If you are looking for information on recent severe weather in Georgia, here are a couple of articles that describe some of the conditions we have felt this month so far along with a tool for showing severe weather reports on an interactive map. I’ve also included a link to…
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Jim Angel, the Illinois State Climatologist, noted that today marks the 60th anniversary of the first date that a tornado was seen on radar. Now we have much more sophisticated radars that not only see the storms in multiple dimensions and colors but can also point out flying debris as…
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Today marks the 80th anniversary of the Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak which brought 12 strong tornadoes to the Southeastern United States on April 5-6, 1936. Approximately 454 people were killed in the storms, most by two tornadoes, which makes this the second deadliest outbreak in US history. Wikipedia also notes that…
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Today marks the 42nd anniversary of the Super Outbreak of tornadoes, which hit a wide area of the eastern US stretching from Alabama to Michigan. Until 2011’s massive outbreak, it was the largest outbreak of tornadoes in one event on record, with 148 reported tornadoes, 319 deaths, 5484 injuries, and…
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Do you use bounce houses or other inflatable structures as an amusement for kids at outdoor public events or personal birthday parties? If so, you should read this. Jason Samenow of the Washington Post published an article today on the dangers caused by bounce houses after the death of a…
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“Grazing the Net” blog had an interesting story this week about a farm in Texas that goes above and beyond the usual to protect their investment in prime livestock from severe weather. This farm is a breeding facility for champion horses, and they have a number of stallions with a…
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If you like to look at maps, you might find this map from the NWS Storm Prediction Center interesting. They have collected all of the severe weather reports from across the US and put them all on one map for 2015. Looking closely at it brings out a lot of…
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