Ξ June 23rd, 2009 | Posted by John Walsh | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
A quick note on the weather for the remainder of the night. It’s becoming quite interesting out in western Nebraska at the moment, where storms appear to be forming into a complex and producing strong winds. For now, the threat of severe weather around the Tri-Cities has waned as the Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been allowed to expire and not really expecting any severe weather to resurface during the overnight.
The stronger storms will be to the north and northwest of the the Tri-Cities, roughly north of highway 6 and west of highway 10. The winds aloft are very weak so there is not much moving these storms along so locally heavy rain is possible if your under a thunderstorm tonight, which may result in some flooding. Case in point is Custer County where 3-4 inches has fallen and thunderstorms have shown relatively little movement.
Tomorrow will be another hot, sticky day with favored area for strong storms tomorrow evening along and just north of highway 6.
Ξ June 16th, 2009 | Posted by John Walsh | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
Looking at tomorrows parameters, getting kind of an ominous feeling. Warm air lifts northward during the overnight tonight with a boundary projected through central nebraska with a dry line just to our southwest in Kansas and a low right along the border.
Ample moisture will be in place along the front with instability values and potential energy through the roof. The trump card will be the cap, a layer of warm air aloft that inhibit thunderstorm development. If the cap holds, we may not see anything. If the cap breaks, storms will quickly turn severe and and possibly tornadic. Could be all or nothing. Keep a close eye on the latest developements…
Ξ June 10th, 2009 | Posted by John Walsh | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
Photo of supercell, mesocyclone which produced a tornado near Lisco in western Nebraska last friday night. Photo by Chasing4Life..
Ξ June 9th, 2009 | Posted by John Walsh | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
Mind if I play through? Friday night, thunderstorms raked through the area dropping widespread hail along with strong winds in spots.
Thanks to Clay Fisher of Clay Center for verifying our reports. Golf ball sized indeed.
Ξ June 3rd, 2009 | Posted by John Walsh | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
Twenty nine years ago was the nightmare that was the Grand Island tornado. It was actually seven tornadoes spawned from a parent storm that slowed to crawl, sitting over the city for hours, destroying homes in the northwest part of the city, then ravaging the business district, leaving Locust avenue in complete ruin and taking the lives of 5 people.
The emotional scars remain to those that experienced the worst of the event. During an interview with a locally business owner who road out the storm with his employees in the cold storage room of his grocery store, the tears still had to be choked back as he recounted his experience 3 decades past. The horror we try to put behind us, but the lessons must be remembered.
That’s the theme of a presentation taking place tonight on the Central Community College campus in Grand Island: Remembering the lessons of June 3rd. Chasing4Lifes’s Eddy Weiss will be the presenter, discussing what we indeed did learn and the struggle against complacency three decades later.
As I speak at schools around the viewing area, it’s troubling that when I make reference to that night I find myself having to stop and explain the event in its entirety. We have had a full generation of young people that seemingly have little knowledge of it or at best a glancing idea that something horrific happened in the city in which they live. One wouldn’t blame parents for stowing away the memories of that night away forever and not reliving the tale for their kids, which makes tonights event at CCC important for that specific reason. It’s not about reopening the old wounds but to remember that life is fragile on this planet and we must be ever vigilent and maintain constant preparedness for the possibility of it happening again, no matter where we live. God forbid. The lessons we remember and put into practice, presents us with the best chance for living to tell the tale.
I hope you can attend the presentation 7-9 pm Wednesday night.
Ξ June 1st, 2009 | Posted by John Walsh | → 0 Comments | ∇ Weather |
For much of the day rain has refused to translate into the Hastings area. Thunderstorms are now lining up to the north from Stockville in Frontier County to Grand Island but so far we remain in the donut hole with rain to the north and thunderstorms lining up in North Central Kansas. These storms seem to pulse up and then dissapate.
The low level jet should keep thunderstorms going for the rest of the night, with mainly showers Tuesday through mid morning. Flooding remains an issue especially around in southeast Nebraska and Northeast Kansas. Republic County Kansas has estimated rainfalls in the 4 to 6 inch range. Earlier this evening 2-4 inch estimates were in southeast Thayer county. Flood Watches remain in effect until 7 am.
