MIAMI - When I first walked into the newsroom on Tuesday I was asked by one of our producers, "Why was it so dark last night?"
There are a couple of reasons. The first reason is that we had mostly clear skies across South Florida. Why does that matter? Well, when skies are cloudy all the city lights reflect off the clouds above and back to the surface. No clouds means no light being bounced around our night sky.
The second reason is the Moon. On Tuesday we were in a "new Moon" phase. During a "new Moon" phase the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun and is not visible from Earth because the side of the Moon facing us is not being lit by the sun.
Therefore we do not have any light at night from the Moon.
On Wednesday the Moon will start into the "waxing crescent" phase with 6% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. The moon will rise at 8:26am and set at 8:28pm so what little light the "waxing crescent" will provide on Wednesday will be brief with the sun setting at 5:59pm.
So with clear skies in the forecast and the moon setting before 8:30pm expect the night skies to be a little darker than usual.
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Most Americans — and Utahns — face more days of extreme heat each summer than they did a few decades ago, according to a study that highlights the health effects of that trend.
The study released Tuesday by the environmental advocacy group Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) finds that two-thirds of the U.S. population, or about 210 million people, live in counties that have encountered more extreme heat days each year over the past decade than they did from 1961 to 1990.
An even higher percentage of Utahns, 86 percent, live in counties experiencing more days of extreme heat than in the past, according to the report. The NRDC cited Utah as one of 20 states, plus Washington, D.C., with populations especially hard hit by extended and sweltering heat waves. Heat stress, the report said, currently causes almost 250 emergency room visits per year in the state.
Extreme heat days, according to the study, are those days between June 1 to Aug. 31 with peak temperatures hotter than 90 percent of the rest of the days that summer. The NRDC analysis found 11 of Utah’s 29 counties have experienced more than five additional extreme heat days on average each summer over the past 10 years — including the population centers of Washington, Utah and Cache counties.
The NRDC report broadly aligns with findings of federal agencies, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA has noted that unusually hot summer days have occurred more often in the past few decades, while hot summer nights are going up at an even faster rate. Meanwhile, unusually cold winter temperatures have become less common since the 1980s.
The trend is taking a toll on health, with heat killing more Americans than any other type of extreme weather, experts said in a conference call tied to the study’s release. They urged action by health departments and municipalities to combat those health effects — while stressing the importance of cutting emissions contributing to climate change.
“If we keep pouring climate pollutants such as carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, we will face a level of global warming in which our best efforts will be inadequate to prevent adverse impacts of heat on our health,” said Linda Rudolph, director for the Center for Climate Change and Health at the California-based nonprofit Public Health Institute.
Rudolph said low-income families living in so-called “urban heat islands” — areas with lots of concrete and few cooling green spaces — are most vulnerable as the number of extreme heat days increase. They may be unable to afford air conditioning and have aged family members unable to reach a community cooling station.
“The elderly are least able to compensate for high ambient temperature and are at greatest risk from extreme heat,” said Samantha Ahdoot, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University.
But infants are also at risk, as well as young athletes practicing outside in the midsummer heat.
Ahdoot recalled treating a 15-year-old football player who complained of leg pain that had spread to his back during a hot day of football practice. It turned out the youth had suffered “severe heat illness,” Ahdoot said, with muscle breakdown and kidney injuries. He was treated for three days with IV fluids at the hospital.
And it was not an isolated case, she said. One 2011 study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found the number of exercise-related heat injuries in the U.S. doubled between 1997 and 2006.
“It’s important we recognize the vulnerabilities of these groups so that we can protect them,” Ahdoot said.
Experts urged cities to consider adding more green spaces, as well as cooler road and roof surfaces to combat urban heat islands. And while repeatedly stressing the importance of reducing climate emissions, they also called for early warning systems for high-heat days and adding more cooling centers for vulnerable groups.
The report noted through August, 2017 has been the third-hottest year on record in the continental U.S. And 2016 was the second-warmest on average for the U.S., according to NOAA data, just behind 2012.
In Utah, average temperatures have climbed almost 2 degrees since the early 1990s. And if carbon pollution levels continue to rise at their current pace globally, average temperatures in the state could be 13 degrees higher than the historical averages by the end of the century, the NRDC said.
“[T]he state does not have a climate adaptation plan to prepare for the health impacts of more extreme heat,” the report said. “Utah needs to do more to protect the health of state residents from the threat of climate change.”


