The Storm Prediction Center has deemed 6 May 2024 as a day with a High Risk of severe weather over the central/south-central Plains:...SUMMARY... A regional outbreak of severe weather with multiple intense (EF3+), long-tracked tornadoes, as well as very large hail and severe thunderstorm gusts, is expected over parts of the... Read More
The Storm Prediction Center storm reports for 18 April, below, show severe weather clustered over Missouri and Illinois within the 2000 UTC Enhanced Risk polygon for that day. SPC’s Mesoscale Discussions Numbers 486 — at 2148 UTC — and 488 — at 2312 UTC — discussed these storms. How did the Fusion modeling system, i.e., a... Read More
GOES-16 Clean Window infrared imagery (Band 13, 10.3 µm), above, shows a convective line moving into Louisiana around sunrise on 10 April 2024. SPC Storm Reports (below, and here), show tornadoes over extreme southwest Louisiana at around 1130 UTC on 10 April 2024 (Note the peak wind of 55 knots at the Lake Charles LA airport at 1136 UTC, within... Read More
Morning convection on 2 April caused a swath of wind damage across (mostly northern) Kentucky, as shown in the Storm Reports below (from the SPC Website). The animation above shows the GOES-16 Clean Window Infrared (Band 13, 10.3 µm) imagery from to 1421. The strong convection shows includes cold cloud tops that last... Read More
