across this region. The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for eastern IA, where blowing snow will reduce visibilities to near zero for a period of greater than 3 hours. Blizzard warning criteria states that the reduced visibilities can be from falling and/or blowing snow. Blizzard warnings have also been issued for areas along the Lake Superior shoreline in the U.P. of Michigan as well, where the winds will be roaring off the lake with gusts over 60 mph. Once the low pressure system moves northeastward, the lake effect snow machine will initiate, with over a foot of snow in the favored regions for northwesterly (westerly) flow in the U.P. (western L.P.) of Michigan.
The narrow band of snow that will be partly responsible for the blizzard conditions in eastern IA tonight is currenlty moving across western IA and southern MN, with up to 1 inch/hour snowfall rates and insane wind gusts. The SPC has issued a mesoscale discussion for this area stating that near blizzard conditions will be possible over the next few hours.
While the winter aspect of this system will steal the show, we can't ignore the possibility of severe weather in the massive warm sector of this system. 60s dewpoints have been advecting northward ahead of the cold front in association with a strong low-level jet, which will generate marginal instability for severe storms. There will also be a small threat for tornadoes across the Lower Mississippi River Valley given the marginal instability and strong wind shear. However, there will be a tendency for any storms to rapidly develop linear structures given the orientation of the front relative to the upper-level flow. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a huge slight risk area over much of the Eastern U.S., with 5% tornado probabilities for the above-mentioned area. Stay tuned for updates as this crazy weather situation unfolds!
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what is the meterolgy terms mean?
Yes!! I'm in a MOD risk again! I just hope that the sky clears a bit, so I can see the clouds lol.
i dunno wat it means but second comment and here gettin rain cuz way above 32
i dont know jake- i mean i just checked some of the temperatures in the moderate risk- and there in the upper 50s- like you said you hope the sky clears up a bit over there- i mean i think central and eastern arkansas should also be included in the moderate risk- here in central- theres been a few breaks in the clouds and that has allowed temps to rise into the upper 60's
Ahhh Its -50 C again with the windchill. I didnt even try go to class, can't believe they didnt cancel classes for the day. We're under a windchill warning....
I promise later today I will go outside in the frigid and take some pictures for you to see the 3 foot + snowdrifts
Looking like an immediate 30 degree drop once the front passes with a quick burst of snow here in Ohio. Really want to see what happens on Thurs and Fri here it is so close to rain/snow that it could be a good one depending on where the low goes hopefully thru WVA. Bit of rain so far today hoping for the show around 7.
Tornado watch was just posted for western KY, Southern IL, MO and TN
It's snowing west and north of Green Bay, but the temp, which was at 37 at noon CST is starting to drop, now it's 35 and onward on its expected plunge into the minus-zero temps. Wind is also starting to pick up a bit.
MODERATE RISK!?!??!?!!!!!
I'm not kidding - I was walking the dog and saw this line of stuff building to the west, so we hurried home, grabbed the camera & jumped in the truck. THEN I thought, duh, I HAVE to get the anemometer (I have a hand-held Kestrel).
AAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We just got back after being at the high grassland/prairie where I usually go to do my photography. LITERALLY, the winds were 20 MPH SUSTAINED with gusts over 30. I got a gust of 33 MPH, the highest I've ever recorded with this machine. My hair is in knots, I have dirt in my eyes, mouth and hair - it was INTENSE!
I had NO IDEA there was even a tornado watch until I got back a minute ago, and the cell I was looking at to the north (in MO) was severe warned.
I think our neighbors might lose the roof on their barn today - no joke! There are pieces of sheet metal flopping all over the place!
It's 73 degrees, too!!!
THEN I found out about the MODERATE RISK! AAAAAA!!! I have to catch up!
schools were closed here in Duluth, MN Today Skgirl.. temps have crashed to around zero F and still falling as of the Noon hour, NW winds gusting greater than 30mph. Wind chill warning for Tonight/Wednesday A.M. expecting 35 below to 50 below F chills here in the city later Tonight..Looks like the bulk of the snow is gonna miss us though to our S/E, argh! Some sun is shining right now
Wow tim they close the school at that farm, but when its in the -50s they dont here?? does that really make sense???