The world’s most powerful storm this year bore down on Hong Kong and densely populated cities along the coast of mainland China after slashing across the Philippines, where it left at least 25 dead.
Hong Kong authorities said giant waves and storm surges had begun lashing coastlines of this financial center, spurring flooding and forcing evacuations in some low-lying areas. Howling winds sped through empty streets, toppling trees and collapsing a high-rise construction crane.
The storm, called Mangkhut, has packed sustained winds as high as 170 miles an hour, equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane, according to the U.S. military’s joint Typhoon Warning Center. That was about twice the 90 mph winds generated by Hurricane Florence, which struck the U.S.
Mangkhut, which is the Thai word for the purple mangosteen fruit, diminished some as it crossed the South China Sea toward Hong Kong. Authorities downgraded it to severe typhoon from supertyphoon. Its estimated sustained winds remained around 100 mph, enough to warrant Hong Kong’s No. 10 hurricane warning, its maximum.
Across the former British colony, accustomed to getting slammed by multiple typhoons a year, people hunkered down to wait out the storm expected to elevate coastal waters by up to 13 feet in some places.
Flooding forced some villagers to evacuate low-lying areas in Hong Kong’s more rural New Territories. Adding to flood warnings, heavy rains at one point were falling at a rate of around 4 inches an hour, authorities said.
In video images, surging brown waves choked with debris sloshed across what were sun-drenched sandy beaches packed with sunbathers just a day earlier.
Video of a crane collapsing on an under-construction high rise in Hong Kong’s Kowloon region circulated on social media. High winds bent trees like bows.
Airlines canceled flights, and authorities warned some seven million Hong Kongers to remain inside. In normally safe coves, power boats anchored for safety capsized. At the city’s luxury marinas, yachts strained against tie lines.
Reports from around Hong Kong included broken windows from high-rise buildings, roofs ripped off small dwellings and trees toppled onto cars.
In the New Territories seaside village of Sheung Sze Wan, waves lapped at the first row of houses, normally several feet above sea level. A silver automobile, once parked on the street there, bobbed in the waves along with capsized boats and kayaks.
Macau, the regional gambling center of hotels to the west of Hong Kong, is also facing the storm. Officials there were seeking to prevent a repeat of last year, when a severe typhoon that swept through the city killed nine, sparking criticism that city leaders and hotels had been poorly prepared for its severity.
This time around, gambling was suspended before the storm hit.
Photographs depicted severe flooding in Macau’s inner-harbor section, with dark green seawater reaching about halfway up storefronts at street level.
On the coast of mainland China, two nuclear-power stations, Yangjiang and Taishan, appear to be directly in the storm’s path. Officials at the Yangjiang Nuclear Power Station, which went into operation in 2014, said on social media that they were “combat ready” to defend it.
With the storm having departed the Philippines, emergency workers were beginning to take stock of the devastation.
The death toll reached 25 by Sunday, according to a government official coordinating rescue efforts. Local media reported that among those killed was a young girl. Taiwanese authorities said a person there had been swept away by waves.
Even so, a sense of relief spread across the Philippines, which was spared a direct hit by the storm and may have benefited from improved preparedness.
Five years ago, a storm killed some 6,300 people and sparked criticism that emergency authorities had failed to get ready.
This time, days of evacuations and stockpiling of supplies appeared to have paid off, though more than 64,000 people were taking shelter in evacuation centers while officials began clearing debris from access roads. Some communities were cut off from electricity and communications more than 12 hours after the storm hit.
Mangkhut, known in the Philippines as Ompong, made landfall at 1:40 a.m. local time Saturday in the province of Cagayan, an area about 230 miles north of Manila that is accustomed to annual typhoons that sweep over the country on their way to southern China.
While thousands of people were stranded by the storm, there were no immediate signs of the anticipated 20-foot storm surge—the giant wave whipped up by strong winds that is often the most destructive part of a typhoon.
Footage posted on social media by people in the affected area showed felled trees, damaged buildings and rain pelting deserted streets as evacuees huddled in emergency shelters. Branches and debris littered the roads.
Officials had prepared for winds strong enough to rip the roofs from the traditional wood-and-thatch houses that shelter many of the four million people in this poor rural part of the country. In the days before the storm hit, residents reinforced weaker structures by repairing roofs and fittings, and farmers harvested crops early to avoid losing them.
Emergency evacuations took place across the northern provinces in the days ahead of landfall. Airports were closed, and disaster teams prepared evacuation centers in public buildings such as schools, where classes have been suspended.


June 13, 2018
Coimbatore: Forest officials announced the closure of Kovai Kutralam falls for the fourth consecutive day today due to heavy rain in the city.
Forest officials announced closure of the waterfalls on Saturday after heavy rain and gusty wind in Coimbatore. As rain continued in the Western Ghats region and trees fell along the way to the waterfalls, officials were forced to close the park on Sunday too.
Monday is an official holiday for the falls for weekly maintenance. Though the intensity of the rain had come down, the water level at the falls had not dropped, say forest officials. Considering tourist safety, the falls has remained closed.


The heat finally subsided somewhat this week – whoever would have thought 90 degrees might seem cool? – but the rains did not come, so now we have a new weather obsession: drought.
Federal officials on Thursday declared more than half of Indiana and nearly a third of the nation “a natural disaster area” for ranchers and farmers. With so many crops damaged or threatened, the farm economy in Indiana is expected to lose $1 billion, and that’s if the drought doesn’t get even worse. Get ready for higher food prices.
Indianapolis wasn’t in the disaster area, but it was enduring it longest dry spell in more than 100 years, and city officials late in the week banned lawn watering and other “non-essential” uses of that precious liquid, and other cities in central Indiana were considering them. In Fort Wayne, Three Rivers Festival representatives said the RiverGames part of the festival would not be affected, despite the low river levels.
State officials met and talked and then took a wait-and-see attitude, deciding for the time being not to expand the water shortage warning area from the 32 counties named earlier, 18 in the northeast and north-central parts of the state and 14 in the southwest corner.
The National Weather Service was predicting anywhere from a 40 to a 50 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms over the weekend. Any rain that does come is not likely to ease the situation, Hoosiers are being warned; it will merely keep things from getting worse.


Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, has asked residents to stay inside and cooperate with authorities as the state prepares for further rain. Bhagwant Mann, the Chief Minister of Punjab, too made a similar plea, urging people not to lose their cool.
Landslides and flash floods that were brought on by constant, heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh severely damaged homes and other buildings and disrupted daily life. There is a red alert in effect for 10 of the 13 districts.
14 people, according to Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, died in severe rain, and he urged parliamentarians to set up camp in their districts and aid the public.
He requested assistance for those affected by the disaster and that their losses be covered.
In the meantime, when low-lying districts were inundated by heavy monsoon rain today, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann made a comparable appeal.
Mann had earlier commanded all Cabinet ministers, MLAs, and bureaucrats to remain vigilant and assist those in need.
According to the weather office, a western disturbance and monsoonal winds are interacting to cause a period of significant rainfall over north India, including Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.


