Severe

  • The North Carolina State Climate Office published a report on the latest severe weather outbreak which affected the Southeast last Friday and Saturday. In NC they experienced 13 tornadoes along with numerous other reports of severe weather. You can read more about their outbreak at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=282&h=5666e5c1.

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  • With all of the severe weather we’ve had in the last couple of weeks, you might be wondering how those storms are tracked and warned. The New York Times put out an article this week on NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center, who puts out the outlooks for regions of the country that are likely to see…

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  • It’s spring, and so it is no surprise that we are expecting severe weather this week ahead of a strong cold front. The analysis from NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center indicates that it could be fairly widespread across Alabama and Georgia in a swatch that will move from west to east from Saturday through Sunday. If…

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  • WCJB-TV in Gainesville FL reported earlier this week on the terrible hail which fell in Florida North Central Florida. The heavy hail hit and damaged many young watermelon plants, damaging stems and potentially delaying or even destroying a lot of this year’s crop. This region produces roughly one-third of Florida’s watermelon crop every year, roughly…

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  • A recent study by scientists from Northern Illinois University (including a UGA geography department graduate) shows that the higher frequency of tornadoes is shifting to the east from the Plains towards the Southeast. While the traditional Tornado Alley in Oklahoma and the Plains is still tops, the Southeast is catching up and experiencing more frequent…

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  • This week is the National Weather Service’s Severe Weather Preparedness Week. Each day they will highlight a different type of severe weather that occurs in the state and give tips for how to be safe through the storms. You can read more at https://www.weather.gov/ffc/2019_swpw. While severe weather can and does happen in every month of the…

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  • AgWeb had an interesting story this week about the consequences of a tornado hitting a dairy in Lizella, GA. The tornado hit overnight and their cows were able to get out of their enclosures when the wind knocked down the fences. What would you do if a tornado or other weather emergency hit? This story…

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