Severe
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Last week I posted a story about hail damage in the Southeast from the week of severe weather that affected parts of the Southeast. Here is another story from Vegetable Growers News that details more of the damage that hit vegetable growers around the region. The map below from Eric Snodgrass of Nutrien’s newsletter shows…
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One of the amazing things about the weather in the Southeast the past week or two is the amount of severe weather that we have seen in a month that usually does not have much. Especially notable has been the amount of large hail, which has caused severe damage to cotton, vegetable, and corn crops…
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Those of you who are located in the County Warning Area for the Atlanta National Weather Service Office may be interested in trying out this new GIS-based tornado dashboard. You can check it out here. It contains tracks of all tornadoes that have occurred in those counties since 1950. The dashboard allows you to filter…
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The Land-Grant Press of Clemson Extension has a new publication on historical floods in South Carolina. It provides descriptions of different types of floods and a description of several historical events that have caused significant flooding in the state. While the historical events are focused on South Carolina, much of the background information is more…
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While we here in the Southeast are used to severe weather in every month of the year, this year is shaping up to be a big year for severe weather in the middle part of the country. The number of tornadoes that have occurred this year is one of the highest on record for the…
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The Southeast has more mobile homes than any other part of the country. These homes are especially vulnerable to severe weather because of their construction and often, their lack of anchoring and a storm shelter nearby to use in case of tornadoes or strong winds. The Washington Post published an article about this issue earlier…
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NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has published their annual overview of last year’s severe weather across the country at https://www.spc.noaa.gov/media/year-in-review/. You can see maps that describe where the tornadoes occurred in 2022, where lightning struck, where the most watches occurred, and other facts about last year’s severe weather that you might find interesting. Check out all…