I can't imagine what would be happening in NE AR right now if we had decent CAPE! WOW!
The winds are so high that it's driving the humidity down pretty far. It's 73 with 30% humidity. 15 minutes ago it was 45% humidity!
You guys are talking about thunderstorms and i'm dealing with this :P
Wind chill warning for: City of Regina
Issued at 10:23 AM CST TUESDAY 29 JANUARY 2008
EXTREME WIND CHILLS IN THE MINUS FORTIES TODAY AND IN SOME AREAS TONIGHT ALSO. THIS IS A WARNING THAT EXTREME WIND CHILL CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE SASKATCHEWAN-ALBERTA BORDER WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG NORTHWESTERLY FLOW OF BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR AHEAD OF THE RIDGE IS PRODUCING EXTREME WIND CHILLS OVER MOST OF SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KM/H WITH GUSTS TO 50 COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MINUS THIRTIES ARE GIVING EXTREME WIND CHILL VALUES OF MINUS 47 TO MINUS 52 THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH ACROSS SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN THROUGH THE DAY BEGINNING IN THE WEST AND CONTINUING EASTWARD ACROSS THE PROVINCE. AS A RESULT WIND CHILL VALUES HAVE MODERATED IN THE WEST THIS MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO MODERATE IN THE EASTERN AREAS THIS EVENING AS THE WINDS BECOME LIGHT. BEHIND THE RIDGE TONIGHT OVER SOUTHWESTERN SASKATCHEWAN, WIND CHILLS MAY ONCE AGAIN SNEAK INTO THE MINUS FORTIES AS SOUTHEAST WINDS STRENGTHEN INTO THE 15 TO 20 KM/H RANGE ACCOMPANIED BY TEMPERATURES NEAR MINUS 30.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
Yeah SKgirl, and now we have a high-wind warning too! =-O
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR KENT COUNTY MI
SYNOPSIS...
AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN BACK INTO OUR AREA
THIS AFTERNOON WITH POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS WITH SHOWERS AND A FEW
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. IT WILL
TURN SHARPLY COLDER AND VERY WINDY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW AND
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS.
yea skgirl i was sorta surprised to hear that they closed schools Today, i have a hunch that it was due to the icy roads, cuz we had some rain here in the city last night, then it frozed as temps dropped rapidly, so that left a layer of ice on most roads by sun-up, i'm almost certain they didn't close schools Today due to the cold, cuz it's been alot colder than this many times this month and school was still open. Heidi, your very lucky to be dealing with a MOD RISK Today, hope you get something
That's insane Heidi!!! Is that normal for this time of year??
Looks like there is a line starting to form from central Illinois and reaching into single storms in MO, maybe the ones you saw, Heidi.
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/centgrtlakes.php
Cortney, do you think we will have a snow day tomorrow?
What are the temps going to be? Ice? Accumulation? Wind speed? Do you think we can get over to the lake and back in time? Maybe we should pick up ed on the way back just in case.
I am pretty sure that the storm potential is over for where I am located (not 100% sure, but pretty sure). The thing I'll most-likely be able to "get" would be a high-wind recording! MAN it's howing out there! I kind of expect power outages soon, too. I was a little afraid when I was driving home, because there are a lot of big, dead trees along the road and I kept gunning it when I was driving past them.
Oh, and this is NOT a regular event here! :D This is the biggest wind day I've ever seen since I left Arizona (where it was ALWAYS windy!).
I hope we don't have any property damage from this! =-/
and would you look at that, there could be a severe thunderstorm warning in the same county where a winter storm warning is in effect, the cell that'll move into Livingston County Illinois has a warning on it right now! Man i love big old storms! this is just insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously, there is stuff flying all over the place outside! AAAAAA!!!!!! I need to go take care of things so nothing else blows away! Then I'm going to go record some additional wind speeds. It's getting stronger!
