Posted on 04/14/2007 1:00:59 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A severe weather system blamed for five deaths plowed eastward out of the Plains on Saturday, leaving snow piled more than a foot deep and rattling the Gulf states with violent thunderstorms.
The Northeast prepared for possible coastal flooding.
The storm blew across the Plains on Friday, piling snow a foot deep in Kansas and raking Texas with high wind.
"I felt my house start shaking like the wind and I ran in here and grabbed my little girl," Amanda Rymer, 21, said in Haltom City, Texas. "As soon as I moved her, the roof fell in right where she was standing."
The storm tore roofs off houses in Rymer's neighbor and destroyed porches and garages. About a dozen tractor-trailer rigs were blown onto their sides.
One man was killed in Fort Worth by a pile of lumber that fell on him from his truck during the storm, and a police officer in Irving died when his patrol car slid on wet pavement and struck a utility pole, authorities said.
Three people were killed in Kansas in traffic accidents on highways covered with ice and slush, police said Saturday.
By midday Saturday, the system was spreading rain from Louisiana to Virginia and across much of the Ohio Valley. Lines of strong thunderstorms rolled across Louisiana and Mississippi into northern Alabama, and the National Weather Service posted tornado warnings for wide areas of Mississippi.
The weather system was forecast to strengthen when it reaches the East Coast on Sunday and form a nor'easter, a storm that follows the coast northward, with northeasterly wind driving waves and heavy rain.
"This is very odd for this time of year," National Weather Service meteorologist John Koch said Saturday in New York. "This is something that you would expect to see more in the middle of winter."
A flood watch was posted for the New York City region, as the weather service forecast 2 to 4 inches of rain Sunday with wind gusting to 50 mph. Snow and sleet were possible inland, Koch said.
The combination of rain, onshore wind and the approach of one of the spring's highest tides on Tuesday could add up to significant coastal surges, Koch said.
The New York National Guard alerted units that might be needed for emergency work, and Long Island's Suffolk County told emergency workers to be ready for possible duty.
"There is potential for a very bad storm," said Joseph Williams, Suffolk County's commissioner of fire, rescue and emergency services.
Snow stopped falling by Saturday afternoon in eastern Kansas, where some schools and businesses closed Friday as blowing snow created whiteout conditions. Up to 15 inches of snow fell in southwestern Kansas.
NASCAR Nextel Cup qualifying races at Texas Motor Speedway were halted and thousands of fans were advised to move to safety as tornado sirens blared at the speedway in Fort Worth.
A tornado was spotted near Bedford, a suburb between Dallas and Forth Worth, though no damage was reported, the National Weather Service said.
On the Net:
Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/
National Weather Service: http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/
Intellicast: http://www.intellicast.com/
Dillon Diggins clears snow from cars at Ron's Auto Sales following a spring storm that dumped several inches of heavy, wet snow, Friday, April 13, 2007, in Windham, Maine. Another storm is expected to hit the region Sunday. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Uh-oh. I think I’ll check my local radar!
Momma the cat takes in the view through a picture window at Ron's Auto Sales following a spring storm that dumped several inches of heavy, wet snow, Friday, April 13, 2007, in Windham, Maine. Another serious storm is expected to hit the region on Sunday. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Just saw an “expert” on NBC claim that this late winter snow storm in the East is another sign of global warming. When asked about how warming causes snow, he said that the relationship was “very subtle”.
Yeah.
watch it happen real-time .. on radar loop, anyway ;-)
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/Conus/northeast_loop.php
Kinda hard to sell a car you can’t see.........
Gotta watch out fo dem global warming nu auntses!
We’re all gonna DIE bump.
Public Severe Weather Outlook
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/pwo_prt.html
ZCZC SPCPWOSPC ALL
WOUS40 KWNS 141643
ALZ000-FLZ000-GAZ000-MSZ000-SCZ000-150045-
PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1143 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST US
TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST US
TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
SURROUNDING THIS AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA INTO SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.
A POWERFUL UPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...A SURFACE LOW WILL
DEEPEN RAPIDLY AND TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ALONG A WARM FRONT FROM
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. RAPID RETURN OF
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS OCCURRING SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT ACROSS MUCH
OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES...LEADING TO MODERATE INSTABILITY
AND AN ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER EVENT THROUGH TONIGHT.
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN ALABAMA. OTHER INTENSE STORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO FORM EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA INTO WESTERN
GEORGIA...THEN EXPANDING EASTWARD ACROSS GEORGIA INTO SOUTH CAROLINA
OVERNIGHT. VEERING AND INCREASING WINDS WITH HEIGHT SUGGEST THE
POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF TORNADOES...
DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS INTERACTING WITH THE
WARM FRONT WILL POSE A RISK OF STRONG TORNADOES.
THOSE IN THE THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER
SAFETY RULES AND TO LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND STATEMENTS LATER TODAY.
..HART.. 04/14/2007
I hope he gets that snow cleared, so he can make enough money to buy carbon credits.
Al Gore says this is a result of global warming. You see, in Al Gores mind, in the past we never had storms or hurricanes. It was bright and sunny every single day since the beginning of time.
Then the evil Republicans came along and allowed corporate evil men to increase the percentage of CO2 in the atmosphere from 0.0383% (which can literally be read as “zero point zero”) to an astounding 0.04%!! (which can still be read as “zero point zero”).
This extra 0.0017% (which can be read as “zero point zero zero”) will create massive tidals waves, tsunamis that will make the one in Indonesia look like a baby burp. Volcanoes will not erupt anymore but will expolde in a billion pieces killing billions. People will suffocate and fry up right in the street from the greenhouse effect of too much Co2. Cats and dogs and frogs will explode as well.. oh the horror! Please by God, Al Gore save us!
Loved the picture! :)
It’s pretty active down there today, take care.
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