Particularly Dangerous Situation Tornado Watch in effect until 4:00 PM CST this afternoon for portions of eastern Iowa, Illinois, northwest Indiana, northeast Missouri, southeast Wisconsin, and Lake Michigan. For additional details, please see http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0561.html.
NOAA National Weather Service experts to discuss severe weather today in Ohio Valley and Midwest
Nov. 17, 2013
WHAT: NOAA National Weather Service will hold a media call Sunday, November 17, at 12:00 noon ET to discuss the latest forecast from the NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center for high winds and possible tornadoes affecting Illinois, Indiana, northern and western Kentucky, lower Michigan, Ohio and southeast Wisconsin.
Officials will discuss the forecast for development of a few strong, long-track tornadoes over parts of the Mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys into Michigan today through early tonight.
WHEN: Sunday, November 17, 12:00 noon ET
WHO: Laura Furgione, deputy director, NOAA National Weather Service
Russell Schneider, director, NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Bill Bunting, forecast branch chief, NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
ON THE WEB:
NOAA Storm Prediction Center: http://www.spc.noaa.gov
NOAA National Weather Service: http://www.weather.gov
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You can bet that if there are tornadoes produced from this we’ll see claims along the lines that “tornadoes in November are unusual” (They aren’t, see graph below) and that this is another “signature of global warming” (the science shows it isn’t, see IPCC SREX report).
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Seeing these tornadoes reminds me of a November 1988 tornado outbreak in North Carolina, where I live. Although I was 8 years old, I well remember that month. It was a very warm November. Weather Underground does have the temperature records for that month and it was a warm November. I went to bed on November 27 and then the severe weather hit. The thing about North Carolina is, for some reason, severe weather and tornadoes love the night. That night the air just felt wrong. I remember how wrong it felt. Another thing about North Carolina is the air just feels wrong when there is a tornado outbreak. It is warm and there is a constant rushing stiff breeze. And the weather was bad that night. So bad that our family Chihuahua became afraid of thunderstorms the rest of her life. Instead of watching cartoons that next day before school, I watched the weather. A F4 tornado came through not 15 miles from where we lived. Some people I knew lost their homes but thankfully did not die. This F4 tornado was on the ground for 84 miles starting in Raleigh. It was this tornado outbreak that gave me a love for weather. Tornadoes are rare in North Carolina, especially F3 and stronger.
Ever since that night, our family has always said that March, April, and November are the worst tornado months.
Be safe. Take the warnings seriously. November is not over yet.
Don’t care about what may or may not be unusual or unprecedented weather-wise. It delayed the Bears vs Ravens game which caused me to have to change seats in the pub to see a TV with the Seahawks vs Vikings game later. That tightened my jaws. I give that two “Harumphs”.
Weather delays for football. Unbelievable. They’ve forgotten how to play a running game. Gonna become a real curmudgeon come the ice age when there is two feet of snow on the field and wide receivers don’t know how to use snow shoes.
Harumph.
u.k.(us) says:
November 17, 2013 at 3:55 pm
I had my 2 different radars running, watching the storms come into my Chicago suburb.
It was getting kind of exciting there for awhile.
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I was also watching the storms on radar, right up to the point when the storm knocked the power off !!
Spoke to my son who is a deputy in Allegan County, MI. 10+ foot waves on Lake Michigan, 40-50 mph winds, fair amount of damage. He said that waves on Lake Superior were reported to be worse. The news reports from IL looked pretty bad, but I really haven’t followed the extent of damage.
I lived in SW Michigan from 1980 to 2001. We had some big fall winds and storms. I’ve been through a few East Coast Hurricanes and a couple New Orleans Hurricanes. I think the really bad storm is the one that hits and affects you, sometimes.
Thanks, Anthony! My wife and I were visiting Springfield, IL which is on the southern end of that line of storms. I was watching this anxiously, as our route back to Chicago would take us north on I-55, so I kept my eyes glued to this smart-phone app by the Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/mobile-apps/tornado-app
I can’t recommend it enough. By extending our stay, we missed the storms by about four hours. Our thoughts and prayers to the folks in Washington, Peoria, Pekin, Coal City, and other impacted towns and areas in Illinois, and everyone who got in the way of this thing.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/tornadoes-rip-illinois-gallery-1.1520031
oMG the CBC (Canada) is reporting that carbon is responsible for More and more Intense weather events again, both the PhillipInes AND the tornados in the USA today.
The are saying its factual. The also falsely reported that the winds were the highest EVER again.
Why the hell do they get away with this BS
@ur momisugly Mario Lento
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Thanks for the kind words.
@ur momisugly Rob – I used to listen to the CBC everyday but their reporting is so BAD, so wrong, and editorially biased I have completely switched them off. On the topic of plains, I have ridden from Missouri to California … and Missouri to eastern Wyoming is definitely plains from the back of a horse. As for the CBC, I spent 3 hours shovelling and moving Global Warming white flaked fallout off my farm with a tractor today … and feeding livestock knee-deep in it.
Oh yeah: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s259/sh/3b1a0947-f99c-42e6-bd84-3fce05d2d185/7a8adb67fcb133a2bf8cd84da10810f5
Saskatchewan plays Hamilton for the Grey Cup next week. Wonder if CBC will get that right?
Samuel L. Jackson mode ON
“I’ve had it with these motherf***ing tornadoes on this motherf***ing plain.”
Samuel L. Jackson mode OFF
Sorry, but once I thought it, I had to say it. I humbly await the disapprobation of Greg Laden and Rob Honeycutt for making a joke about a killer storm.
I can’t comment on weather forecasting for other regions, but the forecasting for central Indiana was pretty much spot on. We had very high winds (gusts up to 70mph), heavy rain and hail in my little suburb and our power was out for over an hour. We were the lucky ones – north and south of us there are towns that suffered sustained winds over 80mph and strikes by several tornadoes. The city of Kokomo seems to have taken the worst damage. Many homes and businesses have been destroyed and there are thousands still without power today. Fortunately the number of fatalities is relatively small for such a large event – and I credit that to the forecasters who put out warnings far in advance of the storm. I don’t see anyone “crying wolf” here.
Don’t get me wrong. I am very skeptical of the theory of AGW, and like others I’m sure this storm will somehow be blamed on climate change (without a shred of proof). This is also nothing we haven’t seen before in November. Having said that, I think the meteorologists who got the warning out deserve credit for saving lives. Instead some of the responses here paint them with the same brush as “climate scientists” like Dr. Masters and IMHO that is a mistake.
Just a note for news photographers. Guys/gals, when you take a photo at a disaster scene, do not show destruction only. Such photos contain no information. If you want to provide information about the disaster scene then show at least one border of the disaster scene. Border shots contain information. Viewers can compare the destruction to what survived.
And one question. A photo of a child’s doll resting on broken limbs is supposed to convey what information?
Here’s the history of this thing as it happened. Amazing that there weren’t more deaths & injuries.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/validProds.php?prod=TOR&node=KILX
AT 1107 AM CST…A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WASHINGTON…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD…DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE…RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT…YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES…BUSINESSES
AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT
TREES TO BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.