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I may make a trip southeast if it looks like anywhere north of 70 in Ohio ends up being in play. The trend is not my friend, but there's still time... EDIT: Just wow at Ohio once again being the hotspot this early spring.

2.28" of rain here in the past couple of days. It's the wettest it's been for quite awhile.

12.4" F

I disagree. You guys can have it.

Hi % of avg 2015-'16 21.9” 65% 2016-'17 14.8" 44% 2017-'18 27.9" 83% 2018-'19 28.9" 86% 2019-'20 27.5 81% 2020-'21 35.9" 106% 2021-'22 24.4" 73% 2022-'23 19.5" 58% 2023-'24 10.9 35%

Right. That's why I mentioned that it's preliminary. I'm assuming that they will perform some more in depth engineering studies of those structures.

The last info I got from Winchester was that there were 38 injuries. However, three are in critical condition.

Preliminary is EF-3 More details coming

A quick video of the Selma/Winchester tornado near Selma https://www.facebook.com/1137695226/videos/378165668471843

Where the Taco Bell in Winchester used to be:

Aerials of the Wapakoneta tornado aftermath (that I couldn't catch up with) at Indian Lake. Of course, it took out mobile homes.

Winchester tornado

Reports of “mass casualties” in Winchester IN. I’m trying to get more info Edit: The chat post I got that from was just taken down, so take it for what it’s worth. However, there are reports of a Taco Bell flattened, a Goodwill with severe damage and a Wal Mart damaged

Dang! I knew it was gonna drop one. I tried to get in behind it in Grant County IN, but had to core punch to get there. It slowed me down enough that even though I chased it to almost the state line, I couldn’t catch up. Thing was moving at 70 mph!

2.42" with multiple rounds of storms so far today. I also had five different periods of hail, although they were dimes at best. However, lots of quality lightning. It's been a fun day already.

Security cam footage of the Leipsic, OH tornado on Tuesday. Wipes out the barn at the 0:55 mark:

I figured we should start this thread since we're well into met spring and quickly approaching astronomical spring. I combined the seasons due to the decreased traffic here in the summer. I have selfish reasons because this is about the only thread in which I post. I was checking this map out and am dreading the northwest trend.

He'll probably piss and moan about how gloomy it is on 4/8 when the sun is in eclipse totality in Dayton. I didn't hear a peep from him in February when it was anomalously sunny in Dayton. They average ~5 sunny days in February. This year:

Starting this thread to honor Stebo. I don't really take much stock in these maps other than the 8-14 Day, but I'm noticing a pattern here:

Sorry to hear about your hail damage, but it sounds like you did get lucky with a near miss tornado. As a retired Emergency Manager, I can only speak about local protocol for sounding sirens (and Indiana statewide for the most part), but sounding sirens once for three minutes for an area under a tornado warning is the standard. That is probably true for your area. I know there is a lot of confusion about sirens. Some people think that when the siren quits sounding, the threat is over. Also, I've heard of locations that sound the sirens for a second time when the warning is cancelled or expired, which also creates confusion. Sirens are meant to warn people who are outside, with the understanding most people outdoors will hear the siren and take action. It is not meant to be sounded for the entire time the warning is in effect, nor is it meant for people who are indoors. It would be cost prohibitive to place enough sirens in a particular area to assure that everyone indoors could also hear the sirens. That is the job of NOAA All-Hazard radios, the local media, the FEMA app, etc. If you have questions or concerns, fire away.

From the wording of the watch (a couple of intense tornadoes and 3" hail likely), I'm kind of surprised that they didn't go PDS. EDIT: Especially since an extremely large population center is bullseye.

Some things never change. Yesterday I was in the bullseye for best chance of severe weather. Who gets the strongly worded Tornado Watch? ORD. Just like a winter storm. Well, I guess it is technically still winter.

Southeastern Iowa is the only area in the entire subforum that can't complain about lack of snowfall.