Interesting day 1 wording:
INTENSE S/WV TROUGH ATTM CENTRAL PLAINS MOVING RAPIDLY EWD AND WILL
BECOME NEGATIVELY TILTED AS IT CROSSES OH/TN VALLEY EARLY TONIGHT.
POWERFUL POLAR JET MAX WITH SPEEDS OF 100-110KT AT 500MB AND TO
160KT AT 300MB CURRENTLY CROSSING OK REACHES MID MS VALLEY BY 00Z
AND TO APPALACHIANS 12Z WED.
Sounds like an interesting recipe.
By the way, its -1000 here.
Lol Heid your gonna have a lot higher wind than that once the front passes through, along with a 30 degree temperature drop.
When the front passed us here in Oklahoma, the winds were SUSTAINED at 40mph, with gusts over 50-60mph at times! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
my baskettball goal and part of my fence blew down.
The temp here in Ames, Iowa has changed (non-net) an incredible eighty degrees here in around sixty hours: 0 to 50, 50 to 20.
My windshield suffered a hairline crack yesterday, and today it's across my entire dash. There's no indication of a rock or something hitting it, and running my finger perpendicular to it (dumb, I know) several times turns up no rough feelings. It's internal and probably due to the temperature swings.
OHIO needs some CAPE!!! Hopefully we can get some severe storms to pop before the snow comes tonight....WOW! What a powerful JS....
Whoops, make that a 100 degree swing. Temps dropped again.
GUYS I'm almost in that Mdt risk Tornado watch about 40 miles to the east of me I'll take some pis if I get any thing!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I'M ON THE BORDOR OF THE 5% AND THE 2% I'M DEFUNUTLY BIKE CHASEING TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE A VERY VERY HIGH WIND THRET!!! NOT SO MUCH FOR HAIL BUT I'M SO EXSITED!
It was raining about 5mins ago here, now it's falling as sleet/freezing rain, almost like hail. I imagine with the cold front going over now, won't be long til snow starts to fall in GB.
Weather channel was reporting a few reports of large hail, the winds, and even a few funnel clouds that had been spotted so far in the watch zone.
Hope the power goes on again soon for you and everyone there, Reed. With the way the temps are falling like a brick -can't say lead balloon now because of the MythBusters- it looks to be cold over most of the country over the next few days. Our high today was 40 this morning, but tomorrow it'll be lucky to reach 5.
OH NO that's whats comming to me =0
jeri, looks like some pretty good snow bands coming into Green Bay, lucky you! You'll prolly get some blizzard conditions This Evening, once that low deepens in Lower Michigan, the Door County area could really get socked This Evening with the snow/blowing/drifting snow! down to 4 below here in Duluth, MN and still falling!
hold onto your hats folks its a windy one- as of 5 minutes agao- little rock air force base where i live- 28 mph sustained winds gusting to 61- no that is not a typo and it also went from a toasty 75 to 62 ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh- i guess we got spared severe weather- now if the front would wasn't moving as fast- and we had more cape- well all hell would break loose - also 14,000 people are without power- and mine has been flickering ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
WOW Donny! Look at this i'm in a 30% chance of damageing winds!
I am not doubting that a bit, Donny. When the front got here is was INTENSE! I was shooting some video and it got VERY cold in just a few minutes. It went from low-70s at 2:10 or so to 44 right now (3:30!)
There are dead branches down in our yard. Our trails in the woods are going to be a mess. There was stuff blowing EVERYWHERE. My husband said that driving home from school it looked like there had been a volcanic eruption close by because of all the dust and debris in the air!
Oh, and our power went out briefly too!
Heidi take some pis It's just raining here the worst is yet to come!
And now for news from Ontario...
