12/01 - 12/02 Winter Rain / Snow Storm

[Minny_Weather]

It's looking like heaviest totals tonight may be to our North AND South by looking at radar now, with us being stuck in between the two heavier bands. If that happens I will throw a temper tantrum. 33.6*F and snowing.

[St Paul Storm]

Daytime snow accums were only forecasted to be around 1” with another 1-3” tonight. But I just measured 2.75” down already and other bands forming to the south. Visibility around 1/2 mi currently. Very fluffy stuff.

[gabel23]

Meanwhile there is a wedge tornado in Illinois!

 

Tornado Warning

ILC135-012300-

/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0020.181201T2232Z-181201T2300Z/

 

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

Tornado Warning

National Weather Service St Louis MO

432 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2018

 

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

 

* Tornado Warning for...

Central Montgomery County in south central Illinois...

 

* Until 500 PM CST.

 

* At 432 PM CST, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado

was located near Raymond, moving northeast at 35 mph.

 

This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

[james1976]

DMX update expanded the Advisory a bit and is still calling for 2-5" in my area. Ill be stoked if it pans out. Rain has picked back up again as as the wind. Sittin at 35.

[Minny_Weather]

The moisture is being zapped out. Nothing like we had this morning moisture-wise. It'd better reload overnight or it'll be a short, boring night. 33.6°F.

 

One met here (I have personal beef with him) has us getting 1-2". At this rate that looks fairly D**n likely.

[Stormhunter87]

Yeah my family just missed the tornado in Fulton county. Hard to enjoy snow with that on the mind.

[gabel23]

Holy cow!! It’s December 1st.

 

Tornado Warning

ILC021-012345-

/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0028.181201T2315Z-181201T2345Z/

 

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

Tornado Warning

National Weather Service Lincoln IL

515 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2018

 

...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR TAYLORVILLE...

 

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

 

* Tornado Warning for...

Central Christian County in central Illinois...

 

* Until 545 PM CST.

 

* At 514 PM CST, a confirmed large and destructive tornado was

observed near Taylorville, moving northeast at 30 mph.

 

TORNADO EMERGENCY for Taylorville. This is a PARTICULARLY

DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

[gabel23]

I’m up to probably 4” of snow and it’s just ripping! Here is a pic of that tornado, crazy storm and one that will be great in this years LRC!

[Niko]

Not a lot of rain fell today, in fact, very spotty showers from time to time. Temps remained in the mid 30s all day. There goes a bust for my area. I was projected to get an inch or more of rainfall.

[clintbeed1993]

I’m up to probably 4” of snow and it’s just ripping! Here is a pic of that tornado, crazy storm and one that will be great in this years LRC!

 

This storm is so impressive.  3 inches of rain last night and now a massive Tornado?  Just crazy.  That rip city band is moving Southeast and  will be coming through my area in the next hour. Looks like a great band

[Minny_Weather]

Every return on radar is avoiding me. I hate being used to that. 33.8°F.

[gabel23]

This storm is so impressive.  3 inches of rain last night and now a massive Tornado?  Just crazy.  That rip city band is moving Southeast and  will be coming through my area in the next hour. Looks like a great band

It was crazy Clint; I would say easily an 1"/hr snow rate. The 1" of snow I got this morning pretty much melted and could see grass. After that band moved through I picked up easily 3" of snow. You could see the ground before these pics and the roads/driveway was just wet. 

[clintbeed1993]

It was crazy Clint; I would say easily an 1"/hr snow rate. The 1" of snow I got this morning pretty much melted and could see grass. After that band moved through I picked up easily 3" of snow. You could see the ground before these pics and the roads/driveway was just wet. 

 

That looks very impressive.  That thing is just getting ready to pivot through my county. Should have a solid hour of moderate to heavy snow.  Gunna take a walk in it

[Money]

HRRR continues increasing snow totals in eastern WI. Now showing 6+. Nam was similar

[CentralNebWeather]

NWS Hastings is cancelling the Winter Storm Warnings and replacing them with winter weather advisories. Pretty disappointing storm for many. I am thankful for what I got but many of those massive predicted amounts just didn’t materialize, marginal temps, mid level dry air. It makes you understand how many things must go right for a big storm to occur and why they don’t happen very frequently.

