April 10th - 15th Extremely dynamic storm system

[james1976]

Down here in Aplington. Out on the deck with a cold one. Just got the charcoals lit. It's up to 70 now and almost feels muggy. Getting cloudy now too. Love watching this whole thing unfold even though the main severe threat is west of me. Incredible system. 90 in Omaha, a raging blizzard in North Dakota and tornadoes in between. Impressive 

[Iceresistance]

@OmahaSnowFan There's a line of storms coming your way

[james1976]

6 minutes ago, Iceresistance said:

@OmahaSnowFan There's a line of storms coming your way

Man those cells in IA & NE look intense 

[snowstorm83]

That line really got it's act together very quickly. Should get interesting shortly in Lincoln. 

[Iceresistance]

5.5 inch hail has been confirmed in Salado, TX

[james1976]

Tornado Warnings flying in north central IA. I'm getting the cloud cover blowing out from those storms. Pretty amazing as they are well to my west. I can see the southern and eastern edge of those clouds off to MY south and east. That's how far the cloud deck has expanded off those storms.

[hawkstwelve]

Hard to tell from the picture but some very cool, very high topped clouds moving in with that cell from the west. 

[Andie]

The Mets tried their best to talk this up as severe but in Ft Worth it was just a good rain. About 1/2”.  Could have used more.  
Dallas I’d getting some heavy rain as well.  Humidity dropped to 58% and 63*.  
Not bad.  Could use some more.  

[Timmy Supercell]

12 minutes ago, hawkstwelve said:

Hard to tell from the picture but some very cool, very high topped clouds moving in with that cell from the west. 

All the ones I've seen up to this point are smaller than that! 

Hope you get a good rumbler.

[Andie]

25 minutes ago, Iceresistance said:

5.5 inch hail has been confirmed in Salado, TX

Between DFW and Austin.  They got ‘clocked’ for sure.  So glad we missed that as we got a new roof last year. 
Dang!  That’s big! 

[Timmy Supercell]

40 minutes ago, james1976 said:

Man those cells in IA & NE look intense 

There's something quite explosive about that line. Very few do this that fast.

[Andie]

1 hour ago, Iceresistance said:

@Andie How much rain did you get?

Bit of a disappointment. About a 1/2”.  
Yourself??

[Iceresistance]

4 minutes ago, Andie said:

Between DFW and Austin.  They got ‘clocked’ for sure.  So glad we missed that as we got a new roof last year. 
Dang!  That’s big! 

But . . . . . it's not the biggest . . . 

[Iceresistance]

Just now, Andie said:

Bit of a disappointment. About a 1/2”.  
Yourself??

Nada! Not even a single storm even developed in Oklahoma, I hope that the line that is developing further south in Kansas will reach me overnight & give me some rainfall.

[Iceresistance]

That line has exploded into Kansas, I hope it reaches SW Oklahoma to go to me!

[Timmy Supercell]

Any chance that becomes an all night long into early AM event going into Ohio valley? Anxious for my first derecho in my new area. 

[hawkstwelve]

Unfortunately the interesting clouds didn't really amount to much here besides some rain as the bulk of it moved off to the NW.

Most of the action seemed to dance around me today. I had about 10 mins of some low rumbling thunder from a distance, some rain, and a little tiny hail. Not much to write home about. Actually had more excitement from the storms on 3/29. Guess we'll get em next time!

[Bellona]

Just now, Timmy Supercell said:

Any chance that becomes an all night long into early AM event going into Ohio valley? Anxious for my first derecho in my new area. 

Slim chance of that. I'd be more excited about your prospects for you tomorrow, as this line fizzles out. 

[Timmy Supercell]

2 minutes ago, Bellona said:

Slim chance of that. I'd be more excited about your prospects for you tomorrow, as this line fizzles out. 

I like the days that come in multiple rounds.

[Phil]

44 minutes ago, Timmy Supercell said:

There's something quite explosive about that line. Very few do this that fast.

Can’t wait until it’s us getting nailed by one of those.

Won’t be long. Climo for severe is exponentiating now.

[Phil]

23 minutes ago, Timmy Supercell said:

Any chance that becomes an all night long into early AM event going into Ohio valley? Anxious for my first derecho in my new area. 

Progressive derechos are more of a midsummer thing around these parts. Serial derechos can happen in spring/fall but aren’t as common.

Spring severe is more of the classical warm sectoring with high shear favoring quasi-linear segments and supercells. We’re getting into that phase of the season right about now.

[Bryan1117]

Well that was fun… had a nice thunderstorm roll through this evening with some small hail, lots of cloud to ground lighting, and most importantly around .40” of rain. 

Sirens sounded here twice for rotation in the metro area along the line, one area on the north side of the metro and the other on the southeast side.

[snowstorm83]

Nice and welcome thunderstorm during a time of drought, quickly dropped around 0.40”. 

[Phil]

Touched 80°F here today. Downsloping def added a few degrees.

Thursday could be an active thunderstorm day if the front waits until 3-4pm, maximizing daytime heating. Otherwise, convective initiation probably happens to the east of here.

[Phil]

Holy squall line.

[IMoveALot_Weather]

As expected, supercells are weakening as they head north out of Iowa and towards me. 48*F.

[Timmy Supercell]

Posted by NWS Brownsville TX on facebook. 

[Thunder98]

2 hours ago, hawkstwelve said:

Hard to tell from the picture but some very cool, very high topped clouds moving in with that cell from the west. 

That cell looks very scary!

