MI Gov. Whitmer calling for a fed investigation as to why no tornado watch was issued for Friday's tornadoes in SW MI created a stir in the wx community. It stirred me to explain why I think we need to be open to such criticism & how such an event shows the need for changes. tinyurl.com/y8hnh5bj
From a forecast communication standpoint, this event highlights the asymmetric costs of false alarms and missed events on trust - perceived repeated false alarms can chip away at forecast trust but a single perceived missed event can devastate trust (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...) 11/16
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Yeah that’s a violent tornado
A tornado either just missed or hit the NW side of Wakita
Getting a rare look at a left-handed cycle up close from VNX
The Scrubs reboot is fantastic
My sinus passages strongly concur.
The Feb 21–22, 1971 Mississippi Delta #Tornado Outbreak! Three massive tornadoes and numerous smaller twisters tore across western Mississippi. At least 119 people were killed in Mississippi, with two more deaths in North Carolina. Nearly 1,500 were injured.
Free overview: buff.ly/40CES1p #mswx
The Bears are not building a brand new stadium next to one of the largest oil refineries in the country, where it smells like hell all the time. This is a tragicomic bluff.
The smoke and dust on the horizon really ties it all together
The view from DGX was a lot worse. Probably a good shot this was a sig tor.
QLCS tornadoes…
Join us on Tuesday, February 17 at 1 PM Eastern for our NWA Webinar Series
Our multi-sector panel will be discussing the Enderlin EF5 tornado from the event to the damage survey to the upgrade process
Members: Be on the lookout for the registration link that will be posted/emailed
Caleb Williams > Drake Maye
Great interview with George McCaskey from Jarrett Payton and WGN.
George calls Green Bay "Team Voldemort" multiple times
🗣️NEW: In collaboration with our SPC/CIWRO
research scientists, the new Severe Hazards Data Viewer is available: spc.noaa.gov/climo/datavi.... On this webpage you can view a 30-yr record for severe storms, wildfires, and lightning in the dynamic and customizable data display.
This final product is the result of multiple iterations based on lessons learned for the HWT, social science research, and forecaster feedback. We are excited to bring higher resolution outlook and hazard information to you this spring!
🧵SPC will be introducing new information in Convective Outlooks starting in early March. The following thread will offer some basic information regarding these changes. The TL;DR: outlook categories are not changing! But there will be more info for peak hazard intensity.
Inspired by #AMS2026 severe weather talks? Don't forget to submit an abstract for the 32nd SLS Conference!
Thaw baby thaw
I’m at the atmospheric river. I’m at the polar vortex. I’m at the combination atmospheric river polar vortex
I hate winter
Currently working on a poster that I’m increasingly confident I won’t make it to Houston to present for on Monday
Thanks Caleb #dabears @chicagobearsx.bsky.social
(Sound up!)
That might very well be the last time we see Rodgers on a football field, and I gotta say: it was really funny
Aaron Rodgers slow motion car crash
