Northeastern Oklahoma - Heads Up for Damaging Wind Potential Overnight...

The thunderstorm activity responsible for producing tornadoes across southern Kansas and northcentral Oklahoma earlier this evening has congealed into a complex of strong to severe thunderstorms and is advancing East/Southeastward toward northeastern Oklahoma.The primary threat appears to be shifting to damaging straight-line wind gusts and some hail.  If you live in northeastern Oklahoma, including the Tulsa area, make sure that you have a...

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Severe Thunderstorms Likely Southern Plains, Midwest and the Ohio Valley Today...

Two pockets of severe weather are forecast across the lower 48 United States today, as indicated by the yellow shaded areas on the above image.The first region to watch will be over the central and southern Plains once again.  Thunderstorms are forecast to develop along a dryline from southwest Kansas into the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles by mid to late afternoon.  Thunderstorm activity from last night also left behind a boundary extending...

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Severe Weather Threat Across the Plains / Midwest Again Today...

Above is the latest severe weather outlook for today and tonight from the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, OK. Severe storms are possible within the yellow shaded area on the image.While the overall severe weather threat area is spread out over a rather large area, there are really 2 features at play within the region.  First is a stationary front extending from western Oklahoma into southern Missouri and Illinois.  Thunderstorms...

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The Tornado Chronicles: Lamar, CO Area Tornadoes of April 27, 2012...

The National Weather Service (NWS) storm survey team has determined that 5 tornadoes touched down across Prowers, Bent and Kiowa Counties in southeast Colorado during the early morning hours (between 1:49 and about 2:40 a.m. MDT) of April 27, 2012.One tornado touched down just to the Southwest of the city of Lamar.  This tornado was rated EF-2 intensity by the NWS survey team, with maximum winds estimated near 115 mph.The photo above is an aerial...

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Severe Storms Possible Southern Plains / Midwest Today and Tonight...

Severe thunderstorm development is expected today and/or tonight in two areas of the country, as shown within the yellow shaded regions on the above image.First, in the South, thunderstorms will develop along and near a stationary front and dryline from northwestern Texas into southwest and central Oklahoma.  This will most likely take place on an isolated basis very late this afternoon or early this evening, with the activity expected to increase...

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Severe Weather Update - Kansas / Extreme Northern Oklahoma...

As you can see on the most recent Wichita radar image above, thunderstorms have become quite extensive along Northern portions of the dryline, generally to the North of Russell, KS.I have circled, in red, where isolated storms are now beginning to form on the southcentral Kansas portion of the dryline.  If you look very closely to the West of Wichita (within the ground clutter), you can see several cells trying to from from West of Lyons to...

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Thunderstorms Forming Along Dryline in Kansas...

Thunderstorms are beginning to develop along the dryline (the orange scalloped line on the above surface image) across west-central and southwest Kansas at this hour.  This activity is likely to increase in coverage and intensity over the next few hours as the dryline advances East into a more unstable airmass over central Kansas and extreme northcentral Oklahoma (especially within the red scalloped area on the image).A Tornado Watch may be...

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Severe Weather Threat - Including Strong Tornado Risk - Kansas and Missouri Today...

A severe weather outbreak is likely across a relatively small geographic area later today and tonight. The primary risk will extend from central and eastern Kansas into western and central Missouri.  Severe storms are possible anywhere within the yellow shaded areas on the above image, with a pronounced risk of very large hail, damaging winds and a few strong tornadoes within the red shaded area.Thunderstorms currently moving across western...

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Severe Weather Threat Out on the High Plains This Afternoon...

Above is the latest severe weather outlook for today and tonight from the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, OK. Severe storms are forecast within the yellow shaded areas on the image.As expected yesterday, a cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms developed overnight in the Ohio Valley region, and moved Southeast.  The activity is currently moving into the Carolinas, and may continue to produce hail and/or wind gusts near severe limits...

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Severe Weather Threat Across the Ohio Valley Region Today...

Above is the latest severe weather outlook for this afternoon into tonight from the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, OK. Severe storms are forecast within the yellow shaded area on the image across portions of the Midwest and Ohio Valley regions.The atmosphere is forecast to become more unstable across this region during the afternoon and evening hours, resulting in an increased likelihood of thunderstorm development, some of which may become...

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The Tornado Chronicles: Cromwell and Creston, IA Tornado of April 14, 2012...

A strong tornado touched down near Cromwell and Creston, IA on Saturday evening, April 14, 2012. The tornado tracked Northeast for about 14 miles with a damage path width of 600 yards.Based on the National Weather Service (NWS) survey, the tornado initiated at about 6:55 pm approximately 1.5 miles East of Cromwell and lifted at about 7:15 pm, 10 miles Northeast of Creston. The tornado was rated "high end" EF-2 intensity, based on the resulting damage.Some...

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