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21 Reports of Tornadoes Across Kansas, Nebraska

28storms — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:08:32 +0000

Saturday’s severe weather episode was far from a tornado outbreak, but storm chasers put in the effort and captured a few highly photogenic storms. Most of the documented reports of tornadoes stemmed from four supercell thunderstorms, with the strongest one occurring southwest of Great Bend, Kansas. The following Base Velocity radar snapshot shows this particular [...]

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Active Weather Pattern to Return across the U.S.

28storms — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:24:26 +0000

An abnormally quiet spring continues across the U.S. with record low tornado numbers over the past year. With only 248 tornadoes (preliminary) to date we are well below the ’05 – ‘11 average of 692 tornadoes. The quiet severe weather season has been aided by a combination of spring snowpack and cut off lows/ blocking [...]

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2013 East Pacific Hurricane Season Begins

28storms — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Today marks the official start of the 2013 Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season. The National Hurricane Center will issue Tropical Weather Outlooks for the region at approximately 4 AM, 10 AM, 4 PM, and 10 PM PST today through November 30th. Special outlooks are issued when conditions warrant. The following list contains the 2013 Pacific storm [...]

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Tropical Development Possible: East Pacific

28storms — Wed, 15 May 2013 01:28:27 +0000

The 2013 Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season is just hours away, and the National Hurricane Center is already monitoring an area for tropical development. A broad area of low pressure has formed roughly 650 miles south of Acapulco, Mexico. At the moment, the low is fairly weak and convection is widespread (disorganized). If further strengthening does [...]

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Tornado Season Ramping Up This Weekend

28storms — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:43:29 +0000

2013 has featured an unusually low tornado count, but the number of touchdowns will be on the rise this weekend. The long range outlook has highlighted a large swath of the plains for being under the risk of severe weather Saturday (purple) and Sunday (green). The SPC is fairly confident considering that they are highlighting [...]

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Overnight Lightning Display: Florida East Coast

28storms — Sun, 05 May 2013 18:52:47 +0000

A Tornado Warned supercell produced a vivid lightning display along Florida’s east coast yesterday evening.

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Isolated Tornadoes Possible This Afternoon

28storms — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:21:16 +0000

The Storm Prediction Center has issued a “Slight Risk” for severe storms this afternoon and evening across southern Texas and the mid-Mississippi Valley. The threats of damaging winds and large hail are most prominent. However, a few isolated tornadoes are possible, especially across eastern Arkansas, northern Mississippi, and western Tennessee. Within the last 30 minutes, [...]

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April 26, 1991: Andover, Kansas, Tornado Outbreak

28storms — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:10:08 +0000

Yesterday marked the 22nd year anniversary of the infamous Andover Tornado Outbreak. The severe weather episode featured 55 tornadoes, with all of them tracking over the Plains and Midwest. Of those, the F-5 Andover tornado was the deadliest. 17 fatalities were picked from the rubble. The following footage documents the storm. Newly uploaded footage to [...]

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Confirmed Tornadoes Today; More Tomorrow

28storms — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:22:17 +0000

Storm spotters and chasers have already confirmed a few tornadoes across eastern Colorado this evening. Fortunately there have been no reports of damage. The tornado threat should steadily diminish during the overnight before returning tomorrow afternoon. The overall threat of severe storms Tuesday afternoon and evening will exist from as far north as Des Moines, [...]

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Multi-Day Severe Weather Episode Begins This Evening

28storms — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:06:15 +0000

Isolated severe storms, including supercells, are likely across north-central Oklahoma & south-central Kansas late this afternoon & evening. A region of warm temperatures aloft, also known as a “cap”, will prevent surface air parcels from rising and initiating many storms during much of the afternoon. However, a localized area between Wichita, Pratt, and Woodward has [...]

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