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Dangerous Tornado Near Quimby, Iowa
A large tornado is doing damage near Quimby, Iowa tonight. …A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT… …TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR CHEROKEE… AT 737 PM CDT…A CONFIRMED LARGE…VIOLENT AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR … Continue reading
Severe Weather Outbreak in Plains
LATE REPORT from Jeff Kc5gla (via spotternetwork.org) @ 6:57 PM CDT — (S) Tor — — Spotter is 2 miles E of MOVILLE, IA (Woodbury county) [42.482/-96.022] — Mile wide tornado major damage tornado emergency (SN#15359) ORIGINAL POST An intense … Continue reading
Latest Recon Info
The Air Force reconnaissance Hurricane Hunter flight fixed the center of Karen at 2:31 p.m. at latitude 25.5N, longitude 90.2 west, or a little less than 300 miles south of New Orleans. Maximum surface winds were estimated at 54 mph … Continue reading
Oops Karen, Your Center is Showing!
Lucky for us, Tropical Storm Karen continues to be impacted by moderate wind shear this afternoon over the Gulf of Mexico. The stronger winds are blowing thunderstorms off to the northeast as soon as they get some height. The storm … Continue reading
Coastal Impact Summary
The forecast is based on three areas relative to the track of the center of Karen: …the left side tropical storm force wind swath …the core center swath …the right side tropical storm force wind swath The current NHC forecast … Continue reading
Karen A Little Weaker, But…
…Karen slightly weaker… …Track shifts a little west, but landfall still anticipated late Sunday morning on Alabama coast… SUMMARY OF 1000 AM CDT…1500 UTC…INFORMATION ———————————————– LOCATION…25.6N 90.2W ABOUT 380 SOUTHWEST OF MOBILE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…50 MPH…85 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT…NNW OR … Continue reading
10 p.m. Update on Karen
FAST FACTS AS OF 10 PM ———————————————– LOCATION…24.2N 89.0W ABOUT 450 MILES SSW OF MOBILE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…65 MPH…100 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT…NNW OR 335 DEGREES AT 10 MPH…17 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…999 MB…29.50 INCHES Some subtle changes in the 10 … Continue reading
Beachcast
Here are some expected coastal conditions from Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida: HIGH RIP CURRENT THREAT THROUGH SUNDAY Double red flags are flying all along the beaches of Alabama and Northwest Florida. The beaches at Gulf Shores are closed, as … Continue reading
Remembering Opal (1995)
Media coverage at the National Hurricane Center in Miami in usually intense during any landfalling United States hurricane. But on this night in 1995, the verdict in the O.J. Simpson trial was grabbing the headlines and there were no representatives … Continue reading
Evening Notes on Karen
QUICK FACTS AT 7 PM… LOCATION…23.8N 88.9W ABOUT 480 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MOBILE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…65 MPH…100 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT…NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 12 MPH…19 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…999 MB…29.50 INCHES After an impressive period of increasing convection … Continue reading
