Several storm trackers have been traveling in and around Elk County, and the DOW (Doppler On Wheels) and the TIV (Tornado Intercept Vehichle) are headed east on 400 from Pickrell Corner. Hope they don't get to see anything, but the radar shows a line from New Albany to Beaumont finally breaking through the cap.
You can watch along at:
http://www.newson6.com/Global/category.asp?C=167026&nav=menu682_3_7
Just keep zooming in until you can see where the little cars are on the map, then click on the car to see the video it is streaming.
Everyone stay safe if it gets rough there.
Charles
That's pretty cool, my daughter is at her Gmas in Severy, gonna call her in a minute.
That is just awesome.. so neat to watch.. I'm listening to Todd Tiahrt live open meeting on the phone and watching the storm on the computer..
Ain't electronics great! LOL
That is cool... but I could tell it's an old picture, my yard needed mowed! :o ;D ;D
I saw a storm tracker car yesterday coming in from the country at a pretty good clip. A little later my mom called to tell me that we were in a "tornado warning." Like the best of us, I was sitting on the porch watching the hail when she called. Ha!
Hubby and I were out on the front steps watching the storm develop, looking at the really threatening clouds moving across the sky. About the time I said, "This could get interesting," rain instantly poured down on us. It reminded me of the old put-a-bucket-of-water-over-the-door trick! One minute dry, the next drenched!
Our weather radio reported a possible tornado was being monitored near Moline around 6:30-ish, and that it was heading east in the direction of Elk Falls. Then a bit later it reported a tornado on the ground near Elk Falls. Then around 7 the tornado warning expired. During all the "excitement," before the worst of the storm was reported south of us, I put the dog downstairs and started looking for our two cats. I looked everywhere, upstairs and down, but couldn't find either one of them. Finally I decided to check under the bed, and there they were (at opposite ends, as they can't stand being within three feet of each other!). This was the first time ever -- in 10 years -- they chose to hide under the bed.
Listen to your animals, Indy, they know more about what is in the air than people do. My mother had a dog that could tell a storm was coming long before any clouds showed up. He would follow her around the house, he on the outside, she on the inside. Whatever room she was in, he would be just outside a window or door.
I envy you who have porch's (es) and are able to watch a storm develop.
I can see out my north window and if I want to climb on the bed, the west window.....but
the only part of the sky I can see is the north and that wall cloud that came through around 6:30
was really impressive!
My gauge had almost 2 and 1/2 inches in it, but you know we did have blowing and upside down currents
there...........I think we had hail, but it was too small to see, just hear.
Any flooding?
We sure needed the rain. I still have cracks in the ground......so could use a little more...........
Hope all are well and happy this morning.
I am going to enjoy my day and to HECK! with the weather..................God bless
Judy
Boy....just came back for what passes as town around here. Storm hit here bout 10 last night.....I was standin at the door with my keys in my hand, called Joe cause I'm home alone this week and I was freakin cause the house was shakin :P I don't scare easy when it storms either!
Roads are all washed out, limbs down, shingles and metal peeled off peoples roofs. Have to give the grader guy props tho cause he's already got most of the WORST spots filled in :)
I had the guy we bought this from turn the house to where the spring and summer storms hit the end of it instead of the side and am I glad I did! If it had hit broadside probly would've rolled me down the hill LOL
Sposed to get another round tonight.............:P
Pam, I would be very nervous, too. Went through some storms while we were living in Severy, but the old house we lived in was so solid, couldn't hear much of the outside. The doublewide we lived in at Haysville set north and south so the prevailing winds (southwest or northwest), hit the corners of the house. Didn't feel much of those either. This little doublewide is one of the more expensive and better built and believe it or not, I still can't feel the wind or hear the hail on the roof. I kind of miss that. I used to enjoy a good storm if I were inside.
We had an inch and a half on the west side of Howard, some quirky wind during the time of the tornado warning for south of us and some pea size hail. Not much of it. Lots of heavy rain at times.
I have to tell one more story about my mother. She didn't worry about storms even after her parents house and farm buildings were completely destroyed by a tornado. When I was about 7 years old, I was watching the lightening from a window beside the piano. Mother was playing the piano, but I wasn't paying much attention to what she was playing, so when the lightening flashed and about the time the thunder crashed, there was a horrendous crash from the piano. She had timed it to correspond with the thunder and I thought I had thunder behind me, too. Made me jump. I think she is the reason storms don't worry me.
I inherited my parents' two old dogs; they were traumatised by a strike of lightening outside my parents bedroom window. Now anytime there is moisture in the air, the one old dog tries to get in, under over anything. He shivers and shakes until it's over with. I use a calming solution in a little catfood if I get it in time it seems to help him. I try not to make a to-do over it, they say that is reinforcing that behavior, but I sure hate seeing him so terrified. Also, I have used melatonin that seems to help.
2 products issued by NWS for: 5 Miles NE Howard KS
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
538 AM CDT WED JUN 10 2009
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SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
538 AM CDT WED JUN 10 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AREAS OF FOG WILL PERSIST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
THROUGH MID MORNING. THE FOG MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS
THAN A MILE IN A FEW LOCATIONS.
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE BULK
OF THE SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE ACROSS AREAS
MAINLY EAST OF A COTTONWOOD FALLS TO WINFIELD LINE WHERE THE
INSTABILITY WILL BE THE GREATEST. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL MOST
LIKELY INITIATE AFTER 4 PM...BUT THE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL
INCREASE TOWARDS SUNSET. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE
RULED OUT. HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WHICH MAY YIELD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE BULK OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL
MOVE OUT OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST
KANSAS THURSDAY MORNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BE STRONG OR SEVERE. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP OVER THE
AREA EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG
AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.
THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. AS A
RESULT...THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS
TIME FRAME. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG. STAY TUNED TO LATER
UPDATES.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT IN
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
2 products issued by NWS for: 5 Miles NE Howard KS
Flash Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1226 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009
...MORE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT...
.A STRONG DISTURBANCE OVER WEST TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN TO MOVE ALONG A STALLED FRONT ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOUTHEAST
KANSAS HAS CAUSED SOILS TO BECOME SATURATED. THEREFORE...ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL ONLY CREATE ADDITIONAL FLOODING
PROBLEMS.
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BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-
CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...IOLA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...
HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...
INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS
1226 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND
SOUTHEAST KANSAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS...BUTLER...COWLEY AND SUMNER. IN SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...ALLEN...CHAUTAUQUA...ELK...GREENWOOD...LABETTE...
MONTGOMERY...NEOSHO...WILSON AND WOODSON.
* FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS
SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SOILS ARE ALREADY IN THIS AREA FROM RECENT
HEAVY RAINFALL AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL ONLY CREATE
MORE FLOODING PROBLEMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
REMEMBER TO TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
Storms have never really scared me...I'm usually out in the middle of em dancin in the rain and thunder and lightning ( I know I'm a WEE bit strange that way) but there have been so many horrendous tornadoes so close to us the last three or four years that I have started to TOTally respect the wind and what it can do. It was clocked at between 65 and 75 mile an hour last night :P
David I like weather.com cause you can type in your zip and it gives you your local forecast, any warnings, watches and radar. Can tell how long you have before it gets to you and I can keep track of what the storms doin where my boys live. It comes in pretty handy :)
Those storm chasers can make it around the county pretty fast. I don't remember what time it was, but it had to be after 6 last night when Chuck got home... he asked if I saw the storm chasers zoom by, as they zoomed by the ranch pretty fast headed to town (Howard). Chuck calls it "put on your helmet and get right with God" weather.
No hail out in this neck of the woods. Only about 1" of rain, but it came down pretty hard and fast. We had brown-outs on our electricity most of the evening, until it went out completely around 9:30 or so. Stayed out until about 12:30. I always hate that; you forget which lights were on (and TV's) and when the electricity comes back on in the middle of the night, you get quite a wake-up!
Speak of the weather; sprinkling outside right now! No weather alerts yet (except flash flood warnings). Better go empty the rain gauge!
Quote from: Tobina+1 on June 10, 2009, 03:09:54 PM
Those storm chasers can make it around the county pretty fast.
They really get around the country fast also. Just noticed that at least one that was in Elk County around 6:30 pm yesterday is in the NE suburbs of Denver right now (22 hours later).
They don't seem to be as grouped up today like they were yesterday.
I thought it was rather cool to watch one of them go south out of Elk Falls, then east and south again past where Border School House used to be (corner of Rd 20 and Angus) then east along the ElK/CQ county line until they eventually came out at Oak Valley. They were just behind the circulation feature, and yet were kicking up dust the whole way.
Charles
Sixdogsmom: There is a Bach Flower homeopathic remedy called Rescue Remedy. You can get it at a health food store. You can put a few drops in their water or put 2 or 3 drops in a tablespoon, add some water and give it to them by mouth. I have also just taken a drop and rubbed it into the pads of their feet. The health food store will probably have something that you can read about them. Good for fear, shock, etc. I keep some at home and at the office all the time.
Pam I go to
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
because I am a weather geek. They provide all the info we see on weather.com and the news cast etc. Sometimes it is way over my head, but the detail and the radar, satellites, etc is great. I also, like weather.com for the quick forecast.
David
Quote from: Roma Jean Turner on June 10, 2009, 04:27:12 PM
Sixdogsmom: There is a Bach Flower homeopathic remedy called Rescue Remedy. You can get it at a health food store. You can put a few drops in their water or put 2 or 3 drops in a tablespoon, add some water and give it to them by mouth. I have also just taken a drop and rubbed it into the pads of their feet. The health food store will probably have something that you can read about them. Good for fear, shock, etc. I keep some at home and at the office all the time.
Sorry to interject here. I know you all mean well and love your animals. Birds can eat strychnine in amounts that will kill humans. Humans can eat chocolate that can be very toxic\kill dogs. If you are using herbs\alternative medicine on your pets, please make sure that the information you are using is coming from a reputable Vet that is well versed in herbal|alternative medicine. I urge you to do the same for yourself, but your pet is not a human.David
Thanks for postin that site David. Goin to play with it awhile :)
I tried to read the other one but my eyes were goin aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh Lol
I appreciate your concern David, my vet recommended melatonin, and she also sells the herbal formula I use for him. People don't think about those things, particularly with cats. It doesn't take much of anything to be toxic to a cat. Yes, humans can get into a lot of trouble with herbal remedies, particularly if they are taking another drug. Coumadine comes to mind, as most anything taken with it would intensify the blood thinning effects that are meant to be a benefit. Good idea to consult your doctor about herbal meds, most are receptive and will speak to you about their use.
Here is a couple more weather sites that I use.
http://www.accuweather.com/
http://www.wunderground.com/
http://www.intellicast.com/
I use the Intellicast the most.