Not such a slow season after all?

[tomboudreau]

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/today.html

Look at today's reports so far. Hopefully everyone in these areas stays safe tonight. Already 47 tornados have been reported, and probably more to come tonight.

Tom

[tomboudreau]

Opps...make that 42 tornadoes instead of 47. Sorry about the bad info.

Tom

[breeze]

Jim Cantori made a statement about a "dry"
tornado season, last night...kinda silly, since
it's just began, hmmm?

Thanks, Tom!

[Guest]

I don't rely on that TWC anyway for my forecast.

[breeze]

Neither do I....rather fond of NWS! But, I
just have to skirt the block and see what
the "big dogs" are saying!

(*breeze hears barking in the background...)

[senorpepr]

wow... 51 tornado reports for the 20th...

IL had 31 reports
IN had 14 reports plus 1 injury
IA had 3 reports
NE had 2 reports
OK had 1 report

Also to report... Omaha had some strong winds:

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SPECI KOMA 210219Z 34034G54KT 8SM SQ FEW042 SCT049 BKN095 16/08 A2950 RMK AO2 PK WND 31054/0215 CB DSNT NW-N MOV E FRQ LTGICCC

Updated: 9:19 PM CDT on April 20, 2004
Observed at Omaha/Eppley Airfield, Nebraska
Wind: NNW at 39G62 mph
Visibility: 8mi
Weather: Squall
Clouds: Few 4200ft, Scattered 4900ft, Broken 9500ft
Tempeature: 61°F
Dewpoint: 46°F
Pressure: 29.50"
Remarks: Distant cumulonimbus from NW through N, moving E. Frequent in-cloud and cloud-to-cloud lightning.

[WXBUFFJIM]

If this pattern continues whre jet stream disturbances eject east of the rockies into the central US and midwest every other day, we'll play catch up with tornadoes alright. After a quiet start to the year, especially this past winter, we're definitely catching up day by day with regard to tornadoes. We got several more days of possibly destructive tornadoes to go. Definitely some nasty wx yesterday with a wedge tornado near Granville, Illinois and also Utica, Illinois.

Jim

[wx247]

Where are the tornado dead season screamers now?