***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

[CYEATHAWK]

Pretty crazy. I think NWS in that region really dropped the ball last night.

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I’m surprised a tornado could find anyone out there, but I guess it did.

Tornado in Whitman injures one, destroys homes

A tornado tore through Whitman, Nebraska on Tuesday night, destroying homes and injuring one person.

www.newschannelnebraska.com

It's the old "if a tree falls and no one hears it........did it make a sound".

Or in today's world "if an F5 tears up the earth and Reed Timmer didn't see it.........does it count".


This stuff has been happening in the open plains forever. And before everyone had a camera (phone) no one had a clue how many tornado's there actually were for any given season. If it doesn't hit a town (population)...........who cares.

 

[Turn2]

 

[Cyhig]

Projected MN River crest in Twin Cities south metro expected on Saturday being the highest crest since 1969. Having a theme park next to a river can be quite scenic... until the river floods. Roller coasters are now water rides. This park is no stranger to floods, but this is the worst they have experienced. Park remains open (obviously some rides are closed), but people have to park offsite and take a shuttle to arrive/depart

 

[lil clone]

It's the old "if a tree falls and no one hears it........did it make a sound".

Or in today's world "if an F5 tears up the earth and Reed Timmer didn't see it.........does it count".


This stuff has been happening in the open plains forever. And before everyone had a camera (phone) no one had a clue how many tornado's there actually were for any given season. If it doesn't hit a town (population)...........who cares.

Yeah there was a massive tornado earlier this year in Oklahoma that could have possibly been a F5 but it didn’t come over any structures and just in open plains at night

 

[wxman1]

 

[Jer]

Does the green area in Northern Iowa on 7/1 and 7/2 and then West Central Iowa on 7/3 and 7/4 sit ok with rivers receding enough by then, or is it setting up for a huge issue?

 

[Turn2]

Does the green area in Northern Iowa on 7/1 and 7/2 and then West Central Iowa on 7/3 and 7/4 sit ok with rivers receding enough by then, or is it setting up for a huge issue?

The last I heard was that the Missouri at Omaha was set to peak today but Saylorville isn't expected to peak until 7/5. This may not be up to date, but you can see there's no magic date in sight for an "all clear".

 

[nfrine]

2.5" in the rain gauge this am. 30 east of Ames. Heard some amounts up to 3.3".

 

[Oldcr]

2.23" in Ankeny today

 

[1SEIACLONE]

I had right at 2 inches in our gauge this morning and it rained again after I checked it in N. Ames

 

[wxman1]

 

[Cyclonepride]

Those are giant pterodactyls

 

[Trice]

2.23" in Ankeny today

At least in my part of town, the radar showed it should be clearing out any minute...for about four hours. But it just kept raining.

 

[cycloner29]

1.6" in my gauge by North Grand Mall

 

[ISUcyclones11]

Neal Smith

At least in my part of town, the radar showed it should be clearing out any minute...for about four hours. But it just kept raining.

Storm were basically firing off just west of the lake

 

[wxman1]

 

[cycloneML]

Atlantic?

 

[theshadow]

Hard not to chuckle at the chaser who tore ass down a Level B road and got stuck.

 

[RagingCloner]

Hard not to chuckle at the chaser who tore ass down a Level B road and got stuck.

In an AWD rav4 no less

 

[KidSilverhair]

Hard not to chuckle at the chaser who tore ass down a Level B road and got stuck.

Just learning from that famous documentary Twister where they drove into corn fields and through flooded ditches, you know, as people do.