July 5, 2013 3:44:27 am
Heavy rains in the catchment area of Narmada dam increased the water inflow manifold on Thursday. The dam recorded around 3.5 lakh cubic feet per second (cusec) water inflow by late afternoon,much higher than around 40,000 cusec received till Wednesday evening.
The water level of the dam also rose significantly during this time. Officials of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) said it was still way behind overflowing. Till Thursday afternoon,the water level rose to 115.52 metre,a little lower than the dams height of 121.92 metre. The water inflow into the dam has gone up significantly in the last one day but the dam is far from the level of overflowing, an official said.
On Thursday morning,the inflow was recorded at around 1 lakh cusec. It rose to 3.5 lakh cusec by late afternoon. The reason was heavy rainfall received in some areas in Madhya Pradesh bordering Gujarat,such as Mortakka and Hosangabad,from where Narmada river flows. Mortakka alone received 346.4 mm rainfall within 24 hours till Thursday morning.
In Narmada district,heavy rainfall was recorded during the same period. Kevadia Colony,where the dam is located,received 164 mm rainfall,one of the highest in recent times.
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Other areas in central Gujarat also received heavy rainfall,with Chhota Udepur taluka in Vadodara receiving 103 mm rainfall in 24 hours till Thursday morning,Vadodara flood control officials said. Vadodara city,Dabhoi,Sankheda and Kwant received 60-70 mm rainfall.
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PHOENIX — Severe weather brought heavy rain, thunder, lightning and strong winds to the Valley early Monday morning. Widespread flooding caused Gov. Jan Brewer is declare “a statewide emergency for areas impacted by today’s severe rainfall and flooding.”
In addition, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton declared a state of emergency for the city, activating the Emergency Operations Center.
“We are seeing a historic amount of rain and significant flooding, and I’m proud of how quickly the city responded to keep our residents safe and up to date on what’s happening,” Stanton said. “Our emergency management team will work around the clock to monitor the situation and deploy the necessary resources to areas of our community hit the hardest.”
The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning that was in effect until 4:45 a.m. The agency later extended it to 6:30 a.m., and then again until 10:30 a.m. The NWS finally canceled that warning shortly before it was set to expire.
Gov. Brewer has declared a statewide emergency for areas impacted by severe rainfall and flooding on Monday.
Rain gauges across the Phoenix area indicated as much as 1 to 3 inches of rain has fallen in some areas.
The official rainfall total at Sky Harbor International Airport was more than 3 inches and increasing at 9 a.m., shattering the old daily record of 1.33 inches. That is an all-time record for rain in a single day at Sky Harbor.
“We’re looking at a historic day of flooding out there,” 3TV meteorologist April Warnecke said.
Less than 24 hours ago, the Valley was well behind on its year-to-day rainfall. With Monday’s storm, we have not only caught up, we are now officially ahead, and the rain continues to come down.
Flash flooding has been observed throughout the Valley metro area, including on several freeways.
Interstate 10 and 43rd Avenue was one of the worst sites. The water was so high, dozens of drivers were forced to abandon their cars. Water was up to the brake lights on many of those vehicles.
State Route 51 flooded where the freeway dips below the Cactus Road underpass. Traffic in both directions was forced off the freeway, but allowed to re-enter both north and south of Cactus Road.
The Superstition Freeway was flooded at Val Vista Drive with water up to the hoods of some vehicles, according to Public Information Officer Raul Garcia with the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
A representative from AAA Arizona said the organization was inundated with calls for help Monday morning.
“Compared to a typical Monday morning, we’ve received 60 percent more calls for roadside assistance due to inclement weather,” said John Walter, director of automotive and fleet operations for AAA Arizona. “We’ve got our entire fleet out there getting to our members as soon as safely possible. Unfortunately, this weather has caused delays for us, too.”
Salt River Project and Arizona Public Service were reporting thousands of homes and businesses without electricity due to the weather. The outages were from San Tan Valley to northwest Phoenix.
In addition to numerous school delays and closures, some government offices were advising people to postpone visits if possible.
“Due to the widespread flooding issues throughout the Phoenix metro area, the Department of Economic Security is requesting consumers delay visits to DES offices until further notice,” read an email sent to the 3TV and azfamily.com newsroom. “In the meantime, services can be accessed through the DES website at www.azdes.gov.”
In addition, Brewer advised non-essential state employees to stay home.


HTA105 was designed for air speed measurement with selection of European or Anglo-Saxon measuring units. The hot wire anemometer carries out measurements using an extensible telescopic probe capable of taking also measurements of temperature and humidity thanks to its built-in sensors.
Additional functions include measurement of air volumetric flow rate (CMM and CFM parameters) as well as calculation of average values in space and time. HTA105 is fitted with MAX/MIN and Data HOLD function in addition to an internal memory to store air speed measuring results.
It is provided with a back-lighted double display and auto power off to save internal battery life.
|Measurement of wind speed in m/s|
|Measurement of wind speed in m/s||en m/s ; Km/h ; ft/min ; MPH ; knots|
|Air temperature/humidity measurement with in-built sensor||from 0,0°C to 50,0°C|
|Measurement of air relative humidity in %RH||from 0% RH to 100% RH|
|Auto Power OFF|
|Power supply||1 x 9V IEC6F22|
|Weight in grams (batteries included)||240 gr|
|Weight||Telescopic probe 165 gr|
|Size (LxWxH) (mm)||190 x 65 x 45mm|
|Size (LxWxH) (mm)||Telescopic probe from 13 cm to 1 m|


It's time to say so long 2020. And it's about time. Oh, what a year 2020 was. Here's looking at and hoping for a much better 2021.
Did it seem like you were shoveling a lot of heavy, ice-covered snow yesterday? According to National Weather Service observations 6.2" of snow fell in Moline while 9.1" was recorded in Davenport. Small wonder then many people today are feeling the pain — in their backs.
Here's the latest forecast from the National Weather Service.
Today will be mostly cloudy with a steady temperature around 22 degrees and a low around 16 degrees.
Snow, possibly mixed with rain, freezing rain, and sleet are possible on New Year's Day before 4 p.m., then snow, possibly mixed with rain and freezing rain. The high will be near 32 degrees. Northeast winds between 10 to 15 mph will gust as high as 25 mph. The chance of precipitation is 90% with little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches is possible.
Friday night snow is likely before midnight. Skies will be cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 18 degrees. North winds will gust as high as 20 mph. The chance of precipitation is 60% with new snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
Saturday will be partly sunny with a high near 30 degrees and a low around 17 degrees. Overnight there's a 30% chance of snow.
Sunday will be mostly sunny with a high near 30 degrees and a low around 18 degrees.
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GENESEO — Students in the Geneseo school district will return to a hybrid in-person/remote learning model as of Jan. 4.
With the vast majority of fireworks displays canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, many cooped-up Americans and Quad-City residents took matters into their own hands to keep an old tradition alive over the Independence Day holiday.
A Rock Island man was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to gun and drug charges in U.S. District Court, Davenport.
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It is a shade past 11 on a wet and dreary December’s day.
With the help of his unspent lunch money, a Bettendorf student worked with his family to feed hungry people.
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The Augustana College and Illinois state wrestling families lost a great one this past weekend when former NCAA College Division All-American Tim Dodge died unexpectedly in his sleep at his home in Lindenhurst, Ill.
One thing has remained a constant throughout the 50 years C. Vivian Stringer has been working as a head basketball coach.
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Temperatures in London have reached 37.8°C at Heathrow airport, with Kew gardens not far behind at 37°C. The temperature at Heathrow is the third hottest on record in the UK. It's a fact that bucks the trend as this month on average temperatures have been well below what they normally are for July.
Britain as a whole surpassed 100% of its average monthly rainfall and only experienced two thirds (66%) of the expected sunshine for an average July, a total of 113.4 hours, data from the Met shows. The scorching weather is not expected to last into the weekend so many Londoners have taken the opportunity to make the most of the day.
News of the hot weather was a welcome relief to staff and visitors at Hillingdon lido after months of the pool being shut due to lockdown. The water is 19°C degrees most of the time and isn't heated, rising to 22°C on very hot days.
It's not just humans, at London Zoo the animals were keeping cool with big blocks of ice.