[gabel23]

The dry line pushed through my area earlier than storms where able to develop. Made it up to 90 today. What happened after the dry line blew through was something I have never seen. Winds switched to the west/northwest and blowing dust blew through. I went out 2 miles to our east and visibility was a half mile or so. There was also a major accident 5 miles to the north on highway 81. I stayed on the country roads but it was clear that highway was not a place you wanted to be on. Welcome to the dust bowl 2022. 

 

[Thunder98]

39 minutes ago, gabel23 said:

The dry line pushed through my area earlier than storms where able to develop. Made it up to 90 today. What happened after the dry line blew through was something I have never seen. Winds switched to the west/northwest and blowing dust blew through. I went out 2 miles to our east and visibility was a half mile or so. There was also a major accident 5 miles to the north on highway 81. I stayed on the country roads but it was clear that highway was not a place you wanted to be on. Welcome to the dust bowl 2022. 

 

Looks no different than Mars.

[Mr Marine Layer]

91 today in Omaha before that front came through.

[Tom]

5 hours ago, gabel23 said:

The dry line pushed through my area earlier than storms where able to develop. Made it up to 90 today. What happened after the dry line blew through was something I have never seen. Winds switched to the west/northwest and blowing dust blew through. I went out 2 miles to our east and visibility was a half mile or so. There was also a major accident 5 miles to the north on highway 81. I stayed on the country roads but it was clear that highway was not a place you wanted to be on. Welcome to the dust bowl 2022. 

 

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My goodness, that does look like a modern day dust bowl out in NE....you guys are living through history for sure...

[Iceresistance]

I may still get storms from a Cold Front, the HRRR is unusually consistent with storms blowing up over Pott. County

[Iceresistance]

@AndieIt's now raining at my house, finally!

[WinterSquall23]

9 hours ago, hawkstwelve said:

Unfortunately the interesting clouds didn't really amount to much here besides some rain as the bulk of it moved off to the NW.

Most of the action seemed to dance around me today. I had about 10 mins of some low rumbling thunder from a distance, some rain, and a little tiny hail. Not much to write home about. Actually had more excitement from the storms on 3/29. Guess we'll get em next time!

One thing about the Midwest Thunderstorms.  They are impressive.  !   I wonder if this is the same storm that caused it to snow at sea level in Portland.  That is an intense cold pool running into the heat here .  

[Iceresistance]

Lot of lightning just to the south of me, but it's not coming . . . I only had a trace of rainfall

[Clinton]

I got more rain than I was expecting I picked up .40 inches.  Temps have dropped 10 degrees in the last hour down to 51.

[Andie]

Scattered  thunderstorms.  More chances today but I won’t hold my breath   Hoping our Spring sees more rain before the tap is shut off  

73*.  82% Humidity.  

[Timmy Supercell]

Moderate includes western Kentucky. This is at least the 2nd (I'm thinking 3rd) in the Paducah forecasting area since Mayfield. 

[mlgamer]

Picked up .48" of rain overnight. My current temp  is 41.5. Highs the next week are forecast to be in the mid 50s to around 60 so back to cool weather again...

[Hawkeye]

Models have trended toward more widespread precip here this afternoon and evening as the next upper wave lifts northeastward.  They are also showing a band of snow on the backside of the precip shield.

[Clinton]

45 minutes ago, Timmy Supercell said:

Moderate includes western Kentucky. This is at least the 2nd (I'm thinking 3rd) in the Paducah forecasting area since Mayfield. 

Lezak made this prediction 120 days ago.  Looks very similar.

[Timmy Supercell]

[james1976]

I picked up .32" from the line that blew through last night. Lost power for 5min. Nothing severe but had a lot of lightning, thunder and wind. 

[Hawkeye]

As expected, the line significantly weakened by the time it reached eastern Iowa.  We only had a brief downpour and a bit of light rain that added up to 0.08".  I never understood why the enhanced severe outlook extended all the way to Cedar Rapids.

[Iceresistance]

I only had a trace . . .

 

It's either the worst of the storms, or none of it!

[bud2380]

Computer models are showing some snow falling today in Iowa.  Unreal.

 

[Clinton]

Looks like it's about to get going in the favored area.

   DISCUSSION...A stable airmass is currently in place across the lower
   Ohio Valley and mid-Mississippi Valley in the wake of a morning MCV.
   However, low-level moisture is expected to improve significantly
   over the next several hours. The leading edge of richer Gulf
   moisture can now be seen on visible satellite where the cu field is
   expanding north across Mississippi and western Alabama.
   Extrapolating northward movement of this better moisture and
   northeastward movement of ongoing thunderstorm activities, it
   appears better low-level moisture will arrive prior to the
   convective line east of the Mississippi River and possibly slightly
   west. Expect this better moisture to reach the Missouri bootheel
   around 19-20Z, southern Illinois 20-21Z and southern Indiana around
   22Z. MLCAPE is expected to increase to the 1000 to 2000 J/kg range
   ahead of these storms which should be sufficiently unstable to not
   only support a significant severe weather threat with the squall
   line, but also potentially allow for some more discrete convection
   to develop ahead of the line. In addition, surface winds are
   expected to back across the warm sector as the upper-level trough
   advances northeastward. Therefore, significant elongation of the
   low-level hodographs is anticipated. Therefore, all severe weather
   hazards are expected this afternoon/evening including the potential
   for 75+ mph wind gusts and a couple of strong (EF2+) tornadoes. A
   tornado watch will likely be issued in the next 1 to 2 hours.

[Iceresistance]

Originally from April 4th, but one of my teachers sent me this. 

 

[Thunder98]

18 minutes ago, Iceresistance said:

Originally from April 4th, but one of my teachers sent me this. 

 

Looks like a door to hell.