Posted on 04/24/2007 11:09:56 AM PDT by sully777
An active weather day is in store for the Central and Southern Plains eastward to the Mississippi River today. An outbreak of severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes, including large and long-tracked tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds is expected to begin later this afternoon in portions of the Great Plains and move eastward as the day progresses. Thunderstorms are expected to develop over parts of Kansas and southern Nebraska this afternoon, with more storms developing late this afternoon and this evening over Oklahoma and Texas. These storms will move eastward into western Missouri, western Arkansas, and western Louisiana by tonight, with additional storms possible late in central and eastern Missouri.
Farther to the north over much of Nebraska eastward into Iowa and northern Illinois, heavy rain with localized flooding will be possible. Flood watches have been posted over parts of central Nebraska due to the expectation of heavy rains today. Heavy rain could reach Chicago by sunrise on Wednesday.
All of this will be moving to the east into the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys on Wednesday, bringing a chance of heavy rain to the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley and thunderstorms across the Mid-South and Tennessee Valley as well.
In Colorado and Wyoming, this same storm system will bring a chance of heavy snow to the Rockies and Front Range, particularly on eastern slopes above 6000 feet. Denver may also see some snow from this system before precipitation winds down.
In addition, windy conditions are expected from Mexico to Canada in the Plains and Rockies, with extremely dry air in New Mexico and West Texas aiding in bringing a higher fire danger to these areas, with fire weather watches and red flag warnings in effect today.
If you live in the Plains or Mississippi Valley, pay close attention to the weather today: especially this afternoon, evening, and into tonight.
Oh, dear. We’re right in the middle of that big red area!!
Prayers that this doesn’t turn out as bad as they are predicting!
Y’all keep your heads down!
Someone needs to shoot the freakin’ groundhog!........
twice........lol
no....give that groundhog some chinese cat food
Looks like a fun day ahead ping
MODS: Please remove. This is not FR Breaking News.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Damn climate change! So now we see clear evidence that global warming is causing outbreaks of thunderstorms IN THE SPRING!!!
When will America wake up??!! Maybe if we wipe our collective butts less, we can stop these storms!!
/sarcasm
I have been having trouble with my satellite dish all day...but we have only been having drizzle in the Fort Worth/Arlington area.
I have been having trouble with my satellite dish all day...but we have only been having drizzle in the Fort Worth/Arlington area.
Indeed, that is a whopping big red area! LOL We are in the middle of it too.
To you, and everyone else “in the red”, I send my thoughts.
So far, all I’ve got is wind. It did knock out the power for about 3 seconds (long enough to turn off the computer, and annoy me lol)...and since today was trash day the trashcan won’t stay upright with nothing inside to weigh it down. Oh yeah...it was sprinkling earlier...no...not even sprinkles...misting? LOL
Wow...when will it be breaking? After the storms hit? FYI, threads like this have helped FReepers in past years. This is one helluva storm system.
Carolyn
Batten down the hatches.
Tut Tut looks like rain...err hail....Ahhhh....ZzzzzzzZZZzzzzz
I am about in the middle, Arlington, TX. Looks like a supper day to stay in out of the weather. I see a nice nap in my future.
When the next space junk reentry is targeted to land within 100 feet of your house, we’ll make sure that we get the mods to put the thread in chat.
OK?
“MODS: Please remove. This is not FR Breaking News.”
This is as important as half of the stories I see here. If you lived in the area you would be a little more concerned.
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