NL

Some cracking chase footage by the station team of yesterdays storms.

Average according to this..http://www.napier.eclipse.co.uk/weather/bonacina.html

Yeah seriously busy yesterday in northern texas, luckly nobody seems to have lost their lives. Reports of 19 Tornadoes spotted last night.. Fantastic time-lapse photography there Nick good find..

Tornado sig in NE Colorado SW Nebraska. Sorry that pic dont want to upload!!

Good evening fellow stormchasers ( well virtual ) Well it looks like initiation has started, looking like a serious night Ive been watchin developments for a few hours now and can't believe the speed that these build..

Well its off to Southern Alabama Northern Florida with a moderate risk in place and 15% chance of tornadoes..Then the threat extends into the Carolina's later thats over 300 miles from southern alabama,, long drive anyone?? Bet the Golfers were glad that the Masters was last week and not this!! http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html

Well as we all know the GFS always seems to prog things a couple of days early, so this scenario might be still around.. Should be able to get some good shots of cloud tops as you come to land in FWD...

Me too, goodnight all..

I did potty.. and i'm sure they'll be more.. Wish there was'nt such a time difference...!!! Its hard work this virtual stormchasin' :unsure:

29/04/07 I know its a long way off but hopefully it'll be still around for NW chaseteam ....

Heavy snow in Witchita http://www.360wichita.com/wichitacam/

Adios Amigos Paul,Nick and Beka.. I'm stayin up a while longer.!!

Sure did!! No doubt a lot of people would have caught the damage this storm inflicted on film..

Downtown Dallas getting a battering!!

Wish you where here??!!!!!!!!!!

Storms approaching Fort Worth International Airport

Here's a canny webcam at Fort Worth.. updates every ten seconds.. http://www.wxnation.com/livecam/

Could possibly see an EF4 or 5 if favoured conditions persist, Dewpoints falling over to the west, but still in the high 60's lower 70's further east.. looks like all the ingredients are there , just need to be added at the right moment. As some chasers were predicting after such a cold week the gun has been reloaded!!!!!

Yeah. its NASCAR i believe open air with the threat of large hailstones(dont fancy that!!). Tornado warning issued.The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Baylor County in northern Texas... * until 315 PM CDT * at 240 PM CDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado. The most dangerous portion of the storm was located 15 miles west of Westover... moving east-northeast at 40 mph. Any tornado is expected to track south of Seymour... but Seymour will likely see giant hail. In addition to a tornado threat... this storm likely contains damaging hail to the size of baseballs or larger.

Looks like a long night for some in the southern states..Public Severe Weather OutlookPrint Version ZCZC SPCPWOSPC ALL WOUS40 KWNS 131631 ARZ000-LAZ000-TXZ000-140030- PUBLIC SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1131 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT... THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK IS FORECASTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW STRONG TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDE EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS NORTHERN LOUISIANA CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS SURROUNDING THIS AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS FAR EAST AS WESTERN MISSISSIPPI. A STRONG UPPER SYSTEM IS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING. AS THIS SYSTEM TRACKS EASTWARD INTO TEXAS...STRONG SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL TRANSPORT RICH GULF MOISTURE INTO THREAT AREA. A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO RESULT...SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER EVENT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A DRYLINE FROM WEST OF THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA SOUTHWARD TO WEST OF WACO. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SUPERCELLS...TRACKING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD DURING THE EVENING. STRONG TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS...ALONG WITH VERY LARGE AND DAMAGING HAIL. SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY PERSIST MUCH OF THE NIGHT AS STORMS INCREASE IN NUMBER AND SPREAD ACROSS PARTS OF LA...AND EVENTUALLY INTO WESTERN MS. 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.. 04/13/2007

