Hurricane Season (and other significant weather events) 2021

[Alefroth]

Meanwhile, western WA had the wettest November ever recorded.

[Jeff V]

On the news this morning, they said the NWS predicts a 90% chance our weather will be above average the rest of the year, meaning another brown Xmas. I'm okay with that, arthritis in my elbows and shoulders is making shoveling increasingly challenging, especially when I have to toss slushy stuff atop a 10' pile.

[Kraken]

We got our first barely noticeable dusting of snow tonight. It's looking good for another mild winter this year.

[Smoove_B]

One tornado travels through 4 states tonight: Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee & now Kentucky. The first quad-state tornado in US history. Debris from buildings got thrown up into the air 30,000ft according to radar signatures. This is insane

Hope you and yours are all safe, OOers.

[Lassr]

One tornado travels through 4 states tonight: Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee & now Kentucky. The first quad-state tornado in US history. Debris from buildings got thrown up into the air 30,000ft according to radar signatures. This is insane

Hope you and yours are all safe, OOers.

If it ends up being one tornado it will most likely beat the record of the 1925 tri-state tornado that was 219 miles on the ground. From everything I watched last night it seemed obvious it was one tornado, impressive in a bad way.

[Xmann]

I'm in East Tennessee and they've been warning of severe weather most of the week.

This morning at 8am it was looking very bad and ominous. I was born and lived a good bit of my life in Florida and have been through some hurricanes. This weather looked as bad of weather that I can ever remember. The radar showed a line of red completely through the entire east part of Tennessee. I was very worried.

Thus far we've had significant rain and at times heavy wind gusts. But all in all, things are fine. But I can tell you that early this morning I was very worried.

[Skinypupy]

Drone footage of the aftermath of last nights tornado in KY. Horrific…it wiped this town completely off the map.

[Daehawk]

The line looked angry as it got here but as it came through it was just a bit of wind and rain. Nothing abnormal thank God.

[Xmann]

The line looked angry as it got here but as it came through it was just a bit of wind and rain. Nothing abnormal thank God.

Yeah, the radar looked really bad for East Tennessee

[Holman]

I saw an analysis of the tornado path and damage profile that suggested it (over the full course of its devastation) basically lifted the mass of a small town to the height of a cross-country airliner.

[Jaymann]

Best video I've seen of the actual tornado. Way scarier than Godzilla.

[jztemple2]

Our local 24 news station ran this article earlier today: How to help in the aftermath of Kentucky's deadly tornadoes

[Isgrimnur]

CNBC

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating a deadly collapse at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, an agency spokesperson said Monday. The collapse was caused by a tornado Friday that devastated the area.

Six workers were killed, one was injured and 45 people were rescued safely, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in a press conference Saturday.

[Smoove_B]

A confirmed tornado was reported over Plainview, in SE Minnesota, just after 8pm local time tonight. This is the first tornado ever reported in the state of Minnesota during the month of December, according to NOAA data.

[jztemple2]

A confirmed tornado was reported over Plainview, in SE Minnesota, just after 8pm local time tonight. This is the first tornado ever reported in the state of Minnesota during the month of December, according to NOAA data.

Global warming plays a part in this I'm sure.

One of our universities did a study a few years ago, looking at historic records, and established that for every date in the year, there has been a tornado recorded somewhere in Florida. A good reminder to residents that there is no such thing as a non-tornado season.

[Kraken]

I've been terrified of tornadoes since I was a toddler in Michigan, where they repurposed WW2 air raid sirens into tornado sirens. That distant wailing was the scariest sound in my world. There was the time my parents were racing home and we saw a funnel that took the roof off a church. I was maybe 3-4 years old and hiding in the fetal position in the little foot space behind the front seats and the rear seats.

Fuck tornadoes. I'm glad I live where they don't come.

