WxOrNotBG Tweets of the Week

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 […]

Kansas Tornadoes

Parts of Kansas saw some wild weather yesterday evening. Several tornadoes were reported near Wichita and Medicine lodge , Kansas. Here is the SPC storm reports for the day. Notice a majority of the tornado reports occurred in south central Kansas.   The supercell near Wichita was really cranking in this radar image. Big Hail! […]

Drone Flies Over Icelandic Volcano

Earlier today on Good Morning America, two drones gave viewers a spectacular look into the erupting Bardarbunga volcano located in Iceland. This volcano is situated on the largest glacier in Iceland – Vatnajokull – which takes up 10% of the country’s area. Bjorn Oddsson from the National Icelandic Civil Protection joined GMA Meteorologist Ginger Zee and Eric Cheng from […]

Anniversary of the Jan 29th-30th, 2013 Tornado Outbreak

During the late night/predawn hours of January 29-30th, 2013, a stout squall line surged northeast across the region.  This  feature produced seven tornadoes across southern Indiana & central Kentucky. Two of those tornadoes struck close to Bowling Green.  An EF-2 tornado was confirmed near Smith’s Grove, which is located  ~15miles to the northeast of Bowling […]