City of Toronto
3:03 PM EST Tuesday 29 January 2008
Wind warning for
City of Toronto continued
Very high winds expected late tonight and Wednesday...
A powerful cold front is now racing toward southern Ontario. The front will reach the Windsor area by midnight..The Toronto and highway 400 corridor around 4 AM..And eastern Ontario around dawn Wednesday.
Behind the cold front a very strong blast of cold Arctic air is expected that will cause the temperature to plummet sharply. Westerly winds with gusts to 90 or 100 km/h are expected with gusts as high as 110 km/h in exposed areas near the Great Lakes...
This should be an interesting next couple of hours...
Take a look at the current warning map for all of Canada...
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings/warnings_e.html
Don't see that much red very often.
Best of luck to you folks under the moderate risk.
Simon E.
That storm in sikeston AR, looks tornadic!
i just checked my yard very briefly for damage we have severe small to moderate branchs down- and our baby apple tree has been uprooted
caleb- i kinda like to storm in southern illonois- storm cell t-1 turning supercellular and theres a good tornadic signature
Any chance of things developing farther south? the line in Illinois looks like it'll go north of me.
Yeah that's the one I ment that has a small hail core but that is very tornadic damageing winds possable. with the high winds aloft and the uptaft may turn evean mor tornadic!
Not so bad here yet, but west and north of GB where it has already been snowing, they've got a couple inches already. Winds are picking up, now about 10mph with a few gusts up to 20, and are supposed to get even stronger later, as I know many of the people in MN and Canada are saying.
We've already got an inch of new snow on the ground, and that's covering the inch of ice/sleet that fell a couple hours ago. There's already blizzard conditions being reported in Eau Claire and some of the other SW Wis cities.
Ok that tornadic storm is near renyoldsville the rotation is weakaning a possable tornado is present.
uh oh a funnel cloud reported near the Proctor and Gamble plant in Southern Illinois! Moving east at 60 mph! YIKES! thanks for the weather report from Green Bay, WI Jeri
Donny I was right that storm produced a tornado! look on the SPC!
If anyone wants to chat with me about that storm go here it's Kenny's site
http://abmbwx.scienceontheweb.net/livechat.html
Whoa... now I see what I missed today. haha. Now I've got to look up GR3...
Hey everyone! It's only 42 here, compared to yesterday, when this time of day was 65. I want that warmth back... lol.
Wayne Co. Ill = TOR
already did caleb- good call THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA
CENTRAL KENTUCKY
PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 540 PM UNTIL
900 PM EST.
HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH that's 1 county from me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
meanwhile....
000
WFUS53 KILX 292245
TORILX
ILC101-159-292315-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0004.080129T2244Z-080129T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
444 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 515 PM CST.
* AT 444 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES FROM
NEAR DUNDAS SOUTH TO NEAR PARKERSBURG...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF
OLNEY...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUMNER...
CHAUNCEY...
BRIDGEPORT...
LAWRENCEVILLE...
BIRDS...
ST. FRANCISVILLE...
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...CALHOUN...DUNDAS AND
PARKERSBURG.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. DAMAGING WINDS HAVE
ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS
BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM...AND ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS SUPPORT THAT
ROTATION REACHING THE GROUND. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE
GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER
UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 3872 8750 3867 8755 3865 8761 3862 8762
3860 8761 3858 8763 3858 8815 3885 8812
3886 8753 3880 8750
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 265DEG 60KT 3875 8791
$$
HARDIMAN
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
000
WFUS53 KPAH 292233
TORPAH
ILC047-191-292300-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0014.080129T2233Z-080129T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
433 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 500 PM CST.
* AT 432 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF
ENTERPRISE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KLINES
CORNER...TOMS PRAIRIE...MOUNT ERIE...BENNINGTON...MAPLE GROVE...
ALBION...SAMSVILLE...WEST SALEM...BONE GAP AND BROWNS.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
LAT...LON 3857 8796 3834 8798 3839 8842 3859 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 266DEG 49KT 3847 8832
$$
Wow... I hope someone's out there on this line of storms... they look uber-intense on GR3.
