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Tornadoes Witnessed by Convective Addiction Chasers April 13th and 14th
Posted on16. Apr, 2012 by Adam.
Convective Addiction chasers Adam Lucio, Brad Goddard, Jesse Risley and Skip Talbot all were hard at work tracking and intercepting tornadoes on what was a busy weekend across the plains. Here are a few quick video and photo snapshots of what they were able to catch. Stay tuned for more detailed posts!
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Evolving Tornado Outbreak
Posted on14. Apr, 2012 by Adam.
As severe thunderstorms are erupting across Kansas early this afternoon, visible satellite and thermodynamic trends is lending themselves to two distinct regions for the highest tornado probabilities. Purple areas indicate the best regions for strong, violent and long lived tornadoes this afternoon and evening. The red circled area are new storms developing right now and [...]
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Rare Day 2 ‘High Risk’ issued
Posted on13. Apr, 2012 by Adam.
On Friday the National Weather Service made a bold move to issue a rare ‘High Risk’ a complete day before the event is forecasted to unfold. The only other time was April 7th, 2006! Here is the forecast via SPC and how it verified: DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK CORR 1 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN [...]
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April 14th Severe Weather Outbreak Forecast
Posted on13. Apr, 2012 by Adam.
Before the storms have even developed, it is clear that this will be an outbreak unlike any other before. Following the high profile severe weather events last year and already this spring National Weather Service offices forecasted to be affected Saturday along with the Storm Prediction Center have taken a new, bolder stance. What ever the [...]
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A May 4th Outbreak on the Way?
Posted on07. Apr, 2012 by Adam.
Okay, I need to start this post by saying this is not a forecast. Simply a pattern that I have recognized so far this year. Starting on February 1st, severe weather and 1 reported tornado struck the deep south. This was by no-means an outbreak, but severe weather none the less in early Frebruary. One [...]
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Warm Weather About to Surge Into Much of the Country!
Posted on08. Mar, 2012 by Adam.
Spring lovers rejoice! Winter is finally on its way out and the yearly battle with spring has begun, as we have seen with the recent wild weather. March is the most volatile weather month for many locations. If you look up weather records for where you live in March you will find some years have [...]
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Forecast: Friday March 2nd, Potential Significant Severe Weather Outbreak.
Posted on29. Feb, 2012 by Adam.
Just two days after being affected by an early season deadly outbreak, parts of the Midwest and OH/TN Valleys could be facing yet another, even more significant outbreak this coming Friday. We have been monitoring this system for several days now, as people who follow us on social media are aware. The event is drawing [...]
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Widespread Damaging and Deadly Tornadoes Strike The Midwest
Posted on29. Feb, 2012 by Adam.
It is no news now that a series of strong and deadly twisters have struck parts of Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky. At the time of this post the storms are still marching east through parts of Tennessee and Alabama as well. One tornado that struck Harrisburg, Illinois has been preliminary rated an EF-4 with [...]
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Northern Lights Visible All Over United States! October 24th 2011
Posted on24. Oct, 2011 by Adam.
Reports began flooding in of a short but amazing display of the northern lights being visible as far south as Arkansas, Oklahoma and even Norther Texas! Convective Addiction chaser Scott Weberpal was anticipating their arrival and captured these amazing images near his home in southern Wisconsin! The Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) are caused by CMEs [...]
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NOAA – La Nina is Back! What Could This Mean for Tornado Season 2012?
Posted on08. Sep, 2011 by Adam.
Its no news that NOAA recently upgraded their La Nina Watch to a La Nina Advisory [I didn't even know such a product existed - some weather nut I am!] Their take can be seen here: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/20110908_lanina.html So already there is talk about what this means for the upcoming chase season. To be honest I [...]
