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Tornado hits France; unprecedented April heat in Europe

Posted by: Dr. Jeff Masters, 12:44 PM GMT on May 01, 2012

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A rare EF-1 tornado with 73 - 112 mph winds (117 - 180 kph) hit Toulouse, France on Sunday, causing minor damage that included collapsed walls, uprooted trees, and cars moved out of place. The tornado touched down 15 - 20 km south of Toulouse in Southwest France at 7:10 pm local time, and baseball-sized hail (4 cm) also hit the region. According to the European Severe Weather Database (ESWD), this was the first tornado in France in 2012. French tornadoes are rare; there were just three tornadoes in the country in 2011. The European Severe Weather Database (ESWD) (as summarized by Wikipedia) lists 15 tornadoes for all of Europe so far in 2012. Most of the twisters (nine) were in Turkey. For comparison, an average of 495 tornadoes touched down in the U.S. during the period January - April over the years 2009 - 2011. A key reason for the lack of tornadoes in Europe is that the atmosphere is usually not unstable enough. Tornadoes require warm, moist, low-density air near the surface, and cold, dry, high-density air aloft to provide a lot of instability. The Baltic Sea and North Sea to the north of Europe moderate cold air flowing south from the pole, reducing the amount of instability over Europe.

Video 1. A rare French tornado kicks up dust near Toulouse, France on April 29, 2012.

Unprecedented April heat hits Central and Eastern Europe
A European heat wave of unparalleled intensity for so early in the year smashed all-time April heat records over much of Central and Eastern Europe on Saturday and Sunday. According to wunderground's weather historian Christopher C. Burt, and weather records researcher Maximiliano Herrera, new national April heat records were set in Belarus, Germany, Austria, Lithuania, Moldova, and Poland, and hundreds of stations in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Russia recorded their hottest April temperatures on record. Moscow hit 28.6°C (84°F) on Sunday, the hottest April reading in the city since record keeping began 130 years ago. The culprit for the heat wave and French tornado is a large low pressure system off the coast of France whose counter-clockwise flow has been pumping hot air from the Sahara Desert northwards into Europe. The low is expected to continue to bring unusually hot weather to most of Central and Eastern Europe for the remainder of the week.

New all-time April national heat records set over the past few days:

Poland: 31.7°C (89.18°F) at Tomaszow on 4/29
Germany: 32.2°C (90.0°F) at Munich on 4/28
Austria: 31.8°C (89.2°F) at Ranshoten on 4/28
Belarus: 30.4°C ( 86.7°F) at Zitovici on 4/29
Moldova 32.5°C
Lithuania

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101. KEEPEROFTHEGATE (Mod) 9:22 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Quoting presslord: I wouldn't know...I can't even read Canadian... i can't even type it so we are all good Member Since: July 15, 2006 Posts: 144 Comments: 40659

103. MAweatherboy1 9:25 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
I feel like this is strong enough rotation for a tornado warning: Member Since: February 11, 2012 Posts: 67 Comments: 6379

104. Ameister12 9:28 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Starting to hear consent thunder. The storm heading for me area has a history of producing very large hail and my local weather men says that this storm has exhibited some rotation for time to time. Member Since: August 9, 2009 Posts: 9 Comments: 3518

105. KEEPEROFTHEGATE (Mod) 9:29 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Quoting RTSplayer: Man, I don't even get a say so in this "America". This is NOT the country I was born and raised in any more. It's turned into some sort of insane bunch of people running off the end of a cliff. In another 10 to 12 years of the insane mis-management of this government (both parties), and this country will be bankrupt beyond any restoration short of divine intervention. As I just said on another site, in about 10 to 12 years, the interest rate on the standing debt will be the largest item on the following year's budget. It will be impossible to ever pay it back, or break even for that matter. Perhaps "Bonnie Portmore" will become America's anthem after then. No joke. I'm dead serious. For myself and all future generations, somebody in this country needs to grow a brain. sad maybe in the not to distant future it will pass that the states will get a new name for their country maybe it will be called the United Welfare States of America Member Since: July 15, 2006 Posts: 144 Comments: 40659