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A system entering the Northwest from Canada will bring heavy snow later this afternoon to western Montana.


Here's a day-by-day look at what to expect as we move through the week.
The tri-state got one more round of snow before this bitter cold moves out, and this one made for an ugly Friday evening commute.
Less than a week after the season's first snowflakes, another blanket of the white stuff has coated the tri-state, and though the system had dissipated by Thursday afternoon, Storm Team 4 says biting cold...
Keep those scarves and hats handy: A bitter cold is heading to the tri-state just days after the region's first snowfall, Storm Team 4 warns. More snow may also come this week.
A dreamy snow drifted down on Saturday with fluffy flakes that made New York City look like a snow globe, but officials warned cold, icy weather could make for difficult driving conditions overnight and...
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Get those toboggans, snowman-making supplies and snow shovels ready: the season's first flakes are headed to the tri-state.
For the third day in a row, the tri-state shattered the record-low daily temperatures. On Sunday morning, new records were set at JFK airport (29 degrees) and Newark airport (28 degrees).
If it seemed like Old Man Winter made a rather sudden and blunt entrance, you're not alone.
It's official: Friday was the coldest Nov. 10 on record in New York City.
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Wiregrass storm damage latest update
Parts of the Wiregrass suffered significant damage from the Thursday morning storms.
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Parts of the Wiregrass suffered significant damage from the Thursday morning storms.
One neighborhood being Highland’s where large trees were uprooted from the ground and some houses in the area suffer from major roof damage.
There was also damage across Highway 84 in the neighborhoods just across from the Highlands. Lawn chairs and tables ended up in swimming pools. Fences fell from the winds caused by the storm. The good news from this storm, there are no serious injuries and no deaths.
On Friday, March 19, a team from the National Weather Service will be in Dothan as well as some surrounding areas surveying the damage. They will then decide how strong this tornado was and how long the path of the storm was.
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A teenage boy was transported to the hospital after apparently being hit by a bolt of lightning that streaked across a room of his home during Sunday night's fierce thunderstorms.
LEBANON, Maine — A boy was struck by lightning Sunday night as powerful thunderstorms swept through the region.
The Lebanon Rescue Department responded to a report of a young teenage male patient who had been struck by lightning after it was reported at 8:38 p.m. in East Lebanon.
When crews arrived on scene, the boy was conscious and alert.
He was at home with his family when a bolt of lightning was seen in the house by the whole family, as well as a very loud bang. The bolt of lightning went across the room and struck the boy.
The child was suffering from effects of the lightning strike and was transported by Lebanon Rescue 2 to Goodall Hospital.
There had been two severe thunderstorms in the area with hail, frequent lightning and heavy rain.
The boy's condition was not known as of late Sunday night.


Rains lash Delhi, waterlogging hits traffic
New Delhi, Aug 29 (ANI): Commuters in Delhi had a harrowing time as heavy rains flooded roads for the third consecutive day, today, causing traffic jam, due to water logged roads. Many parts of the city are already under water, ahead of the morning rush hour. Traffic is moving slow on several key roads. Incessant rainfall also resulted in the swelling of River Yamuna as it flows near the danger mark after more water is released from the Hathnikund barrage. An alert has been sounded for officials as the Yamuna is flowing a little above its normal mark of 202.30 metres in Delhi.


(CNN) -- Missouri and Arkansas residents are grappling with the aftermath of a series of storms that spawned at least two tornadoes.
One tornado touched down Wednesday night in the St. Louis suburb of Hazelwood, ripping the roofs off of several homes, Hazelwood communications manager Tim Davidson said. No serious injuries were reported.
Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency in Missouri after a series of storms and tornadoes caused damage in the St. Louis area and elsewhere across the state, the governor's website said. Nixon will tour damaged areas Thursday.
Another tornado touched down In Arkansas, damaging at least 33 homes and leaving three people injured in Van Buren County.
CNN's Tina Burnside and Cristy Lenz contributed to this report.


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Atmospheric scintillation caused by optical turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere can be the dominant source of noise in ground-based photometric observations of bright targets, which is a particular concern for ground-based exoplanet transit photometry. We demonstrate the implications of atmospheric scintillation for exoplanet transit photometry through contemporaneous turbulence profiling and transit observations. We find a strong correlation between measured intensity variations and scintillation determined through optical turbulence profiling. This correlation indicates that turbulence profiling can be used to accurately model the amount of scintillation noise present in photometric observations on another telescope at the same site. We examine the conditions under which scintillation correction would be beneficial for transit photometry through turbulence profiling, and find that for the atmosphere of La Palma, scintillation dominates for bright targets of magnitude above V ̃ 10.1 mag for a 0.5 m telescope, and at V ̃ 11.7 mag for a 4.2 m telescope under median atmospheric conditions. Through Markov-chain Monte Carlo methods we examine the effect of scintillation noise on the uncertainty of the measured exoplanet parameters, and determine the regimes where scintillation correction is especially beneficial. The ability to model the amount of noise in observations due to scintillation, given an understanding of the atmosphere, is a crucial test for our understanding of scintillation and the overall noise budget of our observations.


Jemma, Laura and Dan in particular had hoped for some typical August weather for their two week stay with us. What they got was a mixture of sun, cloud and even a drop of rain.
Almost as soon as they boarded the plane back to the UK, the weather changed. The clouds parted and the sky was blue again.
Since then it has got hotter and hotter and is forecast to get hotter still. Just look at the expected daytime temperature for Friday – a scorching 38 degrees.
At those temperatures you can’t walk outside barefoot because the terrace tiles burn your feet, the car is like an oven and you need gloves on to open the gates.
As Peter Kay says, “I like it hot but not that hot!”.


