at 11:23 PM by Pierce Larkin

WxRecap: Absolutely Wild Weather Day to Our West

Recapping the day today, my forecast was only so-so in terms of accuracy. I was right on the mark with the forecast high temp today, and that makes me really happy.

h/t NWS Louisville
h/t NWS Louisville

However, the shower/storm threat that I thought would be there ended up not coming to fruition. We did have very light showers move through mid afternoon, but otherwise, that was a forecast bust. Overall, I would give myself a grade of C+, due in large part to my blatant miss of the showers/storms prediction today.

Nationwide, the weather was insane to our west. I found myself saying, “Wow” a lot this afternoon. That is honestly just about all I can say in regard to what has gone on to our west this evening.

h/t giphy.com
h/t giphy.com

I am wasn’t even there, and I am stunned at two things from today, really. First of all (discussed first because it occurred first), the flooding in Jonesboro, Arkansas. This was due, in large part, to a large MCS forming within favorable upper level divergence, and slowly drifting south and eastward, with intense storms developing and training over the same region.

This produced rainfall amounts of over 6″ in a very short period of time across the northern Arkansas region! I will have more up about this event tomorrow, including a radar loop from the event.

Looking further west, one of the most incredible supercells I have ever known to form formed across south central Kansas, and just went insane.

The storm produced over 12 tornadoes by itself. 12 tornadoes from one supercell. That isn’t fully confirmed yet, but multiple chasers that were on the storm counted and reported over 12 separate tornadoes from the one supercell. This was one of the most intense and wild storms I have ever seen in my life, and I wish I could have witnessed it in real life. I will have more on this storm tomorrow, including a radar loop and meteorological breakdown of the event itself.

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