Following Tornadoes, Heartland Braces for Hurricane Winds
December 15, 2021
Merry Christmas.
"Iowa has logged 7X more Tornado Warnings today than the last 35 winters COMBINED."š§ https://t.co/29aBd763JY
— Bethāļø (@PersuasivePR) December 16, 2021
When temperatures are 40 degrees above normal, and near 70 as far north as the border of MN in Decemberā¦ and with a coincident stormā¦ well, your bound to get unprecedented extreme weather. Itās hard to justify these extremes w/o a changed climate. pic.twitter.com/xPoY8L3vpM
— Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) December 15, 2021
UPDATE: This is really happening.
Family heading back to KC from Denver
— Greg Thomas (@greg80795608) December 15, 2021
Western Kansas on I-70 pic.twitter.com/ixwzbiqB63
Update-14 tornado warnings today in Iowa. So far.
— Harold Brooks (@hebrooks87) December 15, 2021
There are currently 5 tornado warnings in effect in Iowa. Prior to today, in December, there was one last Friday and one in 2015.
— Harold Brooks (@hebrooks87) December 15, 2021
Above, Omaha radar with tornado warnings in red.
But wait, there’s more!
Fires exploding in Kansas behind the dust storm as the sun sets #kswx pic.twitter.com/o9YoxVzsMd
— Peter Forister āļøšØāļø (@forecaster25) December 15, 2021
I don't think I've seen this before. A tornado warned storm in Nebraska moving at 100 mph! #NBCDFWWeather pic.twitter.com/A7YyadHIXG
— Rick Mitchell (@RickMitchellWX) December 15, 2021
Lincoln ASOS just measured 93mph!!! TAKE SHELTER NOW
— NWS Omaha (@NWSOmaha) December 15, 2021
Current view in Garden City, KS insane dust storm and absolutely howling winds, power plant reportedly recorded an 86mph wind gust just moments ago. Got so dark the street lights turned on. pic.twitter.com/e9kNOqIYNg
— Western_Kansas_Wx (@300MphEF5) December 15, 2021
So we gusted to 84 mph at 111 pm here at Dodge City.
— NWS Dodge City (@NWSDodgeCity) December 15, 2021
To put that in perspective…
Our strongest thunderstorm wind gust at Dodge City was 79.4 mph on 6/23/2018.
This 84 mph wind was not from a thunderstorm but from the RAW power of the atmosphere itself.#kswx#wxtwitter #Windy
An apocalyptic winter storm front swallowing Boulder this morning!
— David Roche (@MountainRoche) December 15, 2021
In 90 seconds, it went from calm and warm to a wall of wind stronger than anything I have experienced š¤Æ pic.twitter.com/0YU8Mq6taV
Oh boy, here we go in Colorado. Impressive rainbow at the corner! https://t.co/rW9cqxweQx
— Jeff Masters (@DrJeffMasters) December 15, 2021
This is exactly what āTornado Alley is only going to get bigger and more year-roundā means. Be safe. https://t.co/pib1gUrQhZ https://t.co/Zg80JXHHnW
— Jonathan Overpeck (@GreatLakesPeck) December 15, 2021
Just astounding. https://t.co/9MsSovZH4Y
— Bob Henson (@bhensonweather) December 15, 2021
Wow. Another unprecedented weather event to add to 2021ās tally. Tornado expert Harold Brooks also tweeted that there has been only one December severe thunderstorm warning ever issued in Minnesota. Weāll likely see more today. https://t.co/hYrm8sDSjf
— Jeff Masters (@DrJeffMasters) December 15, 2021
Brought to you by excess carbon pollution and meteorologists that weren't vocal enough, who should have been protesting in the streets on the climate issue, during the 1990's and 2000's on the climate issue, Tom. @MichaelEMann @tornadokid3
— Guy Walton (@climateguyw) December 15, 2021
Climate Denial Crock of the Week 