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On Friday, contributor Evan Hatter told you about how the central US was bracing for an ice storm. Preparations had already begun on Thursday even, and by Friday many governors had issued states of emergency. This was a big deal in many areas, as ice is one of the most dangerous forms of precipitation. It […]
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Rare Christmas Tornadoes in Kansas
In addition to the intense Blizzard that affected the northern Plains on Christmas, severe weather and tornadoes occurred with this system. A strong line of storms developed across western Texas early in the day, and raced eastward into Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. There were a total of 35 reports, so it wasn’t a wild severe […]
Kansas Supercell Drops Several Tornadoes
Last evening across western Kansas, a monster supercell formed and slowly moved northward. This storm formed along a boundary interaction with the dryline to form this, and other, supercells. This was an absolute beast, and produced upwards of a dozen tornadoes as reported by some chasers on the storm. Because of its relative isolation, this […]
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. 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 […]
Incredible Supercell Impacts Leoti, KS
The past several days have been fairly active for severe weather across the Central Plains. The reason being is that for the first time all year, we have had favorable mid level and lower level synoptic flow across much of the Midwest, and we have had substantial moisture return across the Central Plains. On Saturday, […]
This Is THE Coolest Tornado You’ve Ever Seen
Tornadoes are fairly common across the central US, and you have seen plenty of pictures of them. There are sunset pictures, pictures of tornadoes in the rain, pictures of mile-wide tornadoes, etc. I promise you, this is the coolest set of pictures that you’ve ever seen of a tornado. On Monday, a supercell in Kansas dropped […]