Indystorm

A few snowflakes just starting IMBY ne of Indpls. Airport reporting 36 and light rain as precip moves up from the sw.

Good luck to all of you in northern IN and southern Michigan for heavy snow per that SPC meso discussion.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 545 PM CST WED FEB 5 2020 MSC079-099-060030- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-200206T0030Z/ LEAKE MS-NESHOBA MS- 545 PM CST WED FEB 5 2020 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN LEAKE AND NESHOBA COUNTIES... AT 545 PM CST, A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CARTHAGE, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MADDEN AROUND 600 PM CST. EDINBURG AND DOWDVILLE AROUND 605 PM CST. PHILADELPHIA AND PEARL RIVER AROUND 615 PM CST.

PDS warned cell may be cycling now ne of Kosciusko.

Not much discussion on this episode in the TN valley forum except for NRGJeff comments.....

Tor watch coming soon for this evening for central and northern Alabama per SPC.

Kosciusko under the gun in the present warning for PDS tornado. If this cell continues ne Starkville and Mississippi State could be threatened within the hour.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 403 PM CST WED FEB 5 2020 MSC163-052215- /O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-200205T2215Z/ YAZOO MS- 403 PM CST WED FEB 5 2020 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN YAZOO COUNTY... AT 402 PM CST, A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VAUGHAN, OR 16 MILES NORTH OF CANTON, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW! HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES, BUSINESSES, AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.

Light freezing rain being reported at KIND with 32 degrees at 5 p.m. ET. Light rain here IMBY at present with heavier returns coming from the SW.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 207 PM CST WED FEB 5 2020 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 300 PM CST. * AT 207 PM CST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SONTAG, OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROOKHAVEN, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... OMA AROUND 215 PM CST. ROCKPORT AROUND 220 PM CST. UNION AND SHIVERS AROUND 230 PM CST. PINOLA AROUND 235 PM CST. MENDENHALL AROUND 245 PM CST. MAGEE AND SANATORIUM AROUND 250 PM CST. MARTINVILLE AROUND 255 PM CST. First tor warned storm of this afternoon episode

I'd watch the WF along the Natchez Trace northeastward in MS this afternoon if insolation can increase a little bit.

Feb, is always sleet and freezing rain in my climo book around the I-70 corridor with an occasional good snowstorm thrown in for good measure at times.

And I am now concerned about getting .1 to .2 inch of ice along I-70.

63 sunny, windy, wonderful degrees here in Indy metro at present.

Winter is over. We had it in November. Now I look forward to spring. Saw my first robin of the season today on grass at the base of a small tree by the Greenfield public library. Yes, I know that some robins stay here thru the winter, going into deeper forest cover, and then come out to lawns when temps get warmer. But today is the earliest in my life I can ever recall seeing the first robin of the season. It will be interesting to see who wins out during the month of Feb......the robin or the CPC forecast of colder temps.

I'm liking the 7 to 8 inch snow along the I-70 corridor in IL and IN earlier this season. Now I am starting to look for tornado and svr outlooks for 2020 for the south and midwest. Good luck Chi towners. My family up in the Calumet region is moaning the lack of snow there and envious of this latest storm giving snow to areas north and west and over in Michigan.

20 slide offs reported in Marion County IN at 10 EST per WTHR, including one fatal from a crash into a pond due to icy conditions.

Freezing drizzle with 31 degrees here. Light glaze outside now.

Keep us all updated if you learn of power outages as well.

Yes, out in fantasyland but GFS for several runs has been hinting at a big storm of some sort around Thanksgiving....worth watching.

I must be getting old....I'll settle for the 2.5 inches I got here at Fortville instead of that 18 inches at Dunlap.

Tornado warnings out now in se Nebraska. Watch may be forthcoming this Tuesday afternoon and evening Oct. 1.

I'm ashamed of NOAA for throwing their NWS colleagues under the bus. President Trump exhibits a severe narcissistic personality disorder with an ego that refuses to let him admit he is human and can make a mistake. This disorder can explain all of his tweets, discounts of others, and love of adjectives like great, wonderful, best, superb, etc. "I alone can fix it." The behavior is putting our country at risk. I'm also ashamed of many of my professional psychological and mental health colleagues for refusing to highlight this disorder for what it is. They don't do so because of what is known as the "Goldwater rule," which essentially affirms that unless you have personally examined a client you cannot make a formal diagnosis. Trump's actions and tweets are a matter of public record. And now for an agency like NOAA to put politics ahead of science is infuriating.

Perhaps....but those of us who are Midwesterners hold scientist/storm chaser Tim Samaras, killed in the May 2013 El Reno OK tornado in high esteem. His passion must have been a little crazy too.

Those of us who have been around here awhile know of many of Josh's previous hurricane adventures. I have always appreciated his courage and reporting. I was really worried for him this time, Patricia notwithstanding. Good news!