Floydbuster

I literally saw "pray for Columbus" and "Central Ohio needs underground shelters ready" type stuff. It even scared me a little and I live near Cleveland/Akron!

Do you think there was any particular reason why weather twitter went so crazy hype with this event? What made this one so insanely hyped? Was it the 50th anniversary of Xenia? Was it that these kids have gone so long without chasing they were wishing?

I'm not trying to cast any aspersions. I felt kind of bad for the relentless ripping the NWS took on social media. This was always more of an event for Kentucky and only extreme SW Ohio. To be honest, West Virginia seems to have been hit harder than any other place, and there was little focus. Was it because all the "storm chasers" live in Central Ohio? They didn't want to "chase" into rougher Appalachian terrain? Other than a few scary model runs on Mon morning, there shouldn't have been such cause for alarm in Central Ohio. I'm not downplaying the damage that we've seen and the tornados that have occurred, but I'm being honest, the twitter feed acted like the tornadoes would be F4 stovepipes ripping through Central Ohio in a 1974-type outbreak. I think Monday April 1st was some of the most insane weather/storm chaser hype I've ever seen on social media. Maybe these kids were just so overeager to chase they inflated it in their own mind?

It's hard to find objectivity on social media when a meteorologist says, "Looks like a slow recovery time, looking less intense" and someone responds "Sun is out now! LOOK OUT! Recovery incoming!" Or when they say "I think Zanesville, OH will be ground zero" and then look at their account and find out they live near Zanesville. That's what is nice about living in Ohio and being a hurricane guy. I have no vested interest in hurricanes. When I live in Cleveland/Akron, what the hell do I care if a hurricane makes landfall in Tampico, MX vs Veracruz, MX? I am able to be objective.

Well other than the early Monday morning HRRR and NAM nightmares showing a possible big outbreak *perhaps* getting to Central Ohio, there was always the likelihood that it would be worse down near the Ohio River and Kentucky. When the moderate risk was held over that area, there was a massive social media twitter meltdown among the amateur storm chaser nerds. They were attacking some forecaster named Broyles or something and going nuts. Then you had the long discussions and a tardy issuance of the moderate risk Mon afternoon smack dab over Central Ohio, way too far north without more model run indicators. By Monday evening, it was obvious that should be moved southwest, which it eventually was. I know this seems unlikely, but is there a chance that the moderate risk was issued out of pressure from the social media freakout and the overperformance of the March Western Ohio tornado event?

Northern Ohio looking much lower risk.

A Kentucky event?

Well atleast you're a bit closer to the action. Imagine having people freakout who live closer to Erie than Cincinnati.

Still wind chill at 49° with rain here in NE Ohio.

I'm trying to sift through wishcasters and forecasters on Twitter. Forecasters seem to think the moisture is lacking and the recovery time isn't as long as it could have been. Wishcasters seem to think it's going to be the 1974 Super Outbreak. Unfortunately, they're scaring the heck out of people. Literally a PHD tries to say it could be sporadically nasty, and then we get people talking about 1974.

We'll see how the recovery goes out west. Bloomington, Cincinnati, Louisville, Frankfurt seem most in the line of fire.

Southward adjustments. Better for northern and northeast Ohio.

Thankfully the moderate was shifted south slightly more away from Northeast OH where I live. In fact, I'm on the edge of marginal, slight and enhanced now. The local NWS in Akron actually removed the words "severe" from our forecast and replaced with "showers and thunderstorms". Probably not expecting the warm front to drape as far north as some thought 24 hrs ago. Here's hoping that continues and isn't as bad for those higher risk areas down south.

It doesn't help that there is so much hyperbole (and I never use that word) on social media. I have had a few text messages from Clevelanders thinking F5 twisters are going to level Cleveland, Akron and Youngstown tomorrow. I had to explain to them that the threat was almost all south of the area, and that there was still uncertainty. Today's (Monday) hype was quite possibly the most I've ever seen for a severe weather event, at least for Ohio.

Kentucky/Tennessee? Maybe?

Twitter is discussing how models are trending down for Central OH, and really for the whole event trending less intense.

Twitter world seems to be saying that models are adjusting to a slower moving system with most energy closer to the IN/OH/KY three-corners region. Expect adjustments.

That sucks, man. Sorry to hear that. Hopefully any bad ones stay south of you. You'll be close to the line. Anything will probably be south of 71, but hopefully it stays further south than that and you avoid nasty stuff.

My twitter feed is filled with Southern OH chasers crying that the SPC didn't move it further north. I think the rain ahead will limit instability, especially further north. Perhaps there's a slight chance some stronger storms make it as far north as Columbus and Zanesville, but I think the line will arch east-southeast and that's why the SPC is more focused on Kentucky.

Looks like some slight snow potential on Wednesday, but things *could* be clear my Monday April 8th for the eclipse.

I mean "springtime" figuratively speaking. Most people consider "springtime" pretty much Valentine's Day to Memorial Day. March has flown by.

I agree, and when I see people who want tornadoes in Chicago hyping what would likely be a severe event for Arkansas and Tennessee, it's cringey.

I'm a hurricane guy so I'm not seasoned in severe weather and I don't storm chase but these people are drooling and begging for a severe event. Spring is flying by and they're going bonkers. It's actually quite annoying.