***Official 2024 Weather Thread***
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This is the blurb KCCI has about the weather today on their site
Most of Saturday should be dry for most of the state, but storms could develop as early as 12-1 p.m. over Southern Iowa and gradually turn severe into the afternoon. We will not have the caliber of low level wind shear to support strong and violent tornadoes like we saw yesterday, but there will be just enough, especially along and south of the highway 34 corridor to support some tornadic activity closest to where the front is stalled out.
Storms will have a very large hail threat, with the potential of quarter to baseball sized hail. By 5-6 p.m. and through the evening and overnight, storms will likely transition from more discrete and isolated into messy widespread clusters. Damaging winds, hail, and heavy rain cannot be ruled out in some storms through the evening and overnight.
Most of Saturday should be dry for most of the state, but storms could develop as early as 12-1 p.m. over Southern Iowa and gradually turn severe into the afternoon. We will not have the caliber of low level wind shear to support strong and violent tornadoes like we saw yesterday, but there will be just enough, especially along and south of the highway 34 corridor to support some tornadic activity closest to where the front is stalled out.
Storms will have a very large hail threat, with the potential of quarter to baseball sized hail. By 5-6 p.m. and through the evening and overnight, storms will likely transition from more discrete and isolated into messy widespread clusters. Damaging winds, hail, and heavy rain cannot be ruled out in some storms through the evening and overnight.
Oklahoma has a huge risk today. 45% chance of having a tornado within 25 miles
If you HAVE to get caught in a vehicle getting hit by a small tornado a 100 to 200 ton locomotive is probably your best option.
Probably safer in there than some houses.
Especially if you can get it stopped before the tornado hits so there's no forward momentum from the cars behind. I remember seeing a video of one where the train was stopping and some cars in the middle got blown off the tracks and the ones behind it came barreling in to the train in front and there was a hazardous materials spill
That actually occurred by me. It was January 7, 2008, 70+ degrees. Tornado was an F3 at its strongest, destroyed a good part of an apple orchard too.
Aerial over the damage from Elkhorn NE. Honestly if you could pick a path that would still hit the Omaha metro and cause the LEAST amount of damage, this was it.
One mile east would have been 5-10 times worse. Really dodged a bullet.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1142493823466104
One mile east would have been 5-10 times worse. Really dodged a bullet.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1142493823466104
That’s pretty much optimal severe weather parameters. (Only taking in to account those two factors.)
OK is about to light the **** up. Even “better” soundings out of the latest balloon. Cap broken already. PDS Watch.
Yeah it sounds like a rough setup. Good news, not many at school/work ....bad news compared to yesterday is the no basement thing. Idk storm shelter prevalence at least compared to basements in the midwest.
