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The National Hurricane Center noted the official development of Tropical Storm Colin this afternoon at 5:30 EDT. This is the earliest ever in the season for a third named storm. Colin is forecast to continue to develop and move off to the northeast over the next few days. It is expected to land on the Florida…
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Just for fun, U. S. Tornadoes has an interesting post about the dates with the most and the fewest tornadoes in the United States. The day with the most? May 25 (today!). The date with the least: January 16. You can check out the statistics and see some maps of tornado tracks on the busiest…
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Today marks the 5 year anniversary of the incredibly deadly Joplin MO tornado. Over 150 people died in that storm alone, and in the outbreak that included it, an unprecedented 1,691 tornadoes claimed 553 lives in all. NOAA has published two documents describing the storm outbreaks. NOAA has put together a photo book of the outbreaks…
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A strong hailstorm in southern Georgia on May 3 caused damage to almost 400 acres of watermelon, according to Growing Georgia today. The hail was hit or miss, with some farmers receiving just light damage and others completely devastated. Lighter damage just punched holes in the watermelon plants, making them more susceptible to pests and…
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Dr. Marshall Shepherd of UGA posted a blog entry to Forbes.com this week describing the cost of weather-related disasters across the world. You can read it here. In it, he states that “From 1995 to 2015, weather-related disasters killed over 600,000 people (roughly 30,000 per year) and injured or adversely impacted 4.1 billion global citizens.”…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina has a timely write-up of the recent hail storms that hit parts of NC on May 2, written by Corey Davis. You can read it at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=190&h=5666e5c1.
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I have seen some strange weather in my life, but I still enjoy reading stories about wacky weather others have seen. This blog post by Jon Erdman on Weather Underground lists 35 different strange weather stories that the author has seen in his lifetime. Hope you enjoy it!