(Yes, I said "uber") haha.
Just thought I'd share this wind report:
2247 UNK MONKEYS EYEBROW BALLARD KY 3719 8899 LARGE LIMBS AND TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE AREA. (PAH)
How'd ya like to be from Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky?!
Oh, and I forgot to mention that our pressure got down to 2920 here!
21,000 people in Arkansas without power. KAIT-8 Jonesboro is struggling to get the signal out! There was a roof blown off the gym of a high school in Randolph Co; hwy 63 closed in Lawrence Co due to "so much debris," 18-wheelers blown off the road ... Here's our chief's blog:
http://ryansmorningblog.blogspot.com/
The station just went blank a minute ago because of a power outage!
Wow Heidi, that's a pretty low pressure reading! Lowest up here in Duluth, MN was 29.01"
Those Paducah storms are flying. I bet storm motions have been over 60 mph today.
Snow is falling heavier now, and the wind is blowing at around 17mph with gusts up to 28mph. Because of that, the visibility is shrinking fast, perhaps maybe half a mile, but less then that when the wind really blows.
There are many reports of vehicle crashes and vehicles going into ditches already because of the ice/snow on the roads. People are being advised not to travel unless they have urgent need to do so.
Well, at least they won't have to worry about localized flooding that way. I do see a rather large gust front though... and a rather large couplet too.
Indianapolis now under the gun.
Check this out - shows what the "new" warning system can do in a situation like this:
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
658 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS...
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKFORT...
WESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KOKOMO...
JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDERSON...
MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS...
MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
WESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHELBYVILLE...
TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
WESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
WESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
EASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEDFORD...
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON...
JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EST
* AT 653 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10
MILES NORTH OF FLORA TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MITCHELL...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOGANSPORT TO 23 MILES
EAST OF PETERSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 80 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WHITESTOWN BY 705 PM EST...
ZIONSVILLE BY 710 PM EST...
WINDFALL BY 715 PM EST...
WHITELAND BY 720 PM EST...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 156.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 52.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 48 AND 121.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 135.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS
CENTRAL INDIANA WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 TO 80 MPH REPORTED. THIS
IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
Basically all of central IN is under a thunderstorm waning from one single warning (if that makes sense)
I have a big problem!!
The only way to get home is to go alone to a city that NEVER plows the roads!!!!
I almost got stuck on Wetaskiwin streets BEFORE the storm and It's will be almost impossibe to get home now without a truck or suv. And using a sedan could be suicide in wetaskiwin.
I wonder if it can call city hall and complain, and even sue them for any damage to the car if I go into wetaskiwin.
That looks like a very bad scene in IN. That's a MAJOR trucking corridor; there are going to be overturned trucks all over the place.
Mike, wow, you do have a problem. Don't get yourself caught! Do you have a cell phone in case you get stuck? :-/
Dang. That's one big warning. lol. Hold the phone, gotta go eat.
Yes i do have a cell but the nearest frend or family member is 40km away. I'm the only one in my family who lives in Wetaskiwin. The high living cost drove my there. The town's high crime rate and very poor schools(40% fail rate) drive down land values and thus affordable living costs.
It is this decay that allows car lots to offer the lowest prices in the area.
wow lol, we just had the line go through here... it wasn't too bad, just before they got here, it felt really heavy outside, and the lights started to flicker. and it got here about 3 mins after that. it went like this. Light rain, heavy rain, heavy rain/wind, and heavy rain/ strong wind, All in about 10 miutes max. Now it's dpopped about 8 degres and the wind is 30-40 MPH, gusting to 50-ish... and it's very sold feeling lol.
