Indystorm

Even down here in Indy forecasters are talking about possibly record cold for early next week. Brr!

Nice spread the wealth Halloween snow for many here in the subforum even if it was just seeing snowflakes in the air for a time for us down in central parts of IN.

Getting a definite snow shower here at Fortville now just ne of Indpls. Had some pingers on the hood driving home from Greenfield a little earlier.

My goodness, I just came back from a ten day trip to New Orleans and the MS Gulf coast to find a serious winter thread for the Midwest after basking in what will probably be my last 70 and 80 degree temps of the year. On to winter!

Just watched WWL TV out of New Orleans. They are currently expecting the heaviest wx to be along the coast east of them but are still quite concerned about winds that could topple the two cranes at the collapsed Hard Rock Hotel. Even if the tropical system misses there will be a front coming through early this next week.

Ahh...refreshing fall temps have finally arrived with some color appearing on trees down this way in central IN. Beautiful day for the first weekend of the Parke county covered bridge festival. But I must admit I have been spoiled by the warmer temps hanging on for so long.....it was quite a shock to the system Friday evening when that cold front finally arrived. KIND extended forecast says above normal temps and precip shall return however. We shall see.

Tornado watch now issued for much of sw and central IA.

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

Ugh....91/65 here.....that se ridge is surely pumping up the heat. Breaks record set in 1897 of 89 for Oct. 1.

Best parameters are just a smidge sw of him although I presume they will move into his territory as the day progresses. 2500 MLCAPE, 8,5 mid level lapse rates, low LCL's, 3km helicity up to 350. Heck, I'm even wondering if there could be some action down my way later tonight or just north of me across IL and IN. 87/64 here now.

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!

I am actually concerned regarding when watches and warnings will be posted, although I understand the meteorological hesitancy. My concern is that Florida is a long state. Time will be needed for evacuations northward and also preps for those who do not have transportation to evacuate.

Must be warm frontal action in that tornado watch area in southern MN. Don't know if it will eventually turn se. Looks like wind trajectory is basically east so the storms should stay over southern WI.

Tornado watch now issued for southern MN and extreme northern IA for this Thursday evening. This might develop into the MCS that will move east/se overnight.

ACCAS clouds now building in se S.D. and sw MN with a tor warning in the area. Could be the start of another complex for overnight this Thursday into Friday?

Had a good heavy shower here thanks to remnants of Barry. It is interesting to see the banding of the rain showers on the IND radar which is typical of tropical systems.

Thanks. With the recent Manhattan outage it really does make me worry about the status of our infrastructure in many areas of concern.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 113 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2019 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN SPENCER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA... NORTH CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 145 PM CDT. * AT 113 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STANLEY, OR NEAR OWENSBORO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. 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... ROCKPORT AROUND 130 PM CDT. THIS INCLUDES AUDUBON PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 23.

Good grief! NWS radars are either down or having problems now at 2 p.m. EDT.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1247 PM CDT TUE JUL 16 2019 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY... CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 115 PM CDT. * AT 1247 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PROVIDENCE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. 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... DIXON AROUND 100 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SLAUGHTERS.

Looks like SPC is just expecting some downbursts and heavy rain with little shear for anticipated spin ups for Indiana.

We'll see what happens in the next update. As IWX mentioned Mike Ryan at IND is aware of the situation. Good chunk of se IN from Evansville to Ft. Wayne in marginal risk with cells starting to pop in the PAH area moving ne. 78/71 here just before noon with south wind at 16 gusting to 23. Intermittent sun and clouds.

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL 622 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2019 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS... MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS... WHITESIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS... HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS... WESTERN BUREAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IOWA... SOUTHERN CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA... SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA... SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN IOWA... MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA... SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT. * AT 622 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CHARLOTTE TO NEAR ROCHESTER TO AMANA, MOVING SOUTH AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DAVENPORT, IOWA CITY, MOLINE, ROCK ISLAND, BETTENDORF, MUSCATINE, EAST MOLINE, STERLING, KEWANEE, ROCK FALLS, WASHINGTON, MORRISON, ALEDO, CAMBRIDGE, WAPELLO, COLUMBUS JUNCTION, DURANT, SILVIS, GENESEO AND ELDRIDGE. IF YOU ARE AT HENRY COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IN CAMBRIDGE, OR DAVENPORT AIRPORT YOU SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 74 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5. INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 276 AND 306. INTERSTATE 80 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 45. INTERSTATE 74 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 33. INTERSTATE 88 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 43. INTERSTATE 280 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 18. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS, AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.