2024 - Severe Storms (T-Storms and Blizzards)

[WuDrWu]

This seems like one of the oddest weather systems we've seen in a very long time.

A nearly stationary rain event, mostly without any severe issues (wind etc), in late June, that is dumping scads of water in areas that have been mostly dry for a very, very long time. There has been almost no movement this morning.

And almost ALL of it west of turnpike.

Anything where you are pinstripers?


And I realize it's too much too fast, and some areas are going to suffer from flooding....but it's got to be better than dry, right?

[Kung Wu]

Time for Kung to do a rain dance

[shoxlax]

Time for Kung to do a rain dance

[ShockBand]

A month ago from our last severe weather bust in the period when severe weather peaks here in SC Kansas. Tell you how dry it has been. Looks like we will be monitoring the drought the rest of the summer.

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We need some serious rainfall upstream of Cheney Lake to get the level back up. I've seen it happen before. About 10-12 years ago Cheney was super low and we were nearing the point of restrictions, then we got some good rain over the course of a few months and the level rose back up. Hope that happens again!

[Kung Wu]

Boooooooooo

[SB Shock]

A month ago from our last severe weather bust in the period when severe weather peaks here in SC Kansas. Tell you how dry it has been. Looks like we will be monitoring the drought the rest of the summer.

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[SubGod22]

Wondering if the weather nerds have thoughts on this...

MSN - New space satellite will aid meteorologists in tracking severe weather

At 4:16 p.m. today, NASA and SpaceX are set to launch NOAA’s GOES-U Satellite on top of a Falcon rocket from the Kennedy Space Center.

This satellite is the fourth and final addition to the GOES Satellite series. It will be essential for tracking hurricanes and predicting their intensity, and providing early warnings for severe storms and tornadoes.

The GOES-U Satellite includes refined instruments such as the advanced baseline imager, which offers three times more spectral channels, four times better image quality and five times faster imaging than its predecessors in the series. Additionally, the geostationary lightning mapper enables 24/7 lightning observation.

Some of you understand what these things do or what meteorologists are looking for and such. Does something like this potentially lead to better/more accurate warnings or does this just help them study storms taking place to maybe get better warnings down the road?

[WstateU]

Reed, I might have sat that one out.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7jfRE5uLB-/?igsh=OXp5bXh2MXN1eWll

[WuDrWu]

Mother in law’s house hit hard in Riverside area.

[shoxlax]

The straight line winds out by Goddard were nuts yesterday. I lost two big tree limbs.

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

Claremore, OK took a hard hit last night including a KOA campground booked completely full on Memorial Day weekend.

[SB Shock]

PDS Tornado Watch out till 11pm, Covering all of South Central Kansas.

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[SB Shock]

PDS Tornado Watch is about to be issued.

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[SB Shock]

Butler County was saying this morning that the worst of it is projected south of 400 into central Oklahoma, but that we could still see some strong storms.

Here is the Helicity Swaths from the HRRR. It keeps showing the greatest path to be between the KS/OK border to Highway 54. Model has been consitent with some variation for the last 6 runs.

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[pinstripers]

don't make me say it