--- CENTRAL PLAINS --- OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING SWD ACROSS SERN NEB/NWRN MO MAY FOCUS/CONCENTRATE CONVECTION NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS IT DECELERATES INTO AN UNSTABLE AIR ASS. BOUNDARY LAYER ACROSS NERN KS/S-CENTRAL NEB AHEAD OF OUTFLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME DEEPLY HEATED/MIXED WITH SURFACE TEMPS NEAR 100 DEG F. REF SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1343 FOR MORE DETAILED NOWCAST INFO. EXPECT THREAT TO DIMINISH GREATLY AFTER SUNSET WHEN MLCAPE DROPS GREATLY BECAUSE OF LOSS OF DIABATIC SURFACE HEATING. ..EDWARDS.. 07/09/02###
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Magnitude |
Type |
Winds |
Scope of Damage |
| F0 | Light | 40-72 mph | Branches break; damage to signs |
| F1 | Moderate | 73-112 mph | Trailers moved off foundations |
| F2 | Significant | 113-157 | Roofs torn off frame houses |
| F3 | Severe | 158-206 | Trains overturned; trees uprooted; guyed transmission towers collapse |
| F4 | Devastating | 207-260 | Well-built homes leveled; trees debarked |
| F5 | Incredible | 261-318 | Houses carried long distances and demolished |
| F6 | Inconceivable | 319-379 | Automobiles become missiles; asphalt thin concrete roadways stripped from ground; gadgets stripped from chase wagons |
| F7 | Apocalyptic | 380-442 | Hail the size of basketballs; railroad track ripped from roadbed |
| F8 | Cataclysmic | 443-506 | Bulldozers become missiles; tornado obvious enough that Sean can target and chase it |
| F9 | Malevolent | 507-570 | Locomotives become missiles; long-buried coffins exhumed |
| F10 | Primal | 571-633 | Reinforced steel and concrete buildings pulverized; sand turns to glass due to intense frictional heating |
| F11 | Omega | 634-703 | Steamships become missiles; elitists' egos stripped away |
| F12 | Impossible | 704-1110 | Chrome sucked off trailer hitches; diamonds reduced to graphite |
| F13 | Ludicrious | 1111-1850 | Topsoil stripped down to bedrock; lakes drained; the course of rivers changed; tornado wind exceed the speed of sound, causing them to become quieter as they approach |
| F14 | Warp | 1851-2592 | Causes a rift in the time-space continuum - be careful: chasers from other eras could appear unexpectedly |
| F15 | Aurora | 2593-3333 | This tornado may be a classified project at Groom Lake (Area 51), but you didn't hear it from me. |
Q: What T.V. news anchor could have the nickname "Snow Pellet"?
A: Ted Graupel
###<(From TS Isidore Discussion 14):
DUST OFF THE CHAOS BUTTERFLIES OF MIT PROFESSOR ED LORENZ. BEYOND THREE DAYS...THERE IS COMPLETE DIVERGENCE OF THE MODEL GUIDANCE...AS A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES IN THE WESTERLIES SLIDE ALONG SOUTH OF THE MEAN TROUGH THAT SHOULD LINGER OVER THE GREAT LAKES. EACH MODEL HAS ITS OWN PERSONAL INTERACTION OF ISIDORE WITH A SHORT WAVE OF ITS CHOOSING...LEADING TO 5 DAY FORECAST POSITIONS RANGING FROM THE YUCATAN TO JACKSONVILLE. IT IS SIMPLY NOT POSSIBLE YET TO BE CONFIDENT IN WHICH EVOLUTION WILL TURN OUT TO BE CORRECT...AS VERY SUBTLE CHANGES IN THE POSITION OF ISIDORE THREE DAYS FROM NOW COULD TURN OUT TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.###
Since Golf Ball size hail turns into really being pea sized on video and the current reporting methods range from slang such as Marbles to Cats and Dogs and Frogs, the current reporting standards are about as reliable as Baghdad Bob. Someone at SPC came up with these new hail reporting codes and sources say this was put together by someone slaving over the storm reports trying to figure out what the heck was being reported the morning after a major storm outbreak... Confidential Emails said it was a new way to merge Corporate Advertising funds into the Government Agencies to help off set budget cutbacks due to the slow economy. This email that was sent in error went on to say "We do most of the work, we should get the advertising kick backs like all those TV Stations get... And we have the data first so we should get the advertising money first and besides, everyone knows that storm chasing is all but turning into freaking NASCAR any ways with the way some people drive and chasers getting sponsors now."