Good call on this I think. It will be interesting to see what they say in the AFD this afternoon. The US models are not as bullish as the Euro, but they have been wrong on most aspects all week.
GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SILVERTON, RICO, AND HESPERUS
255 PM MDT WED MAY 22 2019
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT ABOVE 8000 FEET…
* WHAT…SNOW EXPECTED ABOVE 8000 FEET. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 5 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED. SOUTH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50
* WHERE…GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS AND SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN
* WHEN…FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY NIGHT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS OVER
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- Hurricane Florence was downgraded to a tropical storm as of 5 p.m. ET Friday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.
- The storm claimed the lives of at least four people, as the it made landfall in North Carolina with torrential rain and flooding.
- Over half a million homes and businesses lost power and hundreds of people have been rescued.
Hurricane Florence was downgraded to a tropical storm as of 5 p.m. ET Friday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.
The storm claimed at least four lives on Friday, tearing through North Carolina with torrential rain, flooding and 90 mph winds. Over half a million homes and businesses were without power.
On Friday afternoon, Wilmington, North Carolina Police Department confirmed that a mother and infant were killed when a tree fell on their house. Officials in Pender County, North Carolina also confirmed that a woman with a medical condition died when first responders were not able to reach her due to fallen trees blocking the road. The governor's office reported that another person had died while plugging in a generator.
The White House said in a statement Friday that President Trump plans to visit the affected areas early to the middle of next week, "once it is determined his travel will not disrupt any rescue or recovery efforts." North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said later that day that President Trump's visit can be arranged at an "appropriate time."
@NWS: As of 5PM #Florence is now a tropical storm, still causing life-threatening conditions to eastern parts of North and South Carolina. Falling trees and power lines, extreme flash flooding, and storm surge in rivers and inlets continue through tonight.
Florence was expected to swamp almost all of North Carolina in several feet of water, Gov. Roy Cooper told reporters.
The National Weather Service (NWS) said as much as 7 inches of rain had fallen overnight in some coastal areas, and as much as 40 inches could fall in isolated areas, including in Virginia. Water level at the Cape Fear River in North Carolina reached an all-time high on Friday, according to the NWS.
Florence is crawling slowly toward the west at near 3 mph and was expected to head west-southwestward through Saturday, forecasters said. The slow movement and life-threatening storm surges are expected to add to the misery.
"It's going to be a long time before you see some of this water level come down," said NHC Director Ken Graham.
In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, government officials reported around noon that over 13,000 homes are without power, and "emergency responses have been halted until storm conditions allow for personal to respond safely." Virtually all businesses are closed, CNBC's Contessa Brewer reported from Myrtle Beach.
Wilmington, North Carolina Chamber of Commerce CEO Natalie English told CNBC that "the worst is probably yet to come." However, English believes that local business will "be able to get things back up and running" quickly after the storm passes.
The long period of winds are driving the storm surge inland, up several rivers in North Carolina, where 7 feet of flooding or more is expected as far west as Greenville, potentially even breaching parts of Interstate 95.
"This storm will be a marathon vs. a sprint. In addition to the ongoing, dangerous storm surge and flash flooding, will be a long-term river flood threat WELL INLAND as very heavy rainfall continues to fall in the coming days," the NWS said in a tweet.
More than 7,000 members of the military were on alert to help with rescue and recovery. Apple CEO Tim Cook announced on Friday that the company is donating $1 million to the Red Cross "to help those affected."
Over 1,500 flights have been cancelled as a result of the storm, and airlines have also capped fares and waived change fees for affected travelers.
@NOAASatellites: #FlorenceHurricane2018: Now a tropical storm, but torrential rains continue (already 20 inches in some spots). #GOESEast is keeping watch as #Florence slowly crawls inland from the Carolina coast.
In Jacksonville, North Carolina, home of the Marine Corps' Camp Lejeune, about 70 people were rescued from a hotel after officials found a basketball-sized hole in a wall and other life-threatening damage, AP reported. No injuries were reported.
About 10 million people could be affected by the storm and about 1.7 million were ordered to evacuate the coasts of the Carolinas and Virginia, jamming westbound roads and highways for miles.
– The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.


It’s been a crazy 24 hours at the western end of the Columbia River Gorge and far eastern suburbs of the Portland Metro area. Take a look at the peak wind gusts:
Troutdale Airport: 44
SE Troutdale (near MHCC): 59 (highest since Jan 2009)
Corbett School: 75 (highest since Jan 2009)
Corbett: 85 (private anemometer very exposed)
Vista House: 89 (higher than last winter)
Biddle Butte: 69 (higher than last winter if memory is correct)
The anemometer on the Corbett school has been there for over 12 years, and only one other time has gone above 74 mph. That was during the big east wind storm in early January 2009. No, not the “Keely Chalmers Incident” in January 2010, that one was a bit weaker with only a gust around 65 mph in Corbett. The big 2009 event saw gusts 50-60 mph spread well into Gresham, Orient, and east Portland. Definitely not as strong this time around in those areas, but the strongest we’ve seen in several years.
I don’t think it gusted above 82 mph last winter on the Vista House sensor (correct me if I’m wrong!). Due to it being such a historic and photographed structure, the anemometer only sticks out about 1 foot from the building, thus the lower than expected windspeeds. From last winter, we know 75-80 mph on that sensor is about 100 mph on the steps, so I bet we were up in the 110-115 category up there late last night and this morning. That area remains off-limits until construction ends in about a month.
Speaking of construction, I drove down there to get the sensor working this morning, and look what showed up in the 10 minutes between the drive down and back! Luckily the construction guys pushed it out of the way with a backhoe.
As I mentioned on Facebook, when your time is up, it’s up. Apparently it wasn’t quite time for me. But I don’t think my little car would’ve handled a 2 foot diameter maple tree very well. The large deer was bad enough.
Anyway, models have handled this east wind episode very badly, consistently showing the easterly gradient dropping way off YESTERDAY and very little wind today. It will slowly drop off the next few days, but not fast enough for those of you already tired of the wind!
Chief Meteorologist Mark Nelsen


At 1:41 p.m., the mercury touched 97 degrees at Reagan National Airport, D.C.’s official observing station, setting a new record high for June 17. It broke the previous record of 95 set in 1991.
The old record of 95 was tied (with June 12) as the lowest “record high” in June, so the easiest of the month to break. Records for Washington, D.C. (logged at 24th and M. St prior to 1945) date back to 1871.
Dulles Airport’s high so far today – based on hourly readings – is just 90, two degrees shy of its record for the date (from 1994). However, it’s possible the temperatures has risen above 90 between hours.
BWI has climbed to 94 (according to hourly reports), two degrees off its record of 96 from 1939.
We’ll update the highs for the date at Dulles and BWI when they’re released early this evening.
(Update: Dulles and BWI both just missed records. Dulles’ high was 91, and BWI’s high was 94)
Temperatures are expected to be similar tomorrow, or even a degree or two hotter. The records are somewhat higher though, so will be a taller order to match or exceed. On June 18, the records for Reagan National, Dulles, and BWI are 97 (from 1944), 94 (from 2007), and 97 (from 1957), respectively.
Due to the excessive heat, the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) opened all spray parks one week early, effective today, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Link: Spray park locations