106. MAweatherboy1 9:32 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 530 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA... WESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... * UNTIL 615 PM EDT. * AT 525 PM EDT...THERE WAS AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR MOUNT CARAMEL INDIANA. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCIPIO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO ROTATE PER RADAR IMAGERY. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN FRANKLIN AND WESTERN BUTLER COUNTIES...INCLUDING REILY AND MCGONIGLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO. && LAT...LON 3951 8466 3940 8460 3939 8485 3949 8483 TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 258DEG 15KT 3941 8482 $$ BINAU Member Since: February 11, 2012 Posts: 67 Comments: 6379

109. MrstormX 9:38 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Tight little hook signature, confirmed tornado. Member Since: May 27, 2009 Posts: 0 Comments: 4233

110. KEEPEROFTHEGATE (Mod) 9:38 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
ok sorry blog no more comments from me regarding the matters that no one wants to talk about back to wwe and the pills from the doctor will stick to weather Member Since: July 15, 2006 Posts: 144 Comments: 40659

111. CybrTeddy 9:39 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Quoting presslord: Looks like Grothar and co. Member Since: July 8, 2005 Posts: 253 Comments: 20280

114. entrelac 9:53 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Quoting EugeneTillman: Thanks hydrus for holding off on the political convo in the blog today. Appreciate it. Please stop being the blog police if you're not Admin, and if you are Admin please sign in with an Admin handle to make that clear. Member Since: September 18, 2010 Posts: 0 Comments: 232

118. MAweatherboy1 9:59 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 450 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012 ILC019-183-012230- /O.CON.KILX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120501T2230Z/ VERMILION IL-CHAMPAIGN IL- 450 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN AND CENTRAL VERMILION COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 445 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OGDEN...OR 15 MILES EAST OF CHAMPAIGN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS HAS A HISTORY OF BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS. IN ADDITION...AT 447 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED 2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL 2 MILES NORTH OF HOMER. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DANVILLE...FITHIAN...OAKWOOD...ROYAL...COLLISON... KICKAPOO STATE PARK...MIDDLE FORK WILDLIFE AREA...VERMILION COUNTY AIRPORT... BISMARCK AND ALVIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4002 8806 4019 8799 4036 8753 4012 8753 TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 252DEG 26KT 4009 8795 $$ Member Since: February 11, 2012 Posts: 67 Comments: 6379

119. AtHomeInTX 10:01 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Brushed off my first sat loop for the season. Sure enough you can see the little low spinning clearly on rgb Link NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 340 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012 .DISCUSSION... A COUPLE OF WX FEATURES TO MONITOR FOR THE SHORT TERM. THE FIRST BEING THE SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS SE TX FROM THE WEST. SO FAR NOT SEEING A LOT OF PCPN DEVELOPMENT WITH THIS SYSTEM BUT THERE IS A BIT MORE HEATING/DAYTIME TO BE HAD. WILL KEEP ISO/LOW POPS IN FOR THE EVENING HOURS AS A PRECAUTION. SECOND NOTABLE WX FEATURE LOOKS TO BE THE WEAK TUTT LOW CURRENTLY APPROACHING FROM THE E/SE FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF. VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOPS DO SHOW SOME MOVEMENT IN THE CLOUDS AS IT MOVES IN THE GENERAL DIR- ECTION OF THE LA/TX COASTS. MODELS DID NOT SEEM TO INITIALIZE IT VERY WELL WITH THE 12Z RUNS AND WILL BE CURIOUS TO SEE 00Z RUNS. BUT HAVING SAID THAT NOT WILL PROBABLY KEEP POPS ON THE LOW SIDE FOR NOW BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS. Member Since: August 24, 2010 Posts: 0 Comments: 3890

121. MAweatherboy1 10:03 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
This storm has a nice hook though velocities aren't all that impressive MNC145-012230- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120501T2230Z/ STEARNS MN- 458 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN STEARNS COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 456 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELROSA...OR 16 MILES EAST OF GLENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SAUK CENTRE...MEIRE GROVE AND GREENWALD. LAT...LON 4559 9480 4554 9513 4559 9514 4574 9514 4576 9507 4577 9501 4577 9487 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 262DEG 25KT 4562 9503 $$ Member Since: February 11, 2012 Posts: 67 Comments: 6379