With all of the confusion over hail size and how to report it, sources say that some at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman OK are going to be testing out the new Hail Update Reporting Long Distance project or HURLD (Pronounced "Hurled") that was accidentally released to a couple storm chasers.
| Term | Hail Size | |
|---|---|---|
| Local Calling Plan | Pea Size Hail to Sleet. | |
| Sprint Plan | Hail that is on average about a dime size and lots of it | |
| IDT Plan | Some say Marble or Nickel size hail | |
| MCI Plan | Hail that is a mix of Sprint and IDT | |
| AT&T Plan | Hail that is a Quarter Size or larger | |
| Phone Card | A mix of all types of hail lasting for an extended period of time | |
| Ten Ten Plan | Hail that is larger then the the AT&T plan with large base ball size hail that damages your pocket book for the first 19 minutes then gradually changes over to a local calling plan after 20 minutes | |
| International Call | Very large damaging hail that will damage someone's pocket book big time. |
So remember, the next time you call in your hail reports over your ham or cell phone, say your name, spotter number, your location, and your current phone plan.
CYED 120000Z CCA 22003KT 15SM FEW052TCU BKN270 26/13 A2995 RMK TCU2CI2 MANNED OBS RESUMED CB W + NW-NE FLYG CANC DUE TO IMMNT APPOCALYPSE SLP141
SPSPAH ILZ083-INZ085-086-290245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NWS PADUCAH KY 918 PM CDT MON APR 28 2003 ...MAIL UP TO MARBLE SIZE POSSIBLE...
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1144 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2004 ...THE PEOPLE IN BUFFALO COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED... SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1146 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2004 ...THE PEOPLE IN HOWARD AND HALL COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELED...Fortunately, they changed their mind and decided to reinstate some of them...
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1144 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2004 CORRECTED THE PUT THE PEOPLE BACK IN BUFFALO COUNTYWe can only hope that the good people of Howard and Hall counties will be un-canceled as well.
DARK CLOUDS AND OCCASIONAL APPARENT FUNNELS.No! Not "dark clouds"! Anything but dark clouds!
HAIL IS FLAT AND PLATE LIKE.Umm. Okay?
COOP OBSERVER REPORTED WIND GUST ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH. 0.54 INCHES RAIN. WHEN SHE CHECKED RAIN GAGE SHE HEARD A ROAR ABOVE AND RAN INTO HOUSE.She heard a roar? Where do we find these co-op observers?!
SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL FALLING AT WOOD RIVER GOLF COURSE. FALLING FOR 5 MINUTES.What do you suppose Mother Nature's handicap is?
A LITTLE BIT OF HAIL AND SOME FLOODING IN THE STREETS.In Elm Creek, 1.5 inches is a "little bit" of hail.
HIGHWAY 40 2 MILE EAST OF MILLER...WASHED OUT. SOME VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THE FLOODING.You have to keep an eye on those vehicles. They like to cause trouble...toilet papering trees, throwing eggs at houses, flooding roadways.
WTNT41 KNHC 230836 TCDAT1 TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN DISCUSSION NUMBER 8 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 AM EDT SAT JUL 23 2005 FRANKLIN...THE STORM...NOT THE FORECASTER...HAS BECOME A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED OVERNIGHT.deletia
IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT LITTLE OR NOTHING WILL BE LEFT OF FRANKLIN...THE STORM...NOT THE FORECASTER...IN 2-3 DAYS.###
NWUS53 KDDC 052139
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
439 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008
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0345 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N WAKEENEY 39.08N 99.88W
06/05/2008 TREGO KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN. ELEPHANTS WITH A
CIRCUS WERE SPOOKED BY THE THUNDERSTORM AND WERE RUNNING
LOOSE IN WAKEENEY.
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