Twitter is a meteorologist’s best friend and worst enemy. Meteorologists send out hundreds of tweets per day, and it is such a useful tool for dispensing information. Many times, though, hype will begin and spread like fire on Twitter. Other times, it saves someone’s life. Therefore, Twitter sees the best and worst out of meteorologists every week, and it gets really fascinating to watch. These are the 10 best Tweets I found from this past week!
#10 WKU Sto☈m Chase☈s
14 days, 7,002 mi, 12 states, numerous tornadoes, floods, hail, and high-wind events, we are home! #WKU pic.twitter.com/2HrYvnnYA7
— WKU Sto☈m Chase☈s (@wkustormchase) May 29, 2016
My peers killed it over the Midwest. I am happy about their successes!
#9 Michael Lowry
This…is…AMAZING! Photo of #Bonnie from 37k ft earlier today from viewer Brent Timmerman en route ILM-PBI pic.twitter.com/7MZecE6TAQ
— Michael Lowry (@MichaelRLowry) May 29, 2016
Tropical Storm Bonnie formed as one of the saddest looking tropical systems I have ever seen. She make landfall and quickly dissipated over land on Sunday,
#8 Tim Kato
Beautiful rotating updraft from a storm north of Healdton Okyesterday afternoon @wunderground @spann @bn9weather pic.twitter.com/jmhjnT5QoC
— Tim Kato (@FloridaTimK) May 28, 2016
This structure makes me happy.
#7 Brett Wright
The Dodge City tornado over a open field. #kswx #weather #tornadoes pic.twitter.com/UihrXBJWum
— Brett Wright (@WxMstr) May 27, 2016
This was one of the coolest storms ever. More pics are coming up.
#6 Kim Runk
Sometimes it helps to break away from the office routine and do some old-fashioned hand analysis. #weathertherapy pic.twitter.com/2tWns3rwsr
— Kim Runk (@KimRunk) May 26, 2016
I love to practice this, as hand analysis is a lost art among the weather world.
#5 Scott Machmeier
GOES-13 visible+IR images: 2 orphan anvils, then a severe supercell near Salina Kansas https://t.co/VGywhPzXkl pic.twitter.com/OyhkobVSbs
— Scott Bachmeier (@CIMSS_Satellite) May 26, 2016
This storm was the day after the Dodge City storm, and may have been just as awesome. It was all alone, and produced a tornado that was on the ground for 90 minutes.
#4 Dan Robinson
Video of the tornado crossing road at close range north of Abilene, Kansas earlier. #kswx https://t.co/onabO8BAEo #kswx
— Dan Robinson (@stormhighway) May 26, 2016
This was the tornado from the storm I mentioned above.
#3 Mike Collier
Large tornado near Chapman, KS. @StormChaseTV pic.twitter.com/3Jg8gyGsBr
— Mike Collier (@MikeCollierWX) May 26, 2016
This tornado was huge, and long tracked, and incredibly intense. It messed up train tracks, an debarked trees. Luckily, it missed the small town of Chapman to the south.
#2 Tornado Trackers
TORNADO still on the ground south of Dodge City, KS #kswx @spann @JimCantore @NWSDodgeCity pic.twitter.com/DzuuWO9wLu
— Tornado Trackers (@tornadotrackers) May 24, 2016
This was just incredible to watch unfold across the region.
#1 Reed Timmer
NEW: very strong, large #tornado extreme close range south of Dodge City, KS earlier! @breakingweather pic.twitter.com/YVsOt5dpNp
— Reed Timmer (@reedtimmerTVN) May 25, 2016
This video shows just how powerful that storm on last Tuesday was near Dodge City. The violence of the storm was crazy, and it produced several tornadoes along its path.