Severe
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A strong and quick-moving cold front will be moving through the region Sunday night through Monday night, bringing the chance of severe weather ahead of the front and along the line of storms. There is some indication in the models that severe weather could occur well out ahead of the front in places like NE…
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Since we are likely to be switching from the weak La Nina we are currently in to neutral and then El Nino by later this summer, Climate.gov thought it was a good idea to remind us all that La Nina and El Nino have different impacts on spring tornadoes and hailstorms as well as on…
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Note: I am posting this announcement at the request of the Institute of Disaster Management at the University of Georgia. They are hoping to host some engaging public conversations to learn how people experience and interpret emergency alerts, and gather feedback to improve them. What do you wish alerts told you during an emergency? The…
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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…