123. MAweatherboy1 10:06 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Chasers are out in force today... NWS is able to give good storm descriptions in their warnings thanks to their reports rather than just something like "Doppler radar indicated a storm capable of producing a tornado"... That doesn't really tell you anything SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 601 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 OHC017-012215- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120501T2215Z/ BUTLER OH- 601 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY... AT 557 PM EDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A RAPIDLY ROTATING WALL CLOUD. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SOUTH MIDDLETOWN...MIDDLETOWN AND MONROE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3955 8435 3954 8433 3939 8434 3942 8455 3949 8456 TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 261DEG 27KT 3946 8445 $$ BINAU Member Since: February 11, 2012 Posts: 67 Comments: 6379

124. TropicalAnalystwx13 10:07 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 221 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 500 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 500 PM UNTIL 100 AM CDT. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 115 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURWELL NEBRASKA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 217...WW 218...WW 219...WW 220... DISCUSSION...TSTMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SWD ALONG NE-SE COLD FRONT NOW CROSSING SE SD/CNTRL SD AS SFC HEATING CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE REGION TO ITS SE. DEEP SHEAR AND INSTABILITY SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW SUSTAINED STORMS/SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DMGG WIND. ADDITIONAL...POSSIBLY SEPARATE STORM DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR LATER THIS EVE OVER S CNTRL AND ERN NEB AS SLY LLJ BROADENS AND STRENGTHENS IN RESPONSE TO DIURNAL CYCLE AND APPROACH OF CNTRL RCKYS UPR IMPULSE. AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030. ...CORFIDI Member Since: July 6, 2010 Posts: 89 Comments: 25356

125. TropicalAnalystwx13 10:07 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Member Since: July 6, 2010 Posts: 89 Comments: 25356

126. KEEPEROFTHEGATE (Mod) 10:09 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Quoting EugeneTillman: Why do you assume that I'm even from the same country you are? Is everything about the USA in here? What makes you believe that. Dude. I'm not interested in your politics. you will not get far with that approach Member Since: July 15, 2006 Posts: 144 Comments: 40659

128. ScottLincoln 10:12 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Quoting MAweatherboy1: I feel like this is strong enough rotation for a tornado warning: That kinda looks more like convergence than rotation. Member Since: September 28, 2002 Posts: 3 Comments: 1593

129. MAweatherboy1 10:13 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Quoting EugeneTillman: Looking better: Yep... I'm watching this one in Minnesota more though BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 509 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 508 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENWALD...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELROSA. RADAR SHOWED THE TORNADIC STORM MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ELROSA... MEIRE GROVE... MELROSE... NEW MUNICH... FREEPORT... ALBANY... FARMING... AVON... COLLEGEVILLE... ST JOSEPH... PLEASANT LAKE... WAITE PARK... ST STEPHEN... SARTELL... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. && LAT...LON 4570 9421 4545 9421 4549 9501 4567 9502 4571 9423 TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 269DEG 32KT 4558 9488 $$ Member Since: February 11, 2012 Posts: 67 Comments: 6379

130. MAweatherboy1 10:15 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Quoting ScottLincoln: That kinda looks more like convergence than rotation. Could be... That scan is way old by now though I'm watching this storm closely too since if it holds together Wilmington Ohio is in its direct path BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 612 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... * UNTIL 645 PM EDT. * SPOTTERS RECENTLY REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN NORTHEAST BUTLER COUNTY. THE FUNNEL CLOUD COULD TOUCH DOWN AT ANY TIME. RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONROE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MONROE... LEBANON... WAYNESVILLE... IN ADDITION...STATE ROUTE 63 AT STATE ROUTE 741...PEKIN...GENNTOWN AND OREGONIA ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE... I-75 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 33... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO. && LAT...LON 3954 8408 3940 8407 3942 8440 3948 8440 TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 265DEG 27KT 3945 8436 $$ Member Since: February 11, 2012 Posts: 67 Comments: 6379

131. TropicalAnalystwx13 10:16 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
There is a tornado warned supercell headed for Raleigh. Thank goodness rotation looks like crap. Member Since: July 6, 2010 Posts: 89 Comments: 25356

132. WxGeekVA 10:17 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Quoting Jedkins01: Also known as Bill's Law! Member Since: September 3, 2011 Posts: 13 Comments: 3323

134. KEEPEROFTHEGATE (Mod) 10:18 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
new american dollar Member Since: July 15, 2006 Posts: 144 Comments: 40659

135. MAweatherboy1 10:20 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Recap of current storm activity: Both Minnesota storms look very strong One storm on the Illinois/Indiana border shows decent rotation Storm heading for Wilmigton, OH seems to have weakened some One supercell in North Carloina seems to be strengthening though its rotation is pretty broad All the mentioned storms are tornado warned Member Since: February 11, 2012 Posts: 67 Comments: 6379