Looking very favourable fof severe storms across eastern Texas then into Mississippi valley by evening. SPC AC 130557 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1257 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 VALID 131200Z - 141200Z ...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM PARTS OF CNTRL THROUGH NERN TX INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY... ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE SRN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY... ...SYNOPSIS... SHORTWAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER THE SWRN U.S. WILL ADVANCE EAST INTO THE SRN PLAINS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ATTENDANT LEE SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT EAST THROUGH TX WHILE WARM FRONT LIFTS NWD TO NEAR THE RED RIVER AREA BY EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. ...CNTRL AND ERN TX THROUGH LOWER MS VALLEY... LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND THE 00Z RAOB DATA SHOW RICH BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE OVER S TX WITH DEWPOINTS AROUND 70. STRONG SLY LOW LEVEL JET WILL PERSIST IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND CONTRIBUTE TO THETA-E ADVECTION THROUGH CNTRL AND ERN TX FRIDAY IN WAKE OF RETREATING WARM FRONT. SOME LOW CLOUDS MAY ACCOMPANY THE INITIAL MOISTURE SURGE. HOWEVER...UPPER 60S DEWPOINTS RETURNING NWD BENEATH STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH MLCAPE FROM 1500 TO 2000 J/KG. STORMS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING EARLY FRIDAY...MOSTLY WITHIN ZONE OF WARM ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT N OF WARM FRONT FROM PARTS OF N TX INTO OK AND KS. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ELEVATED WITH A THREAT FOR MAINLY HAIL. STORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY DEVELOP SWD INTO THE PRE-FRONTAL WARM SECTOR ALONG WARM CONVEYOR BELT AS THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES AND AS UPPER DIVERGENCE AND FORCING FOR ASCENT INCREASES WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER TROUGH. A STRONG 50+ KT LOW LEVEL JET WILL PERSIST OVER CNTRL AND ERN TX WITHIN EXIT REGION OF CYCLONICALLY CURVED UPPER JET. THIS WILL RESULT IN FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR FOR ORGANIZED STORM STRUCTURES INCLUDING SUPERCELLS AND BOW ECHOES CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A FEW TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. GIVEN THE EXPECTED COMBINATION OF LOW-MID LEVEL SHEAR AND CAPE ISOLATED STRONG TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY DISCRETE SUPERCELL MODES. ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT EAST INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY FRIDAY EVENING WITH A CONTINUED SEVERE THREAT. ...NWRN TX INTO SWRN OK... MUCH OF THE STORMS IN OK ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ELEVATED N OF WARM FRONT WITH A THREAT FOR MAINLY HAIL. HOWEVER...MODELS SUGGEST MID LEVEL DRY SLOT COULD ADVANCE NEWD INTO NWRN TX AND PARTS OF SWRN OK DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND THIS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR LOW CLOUDS TO MIX OUT. IF LOW CLOUDS CAN MIX OUT...SURFACE HEATING AND COLD MID LEVEL PROFILES SHOULD RESULT IN AT LEAST MARGINAL SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY IN A RELATIVELY NARROW CORRIDOR. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY DEVELOP WITHIN ZONE OF DPVA NEAR TRIPLE POINT OR SWD ALONG COLD FRONT AND ADVANCE EAST. A CONDITIONAL THREAT WILL EXIST FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. ..DIAL/CROSBY.. 04/13/2007

4 1/2 inch hail.. Thanks to Alabana storm tracker Matt Grantham for this picture. Yesterdays storms across Alabama/Indiana produced 7 (latest count) Tornadoes and incredible hailstorms..!!

The quiet sun through the sea mist 26/03/2007.. Not a sunspot in sight..

Not only tornado watches but also tornado warnings.. Tornadoes spotted.. Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Birmingham Al 302 Pm Cdt Wed Apr 11 2007 Alc047-065-091-105-112045- /o.con.kbmx.to.w.0095.000000t0000z-070411t2045z/ Marengo Al-dallas Al-perry Al-hale Al- 302 Pm Cdt Wed Apr 11 2007 ...a Tornado Warning Remains In Effect Until 345 Pm Cdt For South Central Hale...southern Perry...northern Dallas And Northeastern Marengo Counties... At 300 Pm Cdt...national Weather Service Doppler Radar Continued To Indicate A Tornado. In Addition...golfball Size Hail Has Been Reported With This Storm. This Tornado Was Located Near Faunsdale...or About 16 Miles South Of Greensboro...moving East At 45 Mph.

Thanks weatherbitz.. Yes Mondy we need photographic evidence then we can put the identity of this bird to rest.. And if it is a stork global warming is to blame!!!!! . I know storks nest on the continent (Holland, etc) maybe it got pushed over on the easterlies..