***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

[FLYINGCYCLONE]

There is another line of storms reloading moving northeast hopefully stays west?

 

[awd4cy]

Can a weather guru on here explain how the **** this happened with the mild temps we had today? Seems odd

Omaha hit 75 today and had plenty of clearing from the morning rain. There was plenty of heating and ingredients for it today.

 

[SaraV]

Hi, it's me. Stuck in a classroom at SEP Jr High. (Jr High musical tonight)

 

[ISUTex]

My son lives really close to there but I texted him and he’s visiting a buddy down in Indianola

Indianola got hit with some stuff too. Not sure if any damage.

 

[exCYtable]

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

Hi, it's me. Stuck in a classroom at SEP Jr High. (Jr High musical tonight)

Stay there for a bit.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Indianola got hit with some stuff too. Not sure if any damage.

We haven’t seen much (I live there). Some heavy rain but not enough wind to take notice (where I live anyway). Lights did blink though

 

[interrobang]

A bit of good news at least. And heard on Ryan Halls YouTube no reports of fatalities at all yet today.

 

[cowgirl836]

A bit of good news at least. And heard on Ryan Halls YouTube no reports of fatalities at all yet today.

That's incredible

 

[CycloneErik]

What does the Des Moines area look like?

Bunch of buildings with streets and people, but that's not important right now.

 

[wxman1]

 

[Bigman38]

Lived in the area forever and don't remember a day like this.

Tornado after tornado that were the biggest in the area in a long time. It'll be days before we fully understand just how much destruction happened.

 

[Iastfan112]

Can a weather guru on here explain how the **** this happened with the mild temps we had today? Seems odd

Any time you're located with near and to the SE of a low pressure system and get cells to fire off ahead of a front there will be tornado risk. Leads to plenty of spin and usually enough energy.

60's is plenty warm to fire off storms, indeed peak of summer heat tends to "cap" the atmosphere and lower the risk of tornadoes as the trigger to break the cap is usually a cold front that creates linear storms that tend to have less spin to them.

 

[Cyclones8824]

Sitting in Ankeny right now, looking over at the Altoona area near the outlet mall and Adventureland. Just a barrage of lightning all over.

 

[Gonzo]

Hi, it's me. Stuck in a classroom at SEP Jr High. (Jr High musical tonight)

Which production?

 

[ClonerJams]

My favorite thing about tornado season is learning of all these dinky towns they show on local TV. Tonight I learned there is a place called Swan.

 

[wxman1]

 

[NWICY]

Hi, it's me. Stuck in a classroom at SEP Jr High. (Jr High musical tonight)

Did they call a emergency intermission for storm warnings? What is the musical?

 

[KidSilverhair]

Which production?

Probably The Wizard Of Oz, naturally. “Auntie Em, Auntie Em!”

 

[Althetuna]

My son is in Altoona. Storm is past he's good.