137. Ameister12 10:22 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
I'm under a tornado warning. gulp I think I'll be fine though. The sky's are clearing and the warning is well to the north of my location. (Not under the polygon.) Member Since: August 9, 2009 Posts: 9 Comments: 3518

138. Ameister12 10:25 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
There is a possible wall cloud heading into Lebanon, Ohio. Member Since: August 9, 2009 Posts: 9 Comments: 3518

140. RTSplayer 10:31 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
food for thought Member Since: January 25, 2012 Posts: 27 Comments: 875

141. MAweatherboy1 10:31 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Quoting EugeneTillman: SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 520 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012 MNC141-145-171-012245- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120501T2245Z/ SHERBURNE MN-STEARNS MN-WRIGHT MN- 520 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WRIGHT... SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS AND WESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 518 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANNANDALE...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUFFALO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. Both of those supercells in Minnesota look good... I wouldn't be surprised if there was a weak tornado on the ground with both of them. Member Since: February 11, 2012 Posts: 67 Comments: 6379

143. Walshy 10:32 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
TORNADO WARNING FOR RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA Member Since: May 17, 2009 Posts: 2 Comments: 618

144. Skyepony (Mod) 10:32 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
After months of speculation..is that smoke, steam, we can hope maybe fog? Answers.. Oshidori Mako talked at Osaka Bar Association when she asked Tepco , “We see gas coming out from Fukushima plants at night. It looks like smoke. What is that ? ” Tepco replied it’s water vapor. She asked them again, if it’s radioactive. They answered it is radioactive, and it comes out in day time and night time. Member Since: August 10, 2005 Posts: 144 Comments: 29374

145. TropicalAnalystwx13 10:33 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
The first storm in Minnesota has a confirmed tornado. The one southeast of that has a funnel cloud. The tornado warned storm in Ohio has been producing numerous funnel clouds and a rapidly rotating wall cloud. The storm in Indiana and North Carolina do not have any confirmations of anything yet. Member Since: July 6, 2010 Posts: 89 Comments: 25356

146. TropicalAnalystwx13 10:35 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 634 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... EASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... * UNTIL 700 PM EDT. * AT 629 PM EDT...RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS AND RAPIDLY ROTATING WALL CLOUDS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAESAR CREEK STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN WARREN AND NORTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING CORWIN... CAESAR CREEK STATE PARK...HARVEYSBURG...KINGMAN...OAKLAND... LUMBERTON AND PORT WILLIAM. SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS AND STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE... I-71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 55... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO. && Member Since: July 6, 2010 Posts: 89 Comments: 25356

147. Walshy 10:36 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Statement as of 6:29 PM EDT on May 01, 2012 ... A Tornado Warning remains in effect until 645 PM EDT for north central wake... southwestern Granville and Durham counties... At 629 PM EDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar continued to indicate a tornado. This tornado was located 6 miles southwest of Bahama... or 8 miles north of Durham... moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazards in the warning include... a tornado. Two inch diameter hail. Other destructive winds in excess of 70 mph. Locations in the path of the storm include... Gorman... rdu international Airport and Bethesda. This includes Interstate 85 between exits 172 and 184. This includes Interstate 540 between exits 2 and 11. This includes the Durham freeway between exits 6 and 16. Several sightings of funnel clouds have been reported with this storm. Take cover now! Member Since: May 17, 2009 Posts: 2 Comments: 618

148. Ameister12 10:38 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Tornado sirens going off again, but like I said, the polygon is well to the north of me. I got some crazy rain come through, my back yard is a swamp now. XD Member Since: August 9, 2009 Posts: 9 Comments: 3518

149. TropicalAnalystwx13 10:39 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 538 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 534 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 3 MILES WEST OF BECKER...OR ABOUT OVER ENFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED WEST OF BECKER WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BECKER... SANTIAGO... BIG LAKE... ELK RIVER... ZIMMERMAN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. && Member Since: July 6, 2010 Posts: 89 Comments: 25356

151. Jedkins01 10:45 PM GMT on May 01, 2012
Quoting WxGeekVA: Also known as Bill's Law! lol :) Member Since: August 21, 2008 Posts: 0 Comments: 5336

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