The airport is closed due to damages. Video follows.
“We know the airport is closed,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Ben Miller. “We’re assuming that (a tornado) is what it was.” Reuters story.
The airport is closed due to damages. Video follows.
“We know the airport is closed,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Ben Miller. “We’re assuming that (a tornado) is what it was.” Reuters story.
How does your effort differ from what the folks at the NWS SPC (Storm Prediction Center) produce:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/
Here’s today’s Outlook frozen in time (to compare to your prognostication above):
http://oi51.tinypic.com/2qb69p4.jpg
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Re Ralph
Thanks. Luckily we don’t get too many tornados this side of the pond so no experience of them, just curious whether larger/lighter/more fuel efficient aircraft complicated the situation. Give me a well maintained An-124 and never mind the fuel consumption, assuming someone else is paying. Or, being forewarned is being someplace else.
See the B-36 bombers at the link above, and see what you think about the size and weight mattering:
I saw one going across the Mississippi River just north of the I-270 bridge sometime back in the late ’90s that didn’t look like any tornado I have seen either. A massive thick dark cloud dropping all the way down to the river. The people on NOAA weather radio were for the most part screaming about it, was one way I knew it had a tornado in it. I’ve watched a few in my time and actually was inside the swirling base of a small one that was forming, got rocked around a bit in Union City, TN.
>>Give me a well maintained An-124 and never mind the fuel
>>consumption, assuming someone else is paying.
The size and weight of a commercial aircraft jet matters little. All aircraft are designed to get airborne at roughly the same speeds, so a 747 will be blown around almost as much as a little Fokker.
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Keep an eye on this area of the country, especially the lower Ohio River valley over the next few days. It’s shaping up to be a catastrophic flooding event. Record flood stages are being projected at some locations within 6-10 days.