Do You Remember...Old Severe Weather Announcement
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He never actually worked at Dunder. He was hired directly in to the Michael scott Paper Company.
Radar indicated rotation that might be obscured by rain fall, I would say that's worth a warning
had storm spotter training earlier this spring, The guy out of NWS La Crosse that was teaching the class made the comment that historically we are overdue for another strong Tornado in NE IA. Also found out I was 1 of 2 in the around 100 people there that has ever seen softball sized hail.
WOW.........softball?! Largest I have seen is about golf ball. Parkersburg isn't considered NE Iowa? Would have been interesting to ask him if he is old enough about the Barneveld tornado in 84'.
All I know, is that when I was a pup, a Tornado Warning meant a tornado had been spotted, and a Tornado Watch mean conditions were right for a tornado to form. Watch meant, "watch out" and warning meant "take cover."
Nowadays, we get Tornado Warnings if it's kinda stormy and/or windy in a neighboring county. And we're probably in a Tornado Watch now, given how it's sunny and warm.
I don't like this Weather Warning Inflation.
/Old Man Yelling at Sky
Waiting until there is a confirmed tornado on the ground is asinine, literally would be putting lives at risk.
yeah it was when I was younger and we were driving through central Illinois at the time. Every single body panel on the van had to be replaced from it, but some how none of the windows broke.
Yes Parkersberg is included in NE Iowa, but he was talking about anything F3 or above in rating.
May 15, 1969 was no picnic either. On that day there were 2 F1s, 1 F2 and 2 F5s in Iowa. Four of of the five - including both F5s were in NE Iowa. Charles City, Maynard and Oelwein suffered direct hits by the F5s. 18 people were killed and over 600 people injured.
https://www.weather.gov/arx/may151968event
Is anyone here old enough to remember the Jordan tornado in like '76? Dr. Fujita said it was the most violent storm he ever studied.
Included one or two anti-cyclonic tornadoes in addition to the main cyclonic tornado.
"Ironically all the churches were destroyed, but the bars were left standing"...wow
I'm okay with radar confirmed, even. I'm not okay with sounding the sirens during bad thunderstorms.
It's a Boy-Who-Cried-Wolf Syndrome, for me at least. It'd be interesting to see how many Tornado Warnings there are in 2018, compared to 1988. And contrast that to number of spotted (or indicated) tornadoes.
Maybe I just pay more attention now or maybe it's global warming. It just seems like I hear sirens way more often than I used to.
In the Ryan tornado I alluded to earlier the church was largely destroyed. The sanctuary was all gone except for the last little bit with the altar and the cross still upon it.
Altar is in the little bit standing behind the tree.
Good thing, too. Mrs. Velo's grandfather operated a tavern in Chuck City.
Maybe I'm missing something, but wasn't the Parkersburg tornado EF5?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_F5_and_EF5_tornadoes#2000–2019
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yes it was. but he was talking historically the area is due/overdue for another large damaging tornado rated EF3 or above was what he had said.
I was wondering when someone would mention Local 58. God, that YouTube channel is freaky. I've never been a big fan of those station interruption tones. I know they're purposely designed to grab your attention, but gah...
Yeah, the first one i saw was 'contingency', was like 'what in the actual ****'. Now i keep waiting to see when another will come out, since there seem to be some ties between the videos
