It happened in a flash
In which we set a record, see some lightning, and hear a lot about tornadoes.
Tornadoes everywhere
The last newsletter started off talking about a pretty widespread hazardous weather event.
With the newly-issued Tornado Watch, now more than 28 million people in a Tornado Watch.
— National Weather Service (@NWS) 7:49 PM ∙ Mar 31, 2023
Find and follow your local NWS office for the latest at weather.gov/socialmedia
This edition of the newsletter could just be about that event, but honestly, there’s more thorough coverage elsewhere and the destruction is so bad it doesn’t feel right to go over everything here.
However, if you want to read about the before and after, check out this WaPo article. And below are just a few tweets and videos that show some of the 60+ tornadoes that occurred.
This video is pretty long, but even if you just watch a minute or two, you’ll be awestruck I think.
Some before and after images.
Some before and after image comparisons of the tornado damage in West Little Rock #arwx #tornado #LittleRock
— Brian Emfinger (@brianemfinger) 7:11 PM ∙ Apr 1, 2023
Another one of many.
View from Little Rock Baptist moments ago! *video shot by Kristal Benton from the 7th Floor of Medical Towers 1.
— Sean (@_spcanady) 7:35 PM ∙ Mar 31, 2023
#arwx @NWSLittleRock @KATVToddYak @KATVJames
And some satellite footage of the storms.
Incredible imagery of the evolution of multiple tornadic storms over Iowa.
— CIRA (@CIRA_CSU) 9:53 PM ∙ Mar 31, 2023
And storms are still being generated.
Saturday 5:30 pm ET: New TORNADO WATCH includes most of New Jersey, all of Delaware, parts of Maryland and Pennsylvania — Philadelphia in it! Severe thunderstorm watch (mostly damaging winds) includes NYC! @KentonGewecke https://t.co/VwGAK9dL8I
— Ginger Zee (@Ginger_Zee) 9:38 PM ∙ Apr 1, 2023
Well, we did it
We set a new record fam.
California officially has its largest snowpack in recorded history, passing 1982-1983.
— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) 7:40 PM ∙ Mar 30, 2023
The statewide snowpack is an astonishing 236% of the peak normal and nearly 300% in the Southern Sierra.
I’ll try not to bring this up again soon
You’re probably tired of hearing about sirens, but let me bring them up one more time.
A reminder about warning sirens.
— NWS Quad Cities (@NWSQuadCities) 1:37 AM ∙ Mar 31, 2023
So remember, find additional ways to get info.
It is so important to have multiple ways to receive warnings and to know the difference between a watch and a warning. Here is your reminders below and some tips to do when a watch is issued. When a tornado warning is issued, seek shelter immediately! #arwx #mowx #mswx #tnwx
— NWS Memphis (@NWSMemphis) 2:00 AM ∙ Mar 31, 2023
Your boy made it into office hours
Daniel Swain did office hours on Friday and answered my question! It was super cool (at least for me). If you don’t have time for the whole video, here’s a link to where he responds to my question about wind.
Warmin’ on up
Yes, we might warm up and dry out a bit in CA.
Some good news for storm-weary folks in California: after one more (very) cold but (fairly) dry storm next week, the pattern will shift to a much drier and warmer one thereafter! #CAwx #CAwater [1/3]
— Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) 11:35 PM ∙ Mar 31, 2023
When I first saw this
I had doubts it was real. Because like wow, that’s an amazing shot.
Lightning bolts stoke One World Trade Center during a thunderstorm in New York City, Saturday evening #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc @wtc #lightning #thunderstorm @agreatbigcity @_WTCOfficial
— Gary Hershorn (@GaryHershorn) 12:18 AM ∙ Apr 2, 2023
But then I saw this.
Tonight’s lightning storm over One World Trade #NYC
— Max Guliani (@maximusupinNYc) 12:12 AM ∙ Apr 2, 2023
Think that’s it for now
See you next time weather fam 💙
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