[Minny_Weather]

Dry air is still gonna destroy us here. It looks like heaviest bands will stay North of here so I'm punting on this one.

[james1976]

I was watching TWC. Very impressive storm. Its affecting literally 2/3 of the country. There were 12 tornadoes in Illinois.

[shakjen]

A lot of lightning here now.

[Tom]

Large wedge Tornado near Beardstown, IL...

 

[Niko]

It was crazy Clint; I would say easily an 1"/hr snow rate. The 1" of snow I got this morning pretty much melted and could see grass. After that band moved through I picked up easily 3" of snow. You could see the ground before these pics and the roads/driveway was just wet. 

Nice!

[CentralNebWeather]

Now it is snowing hard again with a strong wind so visibility is way down and accumulating again. Kind of looks like a mini blizzard. What a weird storm.

[hlcater]

I was watching TWC. Very impressive storm. Its affecting literally 2/3 of the country. There were 12 tornadoes in Illinois.

At least. Multiple cyclic supercells. I expect the count to be 20-30.

[bud2380]

Looks like that batch of rain in SW Iowa is starting to turn to snow. Could head towards Omaha as it rotates back to the west. Something to watch there.

[bud2380]

Nam and 3k nam both showing several inches in SW Iowa overnight. Not sure if that will materialize or not

[Minny_Weather]

If I see one more drop of rain I'm gonna go full blown Snowlover76. 33.6*F.

[james1976]

Nam and 3k nam both showing several inches in SW Iowa overnight. Not sure if that will materialize or not

TWC had 5-8" in C to SW IA with their latest update.

[FV-Mike]

Crazy amount of lightening here

[Minny_Weather]

If you combine fruit juice, sugar, and whatever the heck is falling outside, you could make a Gordon Ramsay and Christina Tosi approved slushie. 32.7*F.

[snowstorm83]

Sleet/snow mixture, mostly snow. It's going to have to cool down and pick up in intensity before it even thinks about accumulating.

[Minny_Weather]

Sleet/snow mixture, mostly snow. It's going to have to cool down and pick up in intensity before it even thinks about accumulating.

Idk, it's falling relatively fast. 32.7*F at my place now, compared to 33.6 just under an hour ago. But yeah, the rate needs to pick up. The pixie dust I'm getting now ain't gonna cut it.

[CentralNebWeather]

Visibility down to a couple of blocks. Blowing snow issues. Streets are bad with now frozen slush being covered up by dry snow that easily blows. As people keep saying, this storm has a few more tricks in it before it ends.

[Tom]

Getting some heavy rain along with some pea size hail, lightning and thunder...welcome to met Winter

[bud2380]

Looks like some heavier bands are knocking on the doorstep of Omaha.

[Iowawx]

Rain has been occurring off and on today. About 0.7" here so far today. HRRR suggests that snow on backside of storm will struggle to make it to Eastern Iowa tomorrow morning. If this storm wasn't weakening as it moves northeast, we may have been able to get a couple inches of snow out of this. Seems like the we won't be able to get more than half an inch of snow, if that. 

[gosaints]

More real snow. This time wind whipped... Fun

[Minny_Weather]

There's okay-ish reflectivities headed towards here, but it seems like this will be our one and only shot at heavy snowfall. Other than that it is likely we will be dealing with light snow, so we need to rely on this here to at least lay the foundation for accumulating snowfall. 32.2*F.

[clintbeed1993]

I'd say I have 2 maybe 2.5 on the ground.  Eyeing that banding over by Omaha to hopefully swing through in a couple hours.  I'm just hoping to get 2 or 3 more out of this thing.  We'll see.

[Money]

35 and rain but everything is all iced up. Roads are awful

[St Paul Storm]

Had about a 3 hour break in the snow but now it’s ramping back up. Temp up to 32F, highest it’s been all day.

[Madtown]

snow n sleet here bout a half inch on roads