CONNELLSVILLE (KDKA) — Rain from a late Friday afternoon thunderstorm caused flooding-related problems in the Connellsville area of Fayette County.
At the Agway Lawn and Garden Store on Route 119, they moved items to higher ground before water from Irish Run Creek went over its banks.READ MORE: Four People Arrested Following Overnight Robberies, Carjacking
“It’s hard to get used to, but as long as we have time to move everything, we’re okay,” Scott Cairns, the owner of the store, said. “If it happens at night time, it’s more of a loss.”
Flash flood warning remains in effect in Connellsville area.
This creek runs along Route 119 pic.twitter.com/z6jDfZZBWm
— Ralph Iannotti (@IannottiRalph) May 5, 2017
A short distance downstream, Scott Humbert lives on Moyer Road. His property got flooded, and sadly, it’s not the first time.
“We’ve been living here for seven years. We’ve been flooded four times in the past four years. Every time a major storm comes through, like today,” Humbert said.
Dawn and Butch Keefer live on Keefer Road off Route 982 in Bullskin Township. Water from a creek that overflowed flooded their yard and the crawl space in their home.
Dawn told KDKA-TV’s Ralph Iannotti, “I hate to see the rains come. I know we need rain, but it’s too much here. I know we live in a low area, a flood zone. It’s getting to be more progressive, more flooded all the time.”
At Gene Nelson’s house, his son was digging a small trench around the garage to try to prevent flood damage. The nearby creek, Nelson says, has created one headache.
“It needs to be dredged out,” he said. “It’s been this way for as long as we’ve been here. It keeps getting worse, washing your yard away and everything else.”READ MORE: PTL Links: Dec. 3, 2021
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Forecasters say more rain is expected this weekend. The National Weather Service issued several Severe Thunderstorm and Flash Flood warnings Friday evening.
KDKA Chief Meteorologist Jeff Verszyla says we can expect to see mainly cloudy skies for the rest of the night with occasional showers. Over the weekend, more showers are expected with breezy conditions and cool temperatures.
“I do think we’ll see more showers tonight, even some [Saturday], but the bigger news over the weekend will be the cooler temperatures,” Verszyla said.
The good news, Verszyla says the majority of the day Sunday should be rain-free, which is good news for all the Marathon runners.MORE NEWS: Pittsburgh Weather: Warmer Temperatures Expected This Weekend


Taiwan’s first typhoon of the year has left 81 people injured and coastal towns flooded as the island braced for a second tropical storm on Sunday.
There were earlier reprts that two people had been killed. One man, climbing a mountain in Hualien, eastern Taiwan, died while trying to make his way down and a woman planting rice was killed by a planting machine which was blown over in the rice field.
Howling winds toppled motor scooters and hit people with flying glass, the Central Emergency Operations Centre said.
In Yilan county on the northeast coast, one person was blown down, another was struck by a wind-driven object and a third was injured when a utility truck flipped.
Typhoon Nesat made landfall on the northeast coast of Taiwan on Saturday evening with maximum sustained winds of 137km/ph and gusts of up to 173km/h, according to the national weather bureau.
All but two of the injuries were light, an operations centre staff person said.
The typhoon also left shops and streets in agricultural Pingtung county knee deep in muddy water after dumping about 600mm of rain.
More than 10,000 people, largely from Taiwan’s south, were evacuated before the typhoon and 1,612 were still in shelters Sunday morning.
Nesat caused the cancellation of 145 international flights and cut power to nearly half a million households.
The typhoon passed through Taiwan and reached Fujian province in southeastern China by 7am on Sunday as a less severe tropical storm, officials said.
Close to 70,000 people have been evacuated so far and dozens of trains and flights suspended in Fuzhou, the provincial capital, Fujian’s water resources department said.
Taiwan, meanwhile, is on alert again as a second tropical storm was due to make landfall on Sunday night.


While summer doesn't officially end until September 22, it’s never too early to get excited for fall foliage season. To see when the leaves outside your window will be at their most brilliant, check out this map for the 2018 season from SmokyMountains.com.
The tourism website puts together this annual interactive visual by pulling historical weather data and forecasts for the upcoming months from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as well as historical leaf peak trends. By using the slider at the bottom of the map, you can see when fall foliage is expected to peak across the contiguous United States.
As of September 10, for example, most of the country was rendered in green, which meant the leaves had not started to change yet. Move just a week or two ahead into mid-September, however, and the northern and central states show up with blotches of fall colors, with the lightest shade of yellow indicating minimal leaf change and deep red signaling peak foliage. By early November, most of the U.S. is brown, which means the leaves have passed their peak.
While the leaves of deciduous trees start to change hues at roughly the same time each year, the exact patterns vary based on factors like rain and temperature.
"Although simply entering rainfall, temperature data, elevations, and other data points into a model will never be 100 percent accurate, this combined with our proprietary, historical data drives our model to become more accurate each year," says SmokyMountains.com co-founder and CTO Wes Melton, who created the map.
Now that you know when exactly the trees will hit their peak, you need to make sure you’re around to see them. Here are some of the best spots in the U.S. to take in the seasonal show.


Synoptic Situation at 0600 07/01/1963
High, 1028 mb, Greenland, is moving E and a strong ridge is building SE
across the Br.Isles. New high expected to form NW Germany and secondary
depression will probably form in the Gulf of Riga. Lows lie over SW France
and off SW Ireland. New low will have moved NE to be N of Azores soon.
Troughs are moving SE across Scandinavia and E Europe and another is moving
slowly NE across SW France.
Weather over the British Isles:
Cloudy all period in the S with light rain or snow. Further N skies were
clearer as colder and drier air moved slowly S, with a few snow showers but
totals everywhere were small.
Maxima: Gatwick 2C, Guernsey 6C, Plymouth 3C, Cardiff 2C, Birmingham 2C,
Watnall 1C, Manchester 2C, Newcastle 3C, Dyce -1C, Eskdalemuir -2C, Glasgow
2C, Wick 1C, Lerwick 0C, Tiree 3C, Belfast 3C, Birr 3C and Valentia 6C.
Minima: Gatwick -2C, Guernsey 3C, Plymouth -1C, St.Mawgan -1C, Cardiff -2C,
Birmingham -4C, Watnall -3C, Spurn Head 1C, Newcastle 3C, Manchester -2C,
Dyce -9C (-13), Glasgow 0C, Wick -8C, Lerwick -2C, Tiree 1C, Belfast 1C,
Birr 1C and Valentia 4C.
Weather over the rest of Europe:
Cloudy in most places away from Scandinavia with some rain in the S and
sleet/snow along a trough moving SE across E areas.
Maxima: Oslo -9C, Helsinki -1C, and -28C in central districts.
Murmansk -16C, Moscow -11C, Minsk -6C, Warsaw -1C, Prague 2C, Belgrade 8C,
Berlin 0C, Brussels 1C, Paris 2C, Brest 4C, Bordeaux 9C, Madrid 10C, Nimes
12C, Venice 4C and Rome 15C. Iceland -3 to -8C
Minima: Oslo -4C, Stockholm -17C, Helsinki -11C, and as low as -32C further
N. Murmansk -21C, Minsk -2C, Belgrade 5C, Warsaw -1C, Berlin -3C,
Prague -2C, Paris -2C, Brussels -4C, Brest 3C, Bordeaux 8C, Madrid 6C, Nice
10C, Venice 7C and Rome 13C. Coastal Norway 0 to -4C in a strengthening NW
wind. Iceland -3 to -14C.
Very cold almost everywhere with temperatures staying around zero this
afternoon and severe frost developing rather generally tonight.. Mostly dry
but scattered snow showers may occur in the E. Outlook - no change.
Some other 1200 GMT temperatures:
Verkhoiasnk -46C, Olenek -21C, Chesterfield -24C, Goose -6C, Gander -1C,
Toronto -2C, New York 3C, Nashville 4C, Dodge City -6C, Regina -1C, Calgary
4C, Fort Smith -26C and Vancouver 4C.