[ImLawBoy]

I've been terrified of tornadoes since I was a toddler in Michigan, where they repurposed WW2 air raid sirens into tornado sirens. That distant wailing was the scariest sound in my world. There was the time my parents were racing home and we saw a funnel that took the roof off a church. I was maybe 3-4 years old and hiding in the fetal position in the little foot space behind the front seats and the rear seats.

Fuck tornadoes. I'm glad I live where they don't come.

I was traumatized as a kid when we were all huddling in the hallways of our school with our heads between our knees, sirens wailing, and tornadoes in the area. We didn't get hit, but it affected me.

[LordMortis]

I've been terrified of tornadoes since I was a toddler in Michigan, where they repurposed WW2 air raid sirens into tornado sirens. That distant wailing was the scariest sound in my world. There was the time my parents were racing home and we saw a funnel that took the roof off a church. I was maybe 3-4 years old and hiding in the fetal position in the little foot space behind the front seats and the rear seats.

Fuck tornadoes. I'm glad I live where they don't come.

I was traumatized as a kid when we were all huddling in the hallways of our school with our heads between our knees, sirens wailing, and tornadoes in the area. We didn't get hit, but it affected me.

We had one "touch down" not a mile from our house growing up. It was pretty surreal but fortunately the damage was mild. Still uprooting trees and seeing the skies turn green and black and swirly before being called in for "not a tornado drill" is something that has stayed with me. I was thinking about it last night after seeing aftermath throughout Kentucky and seeing 100 MPH storms moving east over the plains states... In your direction... I hardly slept last night with comparatively "mild" winds we had.

[Isgrimnur]

[jztemple2]

Nice graphic! Thanks for posting it.

[Kraken]

Who even knew that FL has torandoes?

[Isgrimnur]

Source

[jztemple2]

Nice year end wrap up article: These were five of the biggest weather stories of 2021

2021 certainly brought more than its fair share of extreme weather. We've narrowed down the many big weather events down to five where you, our Spectrum viewers, live and work. Trying to rank these weather stories is challenging–should we use cost? Population affected? The number of deaths? The reality is that, for people hit by a disaster, that one is what ranks as their No. 1. So, our list essentially goes from the beginning of the year to the end.

[Jeff V]

There are also other notable non-events too. Chicago has broken the old record latest measurable snowfall by 7 days so far (streak might end tomorrow). The previous latest measurable snowfall was Dec 20, 2012...the year my wife came here. She complained about the cold but no snow, which at that time she had never seen before. I had to drive her to Milwaukee which had about 6" on the ground. That winter, we did not get significant ground cover until mid-January.

I believe Denver also had a similar record this year.

[Exodor]

Nice year end wrap up article: These were five of the biggest weather stories of 2021

2021 certainly brought more than its fair share of extreme weather. We've narrowed down the many big weather events down to five where you, our Spectrum viewers, live and work. Trying to rank these weather stories is challenging–should we use cost? Population affected? The number of deaths? The reality is that, for people hit by a disaster, that one is what ranks as their No. 1. So, our list essentially goes from the beginning of the year to the end.

There's only one big weather story from the past year around here:

[Kraken]

There are also other notable non-events too. Chicago has broken the old record latest measurable snowfall by 7 days so far (streak might end tomorrow). The previous latest measurable snowfall was Dec 20, 2012...the year my wife came here. She complained about the cold but no snow, which at that time she had never seen before. I had to drive her to Milwaukee which had about 6" on the ground. That winter, we did not get significant ground cover until mid-January.

I believe Denver also had a similar record this year.

We've had less than 0.5" of snow in December, and that came in unnoticeable traces. Normal December is 9". The whole year was whacked, with half the summer lost to record heat and rainfall. Even though it was another year of global weirding, we escaped any headline-grabbing drama.

[Jeff V]

Our usual first measurable snowfall is Nov 15. A measurable snowfall is defined as 0.10". And we've not had that yet. And I didn't even buy myself a snowblower yet as I threatened to do a few months ago! For sure that would have guaranteed a snow-free winter.