HP Supercell Impacts Butler & Warren County

South central Kentucky was impacted by an intense round of thunderstorms yesterday evening.  The weather feature that captured most of the spotlight was an HP supercell that impacted Butler & Warren County. This storm produced a number of downed trees, power outages, along with dime & nickel size hail.  A supercell thunderstorm is defined by […]

WKU Storm Chase

The WKU Storm Chase class woke up near Kansas City Tuesday morning and headed west to SE Wyoming and NW Nebraska for the first “chase” day of the trip. By mid evening, we had caught up to a nice supercell in Goshen County, Wyoming. While this cell did not produce a tornado, it did exhibit nice […]

Sao Paulo Covered In Hail

Sao Paulo, Brazil was slammed by a hailstorm on Sunday afternoon.  Although hail has impacted Sao Paulo in the past, they’ve not grown accustomed to receiving quite this much.  To make matters worse, they’ve been suffering through a significant drought. “Residents in Sao Paulo wondered at the ice balls that decorated their yards and gardens […]

EF2 Tornado Confirmed In Christian County

After the passing of yesterday’s inclement weather, heavy damage was reported 5-10 miles northeast of Hopkinsville, Ky.  The Paducah National Weather Service conducted a storm survey today, and determined that an EF2 tornado caused the damage. I posted this radar grab via twitter as the storms were working over Christian County yesterday afternoon.  The County […]

WKU AMS/NWA Student Chapter Photo Contest

The Western Kentucky University Local Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society and National Weather Association (WKU AMS/NWA Local Student Chapter for short) is doing a photo contest now until March 14, 2014, to raise awareness about Severe Weather Safety.  We are doing this in honor of Severe Weather Awareness Week which is March 2-8 for the state of Kentucky.  Check […]