The JOIDES Resolution will venture into the Pacific on its first expedition since it was refurbished.
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Image Courtesy of the National Science Foundation
Scientists to Investigate Role of Equatorial Pacific Ocean in Global Climate System
News story originally written on February 23, 2009
An international team of scientists is currently studying the equatorial Pacific Ocean, and a second expedition will happen in May 2009. They are part of a science program called the Pacific Equatorial Age Transect (PEAT). While aboard the JOIDES Resolution, the scientists will be drilling into the crust of the Pacific tectonic plate along the equator in order to gather sediments from the ocean floor that can give them a record of the Cenozoic Era (from 65.5 million years ago to the present).
The scientists believe the results they get from their research will give them a clearer understanding of the Earth's past climate, which is vital to knowing what the climate will be in the future.
The equatorial Pacific is a complex region that impacts the Earth's climate in many ways. This region is affected by solar warming and is one of the main regions where carbon dioxide transfers from the deep ocean to the atmosphere. The equatorial Pacific is also where the El Niño-Southern Oscillation begins.
Over the last 55 million years, global climate has varied dramatically from extreme warmth to glacial cold. These climate variations have been recorded in the ocean sediments on the ocean floor of the equatorial Pacific. Information from these expeditions will help scientists understand how Earth was able to maintain very warm climates relative to the 20th century, even though solar radiation received at the Earth's surface has remained nearly constant for the last 55 million years.
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Weather: Temperatures to reach the same level as the Caribbean
- Credit: Gregg Brown
You’ll be forgiven for thinking you’re on a Mediterranean party island or in the Caribbean tomorrow.
The good weather in the region is set to continue, with temperatures nearing to those in Ibiza, Valencia, Barcelona, and warmer than Casablanca.
Today, the warmest weather recorded by East Anglian based forecasters Weatherquest was in the Brecklands, reaching highs of 26 degrees celcius.
It was 25 degrees in Bury St Edmunds and at around 5pm Wattisham the temperature was recorded at 24 degrees.
Dan Holley, a forecaster at Weatherquest said: “The highest temperatures have been in London and south of there, at around 28 and 29 degrees.”
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And tomorrow, it’s only going to get warmer. In London temperatures could reach 31 degrees.
Mr Holley added: “Even Ipswich will be getting up to 27, 28 degrees in the afternoon.
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“By the coast it will be 21 or 22 degrees.”
Out to the West of the Essex by the M11, temperatures could be as high as 31 or 32 degrees.
The weather for many places in the mediterranean will be close to the temperatures in Essex and Suffolk, according to the Met Office.
In Casablanca, there will be highs of 26 degrees, in Barcelona it will be 28 degrees. It will also be 28 degrees in Valencia, and 29 in Ibiza.
It will also be as warm as Barbados, which is due to reach 28 degrees.
Mr Holley said: “The sun is strongest during the middle of the day.
“By the looks of things pollen levels will be medium today, though locally they may just touch high.
“UV levels are high as well.”
However, on Saturday, the temperature will drop by two or three degrees, with an increased risk of thunderstorms on Saturday evening and Sunday.
However there was a positive note to end on as Mr Holley said: “The temperature will go back up by the middle of next week.”


Flood warnings have been issued as more heavy rain is expected to cause rising water levels.
The Environment Agency (EA) has five flood warnings in place for parts of the river Aire after rain was forecast for Wednesday.
Water levels are slowly falling but remain high at Fairburn Ings, near Castleford, and sluices have been opened to start emptying the Ings, the EA said.
Barnsdale Road near Allerton Bywater is impassable and people are being advised not to walk or drive through the flood water.
Water levels at Mickleton Ings are also expected to remain high and a flood warning is in place for the river Aire at Birkin.
The EA said on its website: “River levels are continuing to fall along the non-tidal River Aire, although the surrounding wash lands are high and will remain high for some time. “Please be aware that the weather forecast for Wednesday is for further, potentially heavy, rainfall.
“We are closely monitoring the situation and flood alerts and warnings will be reissued as required.”
Nine flood alerts, which mean flooding is possible, are also in place for parts of the rivers Ouse, Calder, Aire and Spen, and for surrounding becks.
The alerts cover the Calder lower catchment near Alverthorpe and Ings Beck and Oakenshaw Beck in Wakefield.
The EA said: “Please be aware that there may still be standing water and debris around so remain aware of your surroundings.”


