Severe
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of the rain in the next week will fall over Sunday and Monday as two lines of storms move through the area on Sunday and Monday. Some scattered severe weather is expected from the storms, although there will be more to our northwest where the most suitable…
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The expansive round of severe weather we had this week is a reminder that you should take time every year to prepare for extreme weather conditions, both for local severe weather and hurricanes. Preparation allows you to react more quickly to threatening conditions, allowing you to move to safety in time to maximize the chance…
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While the Southeast can get severe weather any month of the year, the highest likelihood is typically in the March through May period. Over the next few days, a large area of low pressure in the central U.S. will set up conditions that are favorable for the development of severe weather here in the Southeast.…
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Here is an interesting piece of weather history that you might not have heard of. Back in the 1880s, John Park Finley, a member of the Army Signal Corps (a precursor to the Weather Bureau, which began in 1890) started making tornado forecasts based on his observations of the weather that often occurred when tornadoes…
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Satellites have given us the ability to look for patterns over large parts of the globe. Google Earth, which provides these images along with mapping capabilities, has given us the chance to look for patterns like straight lines in the local terrain. In the past, Landsat photos have been used to identify tornado tracks in…
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If you have ever watched The Wizard of Oz, you will probably remember the surprisingly lifelike tornado that occurs near the beginning of the movie, transporting Dorothy and Toto to Oz. In the days before computer generated imagery was available, the filmmakers had to use some visual tricks to make the tornado so lifelike. Weather.com…
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Did you know that fall is a period of enhanced severe weather in the Southeast? While the main season occurs in spring, we get a second active season in the fall when the jet stream moves from northern parts of the country back to the central and southern latitudes, bringing energy and wind shear that…