I'll post what little video I got in a while, hope you like it, it's some of the best I've been able to get from linear storms :)
Wheeeeeew, just got home from work...did it a bit of spotting for the southern part of my county, as the first severe warned cell of the day fired up, and moved just South of Lincoln, and than trucked into Bloomington IL, Not much Damage to report, other than i seen a blown over outbuilding(however i was not the one who reported it)
The Temperature change was amazing...went from the mid 50's to 28 in 40minutes or so.
Yes Reed the storms today, are flying faster than rockets, i'll say they are supercharged.
Now we are seeing minimal snow accumulation, with mostly horizontal snow falling with winds sustained near 25-30 gusting to 45-50. Havent lost power yet.
*Crosses fingers*
Just had a Gust of 50.7mph.... I'm watching on a weather station set up at ESDA Headquarters...4miles or so from me, and now u can watch too!
http://www.tazewellesda.org/wx.htm
Wow Ben, according to that link you gave it's down to 11 degrees there now!
It has finally calmed down here as far as the winds are concerned, but it's 26 degrees! Before too long we'll have a 50 degree difference between our high & low for the day! It's like being in Arizona again!
Here's a link to KAIT-8's website that shows damage photos:
http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=7793108
A few hrs ago I had to pick up my brother from work, if it wasn't the ice and snow on the roads, it was the winds either trying to blow me off the road or make things a total white-out.
We're at a lull in the snowfall, but there's a heavy band almost here which should dump another inch or two until midnight. But the wind is very strong, blowing and drifting the snow all over at about 30mph here with gusts up to 50mph at times. The temperature is at 8, but wind chills are well below zero.
as we approach the Midnight hour CT, the temp is nearing 20 below F here in Duluth with wind chills approaching 50 below F.. Schools are closed Tomorrow here in the city for the 2nd day in a row! Getting 2 days in a row with school closings is VERY rare up in this area.
A blurb just appeared on the local channels, basically saying that travel on the highways is very strongly advised against, esp, if traveling on I-43 between Green Bay and Milwaukee because of icy roads and total white-out conditions. In fact, Manitowoc County police have closed down I-43 to travel in that county. And the snow is still coming down.
Numerous vehicles are being reported in the ditches or in accidents, and the winds are just howling just about all the time now, with one gust occasionally really shaking the building.
wow! Yea Jeri that low is really winding up now, pressures down around 976 mb and still falling! Center of it moving up toward Northern Lower Michigan! What a storm!
It got pretty wind here, I expect much wind damage in East TN. Here the winds had gusted up to 60 mph for fairly long periods of time. Yea we had one of them blanket thunderstorm warnings for East TN. Pretty crazy around here if I seen damage when it gets light I should have some photos.
Quarter after 4 here. Temp is -23f @ Hermantown MS!! -45f wind chill!! I took a lil 6hr nap after I got home from work, now I can't get back to sleep!! hehe
Forget even bothering to put the kiddies on the bus this morning around here!!
School Closings
CLOSINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN 30
* Albrook
* Ashland Schools and Head Start
* Bayfield Schools
* Babbitt-Embarrass
* Barnum Schools
* Brule Head Start
* Carlton Schools
* Cherry
* Chisholm Schools
* Cloquet Schools
* Cloquet Christian Academy
* Cook
* Deer River Schools
* Drummond
* Duluth Schools
* East Central Schools
* East Range Academy
* Esko School District
* Floodwood Schools
* Fond Du Lac - Ojibwe Schools and Head Start
* Glidden Schools
* Grand Rapids / Bigfork Schools
* Greenway School
* Hayward Schools
* Heads Up Learning Center
* Hermantown Schools
* Hibbing Schools
* Hill City
* Hurley School
* Itasca Community College
* Impact Counseling Services Day Treatment
* LaPointe
* Lakeview Christian Academy
* Maple School District
* Marshall School
* McGregor Schools
* Mellen Schools
* Moose Lake Schools
* Nashwauk - Keewatin
* Nett Lake School
* Northwood in Minong
* North Shore Christian Academy
* Orr
* Proctor Schools
* Solon Springs
* South Shore
* Summit School
* Superior School District and Head Start
* Superior Vocation Center
* Tower
* Two Harbors Schools
* Victory Christian Academy
* Washburn Schools
* Willow River Schools
* Wrenshall Schools
TWO HOURS LATE:
* Blackduck Schools
* Birchwood Schools - Kindergarten Cancelled
* Webster Schools - No Morning Pre-School
* UWS - No Classes Until 12:00 PM
lol nice list brady here in wisconsin madison is even closed!!
