***Severe Weather on Wed 12/15***Damn its windy

[CYEATHAWK]

I assume you all have heading your way what we are getting this morning.

No storms here but unbelievable winds. 70+ mph at our place with 100+ recorded on some peaks. So whatever it is, it it is heading there in a hurry. Stay safe.

A friend of mine who use to live in Boulder says they use tape all their large windows due to the frequency of high winds. Is that true?

 

[BCClone]

Moldboard is turning it over black. VT is drastically less so.

I think about when I was a kid and everything got turned over black. It's not at all like that these days.

VT then TT and a heavy disk ripping gets it nearly the same as moldboarding.

 

[AgronAlum]

Some moron a few houses away still has their trampoline out. That thing will be gone in a few hours.

You know they make tie downs for them, right?

 

[nfrine]

That is really cool. It looks like there is a massive suck hole in Sioux CIty?

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Looks like a candidate for Mtown13 to review....

 

[wxman1]

A severe weather thread turned into a nice discussion of current soil conservation practices throughout the state of Iowa, CF at its best today.

Should we talk about buffer strips and water conservation now?

 

[CloneGuy8]

You know they make tie downs for them, right?

I guess we'll see how well they work. Might be my afternoon entertainment watching if it blows away, lol.

 

[wxman1]

 

[inCyteful]

A friend of mine who use to live in Boulder says they use tape all their large windows due to the frequency of high winds. Is that true?

Some do, if you are in a canyon like the one that runs up to Eldora from Boulder, you can get some incredibly damaging winds (Hurricane strength) maybe a couple of times a year. Same if you are exposed on the side of a mountain. We are off the front range a few miles so more sustained, less gusty winds. Boulder and Larimer county are essentially one big dust cloud right now.

Or maybe it is a big pot cloud, who knows around here.

 

[Cyhig]

The storm is saying

 

[2122]

Part of one of the warnings out for Freeborn County/Albert Lea, were it is presently 66 degrees!: ...widespread wind damage from gusts possibly exceeding 80mph {{doh!}} will accompany the storms. Snow is melting so fast you can almost see it go...

 

[cydsho]

Tornado watch for most of the Omaha NWS area until 8pm now.
Edit: Looks like SPC issued this for pretty much all of nebr and Iowa......

 

[JM4CY]

Should we talk about buffer strips and water conservation now?

Water Conservation?!?!? There's not gonna be any water left! Them winds are gonna dry out the Mississippi!!!!!

 

[CloneGuy8]

Ternader watch official

 

[mynameisjonas]

So when is the worst of the storm/winds going to hit Ames/Dm area?

 

[knowlesjam]

Some moron a few houses away still has their trampoline out. That thing will be gone in a few hours.

Hopefully you are not Northeast of the idiot...

 

[JustAnotherTimeline]

Some moron a few houses away still has their trampoline out. That thing will be gone in a few hours.

If it is in staked to the yard properly, it stands a chance. Mine lived through the deracho, no problem.

 

[CloneGuy8]

Hopefully you are not Northeast of the idiot...

Funny you say that, I am. However, our neighborhood is at a weird angle so I think it will end up in another yard if it does get blown away.

 

[Gunnerclone]

The warned storm out in NE has a pretty strong rotation signature for being QLCS

 

[Gorm]

I wonder if we will see that watch updated with PDS language later on today.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Looking at where these are starting to line up and the track, southern Minnesota is effffffffed.....