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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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Introducing…
Posted on04. Apr, 2012 by Danny.
Introducing the new, more organized Convective Addiction website! I (Danny) spent 6 hours last night into this morning organizing all the posts into easy to read and easy to find menus on the menu bar. The only thing missing is our brand new addition to the website……… PHOTOGRAPHY! Outside of chasing, most of the CA [...]
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Close Low – SVR Potential 03/23/12
Posted on23. Mar, 2012 by Jesse.
An interesting severe weather potential is possible later today across parts of the eastern Corn Belt, mid-Mississippi River valley and the Ohio River valley. I’d expect to see more cold air funnel reports as we’ve had the past several days across parts of OK and KS, as well as the potential for low-topped convection [...]
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March 18th and 19th Severe Weather Episodes
Posted on18. Mar, 2012 by Jesse.
As winter maintains its last grasp on the U.S. (the spring equinox arrives Tuesday, March 20th), the first widespread, appreciable SVR weather event for the Plains appears poised to unfold across the southern Plains into the mid-Mississippi Valley regions today and tomorrow as an upper-level trough, currently located over the Great Basin/Sierra Nevada regions, gyrates [...]
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Isolated thunderstorms developed today on Chicago’s southside
Posted on16. Mar, 2012 by Danny.
CA chasers Danny Neal and Adam Lucio were treated to a random isolated thunderstorm. The storm blew up directly over Danny’s house in Evergreen Park before drifting northeast over the lake and dying. Before the death of the storm, it thundered constantly and let several cameras capture it’s beauty. Here is an explanation of what [...]
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SVR Prospects: Weekend of March 16, 2012
Posted on15. Mar, 2012 by Jesse.
Based on 00z/15 (ECMWF and GFS) and 12z/15 (NAM) model runs, there appear to be two severe weather events poised to impact parts of the southern Plains this weekend, with the best chances coming on Friday, March 16th over parts of the Red River Valley region and Sunday, March 18th over parts of the southern [...]