Over 500 schools & businesses closed around West Michigan this morning. I was on my way to work, driving on a sheet of ice the whole way in white out conditions, when I noticed the "no turn on red" sign hanging from a cable & swinging through the lane I was in...about 8 feet from the ground. Fun.
Man, what a system that was! All you guys with your cold & snow and WIND ... I guess now we know (KIND OF) what it was like for all of our friends up north! You MN guys are probably used to this kind of thing, I guess.
I'm a little surprised that there are no wind reports from AR on the SPC storm reports. There should be another 50 or so, I'd say.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/yesterday.html
No Doubt Heidi! It hasn't even been 24 hours since the could from and we have had a 60 degree temperature change(Between high and low)
And Another Winter Storm Watch for a lot of the same areas hit yesterday.
I am included in this watch, but just as a border county....talking 4-8inches here.
Wow, i'm asleep still...
In the first line i meant "Cold front" not "Could from"
Got pretty nasty here in Ohio last night between 12am and 2am. Lots of rain a quick flash of lighting and wind gust to 64mph which brought down a bunch of trees and a few power poles. I lost power in Fairfield County from 1245 to 8am this morning. Now it is 14 with a wind chill of -4 and winds still gusting to 35. Be intresting to see what happens tomorrow night and Friday around here as Winter Storm Watches cover all of Indiana and Ill.
Still is only -17f, -34f wind chill!! The ol Dodge barely started, but it did!!
In someways I would say we are kinda used to this cold! It happens several times a year! I would safely say that nobody here can stand this kinda cold though. I hear a lot of people around here say that they like the cooler temps of summer. and of course the snow enthusiasts like me love the low teens to mid 20's for those winter activities! Otherwise I will say this cold SUX!!
Crappy part for me is I have to start moving next week! Found a nice lil 2br with 2car garage that should fit me just nice!! So if I go a couple days and you guys don't hear from me, that's probably why!! It's only a few miles from where I am now, so my wireless internet should work fine there!! but I'll be busy as hell the next week or two!!
i think its because it was non-thunderstorm wind damage heidi- even so i have seen them put up non-thunderstorm related wind damage
IT'S COMMING!!!!!!!!!
the nws has issued a snow and blowing snow advisory for as much as 1-3" of snow in my area.... Drifts of a foot are so are likely!!
I'm back home and editing my blizzard footage
Yep Zack were supposed to get blowing and drifting snow after midnight until 6pm tomorrow night. 1-3" tonight with another 1-2" tomorrow. Sure hope it doesn't stay very long :)
Here's a story from CNN about the winter situation in China (which James Reynolds spoke of a few days ago). Wow.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/30/china.weather.apology/index.html
Hey guys I estamaited 50-60 MPH winds there is a tree on a house in my neighborhood a brief tornado knocked down the tree. there was a HUGE thunder that stucked infront of my hause and kocked out a light and it came back on in a few seconds later! we went from 54 digrez to about 30 in 5 minuts! a possable tornado way up in jennings co IN it was on WLKY I was watching evean though that was;nt may regular news station there was wind reports in the countie north and east of me
Hey guys...oh my word some intense weather came through here last night!! It started out raining and turned to either hail/sleet and then to snow and has been blowing ever since. I heard on the radio this a.m. that over 500 school closings here today. I'm not sure how much more we are supposed to get tonight.
Here is my video of the blizzard in Alberta Sunday.
Hope it is worth the wait.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=2Uolm6f4GxM