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

[Selmak The Tok'Ra]

Seems like most have tried to stay away from it but this guy's tossing out the D-word.

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To be fair, when I saw the projected line of storms on the futurecast on weather.com earlier this morning, I was like "darn, that looks like the derecho", and I was talking with a friend who was like "I feel like the derecho has everyone freaked out about this and preparing for this like they would have the derecho if they'd had the time to prepare"

 

[Gunnerclone]

Not long enough or not strong enough winds the entire time?

Not wide enough.

 

[CySki]

What's the percentage that the Des Moines viewing area gets a tornado today?

From the Storm Prediction Center:
"Probability of a tornado within 25 miles of a point.
Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of EF2 - EF5 tornadoes within 25 miles of a point."

SPC Day 1 Outlook

Severe weather, tornado, thunderstorm, fire weather, storm report, tornado watch, severe thunderstorm watch, mesoscale discussion, convective outlook products from the Storm Prediction Center.

www.spc.noaa.gov

 

[Selmak The Tok'Ra]

Think I got an early dismissal last week of fall semester. For a blizzard. Jesus.

I've lived in Ames my whole life (graduated from Iowa State, naturally) and I think I can count on one hand the number of times I can remember Iowa State closing for weather, but never preemptively like this

 

[Trice]

I don’t think this will be classified as a derecho.

Perhaps not, I'm less concerned with whether he's right about that than whether what he's saying represents an upgrade in severity.

 

[SaraV]

Pressbox at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Over to the right of this pic, you should be seeing some buildings/parking garages in downtown Lincoln. Can't see a thing.

 

[CloneGuy8]

I've lived in Ames my whole life (graduated from Iowa State, naturally) and I think I can count on one hand the number of times I can remember Iowa State closing for weather, but never preemptively like this

The only time ISU closed when I was there was when we got a foot of snow, I believe it was 2009

 

[wxman1]

What happens to them if they lose power/internet?

You would hope they would have generators/backup power and 2 internet connections going out different directions of the building.

If they lose power or services or need to shelter they will hand off to NWS Quad Cities. Adjoining offices are all equipped, trained and drilled on how to hand off.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

It's in the 70's here. I might have time to take a quick motorcycle ride

 

[MeowingCows]

Had a work event today and was supposed to end it with happy hour. Noped out of that one, not gonna deal with this s*** around 6PM or so when that would be getting done.

 

[swiacy]

Can't wait for the neighbors to the south Trampoline to hit my house today. Going to be a fun conversation.

Not liking you guys telling me there have been reports of 80-95mph wind. thats not good.

My son just backed a pickup up to the trampoline from the south and chained it to the grill guard. The wind is from the south, when it switches to the north it will probably end up on top of his pickup. I probably won't mention it to him.

 

[iowastatefan1929]

The pole shift is accelerating. This is what we can expect, by the end of this decade it will be apparent that Iowa is well on its way to becoming nearly a tropical climate. The question is what the Mississippi river does as far as where the coastline will end up.

 

[SaraV]

It's in the 70's here. I might have time to take a quick motorcycle ride

Seeing all the video from Lincoln...don't.


Just...don't.

 

[galactawitz]

Yeah, it has seemed exactly like a Derecho setup ever since the severe storm line came into play. I haven't fully understood why people have said "Isn't like the Derecho", I think it is except for the expected winds prior and after as well.

 

[awd4cy]

93 mph winds in Lincoln Nebraska

 

[cyinne]

Wind at Lincoln NE airport clocked at 93mph.

 

[FallOf81]

The pole shift is accelerating. This is what we can expect, by the end of this decade it will be apparent that Iowa is well on its way to becoming nearly a tropical climate. The question is what the Mississippi river does as far as where the coastline will end up.

Well this is good news. I was considering a condo in Florida but i will wait.

 

[iowastatefan1929]

You better run. You better hide.

 

[ISUcyclones11]

I've lived in Ames my whole life (graduated from Iowa State, naturally) and I think I can count on one hand the number of times I can remember Iowa State closing for weather, but never preemptively like this

Never had one single weather day in my 3 years there. And there were definitely dates that all the area schools had shut down. Couple individual morning classes but that's it.

Never felt like it was a major deal but I lived on campus (Friley and UV) the whole time so I'm sure the commuters would disagree!

 

[iowastatefan1929]

Well this is good news. I was considering a condo in Florida but i will wait.

Florida is finished sorry.