Severe tornado outbreak going on right now.

originally posted by: gortex
Shocking drone footage has been released of the destroyed Amazon warehouse in Illinois , it's believed 100 people were working the night shift when the Tornado struck.

I'm watching Live right now and they're still only saying 2 confirmed deaths at that warehouse. There may be more, but still that's better than what it seemed like at first.

Came through here a little while ago. Some seriously heavy wind, followed by literally blinding rain. It only lasted a few minutes, though. Now we've got a steady rain that's supposed to last until this afternoon.

No spinning bags of hot air here. I didn't hear any trees fall, power never faltered, and all the critters seem to be good (although not budging off the porch). That's a good thing. It could have been a lot worse.

Right before it hit, the temperature outside hit 70 degrees; it had apparently been steadily climbing overnight. Once the rain started, it reversed course. It's 62.6 degrees now and dropping.

Prayers to all those affected.

TheRedneck

I'm not from America so I had to google this "When is Tornado Season in the US"

Tornado season is referred to as the period in which tornadoes are most common, and it usually lasts from March through June across the favorable region for their development in the United States, known as Tornado Alley.

Wow... it's like a weather weapon has been deployed to push the Global Warming agenda.

a reply to: PureBlood

Wow... it's like a weather weapon has been deployed to push the Global Warming agenda.

Either that or the warnings given by climate scientists are now being borne out and the Global Warming agenda isn't really an agenda it's a fact of life.

The more of these events we see the more that becomes likely.

originally posted by: BrokenCircles
a reply to: gortex

Here's some drone footage from Mayfield, KY.

That looks almost as bad as the damage in Joplin a few years ago.

Crazy.
Praying for everyone affected.

Another tornado warning. This one south of Montgomery Alabama.

The front just passed through my area of Georgia. Heavy rain and lightning for a short time and now moderate to light rain with thunder in the distance. No damage here from it thankfully.

originally posted by: PureBlood
I'm not from America so I had to google this "When is Tornado Season in the US"

Tornado season is referred to as the period in which tornadoes are most common, and it usually lasts from March through June across the favorable region for their development in the United States, known as Tornado Alley.

The problem is that the tornadoes don't know how to use google, and they don't care what season it is.

To put it simply: They're caused by an abrupt change in temperature. Cold air pushing against warm air, the warm air wants to rise upward, taking moisture up with it, causes storms and it gets windy.

So they happen more often in Spring, but can happen anytime.

Damn!

We're north of the main disasters.
Rain seems to be over, most falling overnight.

Now...the winds are picking up.
Should be windy till dark, they are saying some places will see 60 mph gusts that will usher in the cold temperatures.
Dropped 8 degrees in two hours already

and.....power starting to go out in Michigan.
poweroutage.us...

originally posted by: PureBlood
I'm not from America so I had to google this "When is Tornado Season in the US"

Wow... it's like a weather weapon has been deployed to push the Global Warming agenda.

This deadly December outbreak will be used to promote several agendas, and to cover-up many realities. It's all being planned this weekend.

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
We're north of the main disasters.
Rain seems ot be over, most falling overnight.

Now...the winds are picking up.
Should be windy till dark, they are saying some places will see 60 mph gusts that will usher in the cold temperatures.
Dropped 8 degrees in two hours already

That roared through about 8am on the nose in W MI here. Knocked plenty of branches down around here, but we do still have power, at least -- think there's just under 130,000 here in MI total without power due to the wind.

Winds have calmed to the teens/20's with gusts in the 30's. About all we're forecast to get from here out is some rain-turned snow.

Edit: Also topped out at damn near 60* this morning before the wind, it was quite warm.

originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: PureBlood

Wow... it's like a weather weapon has been deployed to push the Global Warming agenda.

Either that or the warnings given by climate scientists are now being borne out and the Global Warming agenda isn't really an agenda it's a fact of life.

The more of these events we see the more that becomes likely.

Hardly.

There is always a second severe weather season every year in the fall. This year is running a bit later, but there are always steep temperature changes when summer and winter battle it out and the weather changes from predominantly warm to cold. It also happens in spring when winter gives way to summer.

Usually, you'll see more tornados in the spring, but are not terribly uncommon in the fall, just usually a little farther south.

It's also worth noting that the severe weather seasons have been unusually stable and quiet the past two years with relatively little in the way of tornado activity in even the spring when it's expected. I'm not saying there haven't been any, but this is the first major outbreak with really large tornados that we've had in the US in a year or so. There weren't many if any long lasting EF4 or EF5s this past spring. Actually, the last confirmed EF5 in the US was Moore, OK, in 2013.

