14.5 hours from St Clair, MO later, I have returned back home. No visual tornadoes, but still one hell of a time.
Desperation setting in? Ha! Maybe…
The Storm Prediction Center has “see texted” the west Texas region as a dryline begins to form over the area today. This feature, increasing instability, and an eventual mid-level trough passage all mentioned yesterday, promise to at least give us some weather to see [...]
The final countdown is on to the departure for two weeks of storm chasing. The plan is to leave Maryland around the crack of dawn on Sunday and head west (or South?).
At least 141 tornado reports (as of 1:45 a.m. April 28), on top of 61 on the 26th. Many communities, including parts of large cities such as Tuscaloosa and Birmingham have been devastated. View a satellite loop of the explosive thunderstorms during the evening.
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- And N LA, N NE, W KS.. we are so due RT @WeatherWarrior1 @islivingston LOL, bad memories of MO from last year? 16 hours ago
- And yeah that's still 6-7 days out. So, even though it shows it 3 of 4 runs for days it's probably wrong. 16 hours ago
- GFS still faster than the Euro. It's pretty insistent that we'll be targeting somewhere like Iowa next Thurs. (must avoid MO at all costs). 16 hours ago
- And if I miss an outbreak while landing back in DC and preparing to turn around 3 hours later--well, I think I called that like 3 mo ago. 17 hours ago
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