A dangerous and possibly deadly tornado outbreak is ongoing in eastern Nebraska and into west central Iowa. The latest reports I'm getting include 58 reported tornadoes today. The tornado number continues to rise and spreading into new areas.
Also a very dangerous and possibly deadly situation in the mist of this tornado outbreak. Hopefully there are no fatalities. But this is what I got
0930 PM TORNADO HALLAM 40.54N 96.79W
05/22/2004 LANCASTER NE AMATEUR RADIO
SEVERAL HOUSES DESTROYED AND POWER LINES DOWN REQUESTING
A LOT OF HELP. MEDICAL CALL REQUESTED TO HALLAM NEBRASKA
AS MAJOR DAMAGE.
Definitely a scary scene east and southeast of Lincoln, NE at this time.
Jim
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Houses destroyed in southeastern NE, 58 tornadoes so far....
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Sort of tried to explain this on another thread, I'll have another go...
Yes, there are 58 ENTRIES (well, up to 62 by the time I'm posting) for "tornado reports" on the SPC page.
That does NOT mean there have been 58 tornadoes today.
That number will be reduced massively by two methods:
1) It will be sorted out that most of the actual tornadoes had 5-6 different reports of the same tornado. Heck, one could do that now, very obviously looking at the list there are many, many instances of multiple reports for the same tornado.
2) A number of the reports will, after the local NWS office gets out and looks around for a couple of days, be determined not to be tornadoes.
Probably, the total number of tornadoes today will turn out to have been about 18-25. (Still quite an outbreak.)
Sorry to be pedantic but people claiming the # of prelim reports by SPC as a number of "tornadoes" seems really really common, and it's a result of people not understanding on-line science data which is a rampant problem in a lot of things..geology, meterology, astronomy, etc., and also a result of people constantly looking for hyperbole....
Yes, there are 58 ENTRIES (well, up to 62 by the time I'm posting) for "tornado reports" on the SPC page.
That does NOT mean there have been 58 tornadoes today.
That number will be reduced massively by two methods:
1) It will be sorted out that most of the actual tornadoes had 5-6 different reports of the same tornado. Heck, one could do that now, very obviously looking at the list there are many, many instances of multiple reports for the same tornado.
2) A number of the reports will, after the local NWS office gets out and looks around for a couple of days, be determined not to be tornadoes.
Probably, the total number of tornadoes today will turn out to have been about 18-25. (Still quite an outbreak.)
Sorry to be pedantic but people claiming the # of prelim reports by SPC as a number of "tornadoes" seems really really common, and it's a result of people not understanding on-line science data which is a rampant problem in a lot of things..geology, meterology, astronomy, etc., and also a result of people constantly looking for hyperbole....
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I was at Wilber and Hallam chasing last night...
This was a scary chase!
Our target was Hastings were we had Hi speed internet. ~In an almost virtual chase we were able to see this serous situation evolve as the morning and early afternoon wore on. Eventually the cell near to Mc Cook seemed to become dominant and we elected to target it as we were worried that it would become tornadic as it engaged the deeper moisture around Hastings.
Eventually we intercepted the cell East of Alma on 136– just in time to see Roger Hill and SLT tour 3 blasting eastwards! (they had seen a tornado just 5 mins earlier) We followed this cell for some time – never actually seeing a tornado but just one funnel that never made contact with the ground. This become disorganised (visually) with the cell and it become difficult to read it!
After driving hard east we re-targeted the same cell?? Or another development West of Wilber – As we drove through Wilber we could see that the town had been struck as there was significant tree and house damage – Helen reported that she saw one cars damaged on top of another! We wanted to push East and then south as we assumed that the tornado was too our North – but then things got really confusing – the NOAA radio was screaming tornado warnings and tornado reports were come through on the local radio that towns ahead and behind us were being struck – the road was blocked East of Clatonia by downed trees and power lines so we turned around back to Wilber – as Radio reports of another tornado (might have been the first one – but delayed) were originating from Wilber again and also to North
At this stage we were totally wrapped in rain, with no access to data and feeling a tad alone. Sensibly we took control of the situation and called a halt to our progress just inside Wilber. I contacted Mark on the cell phone who has a Baron and he was able to plot us an route out of there – which ended up as being North and West of Wilber.
We did not intend to get involved in the Wilber mess – it was just on route (that we thought was safe) to our overnight stop. The morel of this tale is to ensure that you always have access to a 100% reliable internet and radar connection – some thing that I will address for my 2005 campaign.
This was a scary chase!
Our target was Hastings were we had Hi speed internet. ~In an almost virtual chase we were able to see this serous situation evolve as the morning and early afternoon wore on. Eventually the cell near to Mc Cook seemed to become dominant and we elected to target it as we were worried that it would become tornadic as it engaged the deeper moisture around Hastings.
Eventually we intercepted the cell East of Alma on 136– just in time to see Roger Hill and SLT tour 3 blasting eastwards! (they had seen a tornado just 5 mins earlier) We followed this cell for some time – never actually seeing a tornado but just one funnel that never made contact with the ground. This become disorganised (visually) with the cell and it become difficult to read it!
After driving hard east we re-targeted the same cell?? Or another development West of Wilber – As we drove through Wilber we could see that the town had been struck as there was significant tree and house damage – Helen reported that she saw one cars damaged on top of another! We wanted to push East and then south as we assumed that the tornado was too our North – but then things got really confusing – the NOAA radio was screaming tornado warnings and tornado reports were come through on the local radio that towns ahead and behind us were being struck – the road was blocked East of Clatonia by downed trees and power lines so we turned around back to Wilber – as Radio reports of another tornado (might have been the first one – but delayed) were originating from Wilber again and also to North
At this stage we were totally wrapped in rain, with no access to data and feeling a tad alone. Sensibly we took control of the situation and called a halt to our progress just inside Wilber. I contacted Mark on the cell phone who has a Baron and he was able to plot us an route out of there – which ended up as being North and West of Wilber.
We did not intend to get involved in the Wilber mess – it was just on route (that we thought was safe) to our overnight stop. The morel of this tale is to ensure that you always have access to a 100% reliable internet and radar connection – some thing that I will address for my 2005 campaign.
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The intensity and behavior of those storms on radar made it obvious that some serious trouble was at hand. Your description, Stu, took us along with you. And AirMan...good to hear from you in this situation too.
There have been fatalities and today, Sunday, looks like another day of high risk in some areas of the Plains and Midwest.
There have been fatalities and today, Sunday, looks like another day of high risk in some areas of the Plains and Midwest.
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