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Yes it was....Good luck on 2018 storm observations, spotting, chasing, etc.

Tor watch issued until 11 central time for the affected mesoscale discussion area. And the first svr t storm warning in this episode is for the Fort Worth area, technically outside of the current watch. Good reminder of the NWS statement that says "persons in or close to the watch area" should be on the lookout.

Tor watch issued until 11 central time for the affected mesoscale discussion area. First tornado watch of the year.

What an amazing temperature difference from just 4 days ago. We had record cold with temperatures near -10°F or colder along with wind chills around -20°F. Today, Springfield has broken a record high of at least 72°F and very Spring like outside. That is nearly an 85 plus degrees difference!

68/66 at Mena Arkansas. That dew can't be correct, can it?

Good to have GOES16 images. Would have liked to have a bit less cloudiness for this episode but there are breaks as one travels northeastward.

Confirmed tornado over Fort Sill this Sat. evening Oct. 21 shortly after 6 p.m. central time.

Hello, all. Just got back this Monday Aug. 28 from a week's vacation in the Ohio River valley that started with a view of the total eclipse from Harrisburg Illinois that was beyond awesome. Sorry for no pictures. I had expected the moon to cover the sun and show the corona but what I didn't expect and fully amazed me was the wall of darkness that came in from the west at totality. It was like an approaching t storm but in clear sky. Got about as dark as a full moon night and street lights came on. Lasted about two minutes. By far the most amazing thing I have seen in an astronomical sense. And no, IWX, I may be older but not THAT OLD! Ha! Ha!

I hope to be in the Carbondale/Marion IL area that day. Have been waiting years for this as well. If it's cloudy and you are in the path of totality I presume it will still get dark like night. Don't know for sure.

Cells on the TX/NM line are becoming more eastward oriented than the previously north direction maintained by earlier cells this afternoon. This can be good for moisture ingestion. Confirmed tornado 11 miles north of Clovis.

I suppose everyone's watching the storm sw of Clovis for development.

Yep, I don't usually think of New Mexico with 70/40 probs for tornadoes. Weird. To find the probs go to the SPC tornado watch page then look at the top for Probabilities.

Yes, baseball size hail reported at Prosper with that Collin county cell.

Yes, it is instructive to watch the DFW composite loop over time and see the storms coalesce into five cells from ne to sw as they move in a southeasterly direction.

I have concern for new storms developing on the flanking line westward from the tornado warned cell south of Gainesville as these storms move se to the metroplex.

And the cell aiming for Gainesville needs to be watched carefully.

Tishomingo has a little over 3000 people. That oncoming storm is also warned for baseball size hail and 70 mph gusts,

I'm watching the area around Wichita Falls then eastward. DMC concerntrates there. 3500 to 2000 CAPE as one moves eastward. Good shear with stronger helicity to move in as evening progresses. Supercell composite up to 12 and Effective tor 3 at present.

Radar confirmed tornado just south of Carroll Iowa., which is now svr warned.

Baseball size hail warning with our Comanche/Barber Co. KS cell.

Quite the storm north of Omaha with tennis ball hail and 70 mph gusts.

Tor now on the ground in nw MO per new warning.

I assume a cap is what is preventing those nw OK cells from taking off?

Initiation trying to get going nw of Woodward OK.

For the Nebraska cell at least it's another instance of relatively high CAPE (3000) and relatively modest shear and helicity values somewhat similar to yesterday. Not saying by any means we'll get such a whopper of a tornado. But low to mid 60's dews are available ahead of those cells.