NWA Meeting Update

As Jacob mentioned on Monday, the 40th Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association (NWA) is taking place this week in Oklahoma City. Students and professionals alike are in attendance to hear various speakers, look at research posters, and make professional connections. I am privileged to be here this week, among such high-esteemed professionals in […]

Woman Drowns in Tornado Shelter in Oklahoma

A sad story out of Oklahoma yesterday as a woman died while in her tornado shelter. Several tornado warned storms passed over the Oklahoma City Metro yesterday, but it wasn’t a tornado that took this woman’s life, it was the flooding from numerous storms packing heavy rain. The precipitation analysis from yesterday shows between 6 […]

Storms Tear through Southern Plains

After a slow start to the severe weather season, the southern Great Plains got hit hard yesterday. Multiple tornadoes were reported from Oklahoma through Arkansas with Oklahoma City and Tulsa right in the middle of several of those tornado warned storms. Tornado ratings are not out yet but preliminary reports show tornadoes were likely responsible […]

3D Simulation of a Tornado

The Severe Local Storms conference is going on right now in Madison, WI. Over the next several days, research and work will be presented before peers of meteorologists and severe weather enthusiasts. We have gotten a glimpse at some of the work going on at the conference, and it is mesmerizing. Leigh Orf and several […]