Local weather report on last night.

I am including this because they have a map with severe weather reports including all the tornado, wind, and hail reports so far.

You can clearly see the cluster across the corners of Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee as well as the scattering of random tornado reports up closer to St. Louis farther north. It looks like lots of storm damage reports, but a lot of them are mixed in with wind more than hail which squares with the weather in this area - the winds were *howling* all day and all night. Add a storm to amplify that, and it doesn't take a tornado to do significant damage to trees, structures and power lines.

I predict this outbreak will be historic more for the length of track of the one large tornado as it may be the longest recorded track so far although it may not be an actual EF5 and the timing and location. We generally expect to see this kind of weather about 100 or so miles or more south of where it happened at this time of year and maybe a bit earlier although you can have tornados all along the Gulf region at any time.

The tragedy is that people were caught napping thinking it was the wrong time of year for tornados and they weren't ready. That's likely what caused so much of the human tragedy. Had this happened in the spring when people are far more weather aware, the human toll might well have been lots lower than what we're seeing because people would have payed far more attention to the weather reports then they likely did.

a reply to: ketsuko

You put it much more nicely than I would have. No residency, probably best no mouthy offy.

originally posted by: Nyiah
a reply to: ketsuko

You put it much more nicely than I would have. No residency, probably best no mouthy offy.

It's very easy to think this is abnormal. It feels like it should be because we're all so trained to think of tornados as a spring thing. Usually, only people who really watch the weather get exposed to the idea that this is unusual, but not unheard of or abnormal when you think about what really happens with the weather this time of year.

I only really know because my migraines will trigger off abrupt pressure changes in the atmosphere so I've become a weather geek out of necessity and pay attention to this kind of thing because it makes life a bit easier.

This year so far has been warmer which explains the later change over to a cold air regime and the later outbreak, but if you're going to point the fingers at any kind of warming for anything, that would be all you could finger. The weather itself is a normal thing.

originally posted by: PureBlood
I'm not from America so I had to google this "When is Tornado Season in the US"

Tornado season is referred to as the period in which tornadoes are most common, and it usually lasts from March through June across the favorable region for their development in the United States, known as Tornado Alley.

Wow... it's like a weather weapon has been deployed to push the Global Warming agenda.

It looks like Hiroshima after the blast, Thats a weapon

a reply to: TheRedneck

Came through here at about the same time, didn't last very long, so we were probably at the very edge of it. Thank God.

originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: PureBlood

Wow... it's like a weather weapon has been deployed to push the Global Warming agenda.

Either that or the warnings given by climate scientists are now being borne out and the Global Warming agenda isn't really an agenda it's a fact of life.

The more of these events we see the more that becomes likely.

Bull#e, late season tornado's are not due climate change, globull warming or man caused anything and the only unusual thing going on is peoples lack of ANY long term memory - I lived in the Dallas Tx area back in 84' when this tornado happened,

An unusual winter tornado struck Mesquite, Texas, on December 13, 1984. The tornado moved northward 7.5 miles through heavy residential areas causing a maximum of F-3 intensity damage. Nearly 600 homes sustained damage. This author conducted a ground survey after the storm passed for the purpose of determining the path of the tornado and to rate the intensity of damage according to the F-scale (Fujita, 1971). In addition, failure origin was documented for hardest hit residences, metal and masonry buildings.

I get sick of seeing named winter storms, named summer storms, made up atmospheric rivers and the like invented by teevee solely to sell stuff.

Went through 1980 heatwave and subsequent ones and the poles never melted not once! Oldtimers in that area taked of drought in 1950's where Dallas area almost ran out of water - poles didn't melt then either!


Add, more examples

NWS 12/26/15 outbreak

The Environment
The overall synoptic environment on December 26, 2015, was governed by large scale ascent courtesy of a potent upper level trough located across the four corners region as a 100 knot upper level jet stream nudged eastward. This type of upper air pattern was observed during the Central TX tornado outbreak of December 29, 2006, as well as the December 14, 1971

notice text mentions previous events in 1971 and 2006 as well.

a reply to: Phoenix

It's like bad weather started within our lifetimes, isn't it??

There weren't any storms back in the day apparently...

This is going to sound stupid but is the United States the only place that get's tornado's ? I really don't recall hearing of them anywhere else .

Seen a heard of cows killed in Texas once from straw . I all most got blown away in that one in Brazoria Tx as a kid