Floodwater engulfs a locality after heavy showers of rain, in Mandi on Saturday | Photo: ANI
Heavy monsoon rains have wreaked havoc in multiple states in the last 24 hours. At least 31 people have lost their lives, with 22 deaths reported from Himachal Pradesh alone. 4 people each have died in Uttarakhand and Odisha while three deaths were reported from Jharkhand.
Heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh since Friday caused 36 incidents of cloudburst, landslides and flashfloods, with officials saying 22 people, including eight members of a family, died. Ten people were injured in the state which has reported 36 weather-related incidents. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued a red alert warning for four districts of Madhya Pradesh, predicting very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in the region.
In Himachal, as many as 743 roads were disrupted by flash floods and landslides after heavy downpour. This included the Manali-Chandigarh national highway at Mandi and the Shimla-Chandigarh highway at Shoghi. A railway bridge over Chakki river at HP-Punjab border also collapsed, disrupting train services. The highest toll occurred in HP’s Mandi where 13 died and 6 more are feared dead.
A series of cloudbursts on Saturday killed four people in Uttarakhand. An additional 10 are missing. Bridges were washed away as rivers breached banks. Multiple villages have been forced to evacuate.
Rishikesh-Badrinath highway and the Rishikesh-Gangotri highway were blocked at places.
In Odisha, 4 died as the state continues to struggle with Mahanadi river system’s flooding. 4 lakh people in 500 villages have been marooned in the state. With supply chains disrupted, vegetable prices have shot up in Bhubaneswar markets. Balasore, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj received heavy rainfall.
Heavy rains with high wind speeds uprooted several electricity poles and trees in Jharkhand where three persons died and low-lying areas in several districts were submerged.
Meanwhile, isolated extremely heavy rainfall is forecasted over West Madhya Pradesh on Sunday and East Rajasthan on Monday.
A red alert warning of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall was issued by IMD in four districts of MP – Narsinghpur, Damoh, Sagar and Chhatarpur – till Sunday evening. Orange alert for likely heavy to very heavy showers at isolated places is issued in Bhopal, Narmadapuram, Rewa, Gwalior, Chambal and 18 more districts, including Jabalpur.
For Himachal Pradesh, IMD predicted moderate to heavy rainfall and has issued ‘Orange alert’ for next 12 hours.
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Gaua volcano (Banks Islands, Vanuatu) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 27 January-2 February 2010 (Continuing Activity)
On 29 January, the Vanuatu Geohazards Observatory reported significant changes in Gaua's activity over the previous two weeks. They noted that since 16 January more gas was emitted and multiple explosions produced denser and darker ash plumes. During 22-29 January, the water level in the river to the E that Lake Letas feeds rose 10 cm.
Mi, 27. Jan 2010, 06:0006:00 AM | VON: VN
Gas-and-ash plumes rose 3 km and drifted S and W. On 24 January nearby villagers reported seeing ejected material from Strombolian activity. The Wellington VAAC reported that on 27 January an ash cloud was seen on satellite imagery.
Strong explosions were seen and heard from East Gaua on 29 January. According to the VAAC, the Vanuatu Geohazards Observatory reported that gas-and-ash plumes rose to altitudes of 3 km (10,000 ft) a.s.l. and drifted S and W that same day.
Sources: Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department (VMGD), Wellington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC)
From: Global Volcanism Program, 2010. Report on Gaua. In: Mayberry, G (ed.), Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 27 January-2 February 2010. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey.
Mi, 20. Jan 2010, 06:00
Gaua volcano (Banks Islands, Vanuatu) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 20 January-26 January 2010 (Continuing Activity)
Based on analyses of satellite imagery and pilot observations, the Wellington VAAC reported that on 21 January an ash plume from Gaua rose to an altitude of 3 km (10,000 ft) a.s.l. and drifted S. An ash cloud was seen in satellite imagery on 26 January. ... Read all
Mi, 13. Jan 2010, 06:00
Gaua volcano (Banks Islands, Vanuatu) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 13 January-19 January 2010 (Continuing Activity)
On 13 January, Vanuatu Geohazards Observatory reported that ash emissions that had become denser and darker on 14 December continued. Ashfall persisted in the W part of the island and satellite imagery showed gas emissions. The Vanuatu Volcano Alert Level (VVAL) remained at 2 (on a scale of 0-4). ... Read all


THE RECENT SOLAR ECLIPSE IN INDIA.—From a brief paragraph which appears in the Pioneer Mail for January 25 we learn that some interesting photographs of the partial eclipse of the sun were obtained at Dehra Dun (N.W. Prov. India) on January 14. A drop in the temperature of 4° corresponded with the passage of the shadow, and there was a very marked decrease in the illumination of the surrounding landscape. Venus became clearly visible to the naked eye.


The European Space Agency Mars Express spacecraft has been keeping an eye on a "a mysteriously long, thin cloud" that periodically appears over Arsia Mons. On Wednesday, ESA released a new look at this cloud from observations made in July.
"This elongated cloud forms every martian year during this season around the southern solstice, and repeats for 80 days or even more, following a rapid daily cycle," said Jorge Hernandez-Bernal, a doctoral candidate at the University of the Basque Country in Spain. "However, we don't know yet if the clouds are always quite this impressive."
The cloud can stretch for over 1,100 miles (1,800 kilometers). The recent observations came around Mars' southern solstice. "In the early mornings during this period, this fleeting cloud grows for approximately three hours, quickly disappearing again just a few hours later," ESA said. Mars Express was in a prime spot to snap images of the cloud.
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The enigmatic cloud is made up of water ice. The Mars Express science team decided it needed its own name as they continue to investigate its appearances and disappearances. It's now known as the "Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud," or AMEC for short. That's catchy.


Dec 19, 2013 5:43 AM by Meteorologist Maclovio Perez
Unseasonable warm weather over Texas for the next few days. Strong winds from the southeast up to 25 mph. Very warm with highs near 80 until Saturday. By Saturday night a Pacific front moves in for some cooler weather. A slight chance of showers on Saturday night into Sunday morning. For Sunday, cooler and breezy weather. High of 70. Even colder north winds blow in for Christmas Eve with a morning low of 38 and high of 64.
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Aurora's on ice
A CME expected to hit Earth on Jan. 3rd has not yet arrived. Northern sky watchers are seeing auroras anyway. John Ashley sends this picture from Polebridge, Montana:
photo John Ashley
"Northern lights put in a brief appearance before moonrise this morning over northwestern Montana," reports Ashley. "Light beams over Glacier National Park reflected nicely in the icy North Fork River at a balmy -4 degrees F."
"The lights were visible for less than an hour," he says, "faint enough that I could not detect any color with my old eyes. My camera was more effective, picking up yellow and magenta, but interestingly none of our most common color, green."
To photograph these faint but lovely auroras, Ashley used a Nikon D750 digital camera set at ISO 3200 (f2.5) for a 25 second exposure. Other photographers may wish to take note of those settings because more auroras are in the offing. NOAA forecasters estimate a 40% chance of geomagnetic storms on Jan. 4th, waning to 25% on Jan. 5th.
CHANCE OF STORMS, DELAYED:
NOAA forecasters estimate a 40% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on Jan. 4th in response to the impact of a late-arriving CME. The storm cloud was originally expected to reach Earth on Jan. 3rd, but it is approaching us more slowly than previously thought. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras after nightfall on Mondaybron: http://www.spaceweather.com/ | Gewijzigd: 31 januari 2017, 15:28 uur, door Joyce.s
CME misses earth...A coronal mass ejection (CME) expected to hit Earth on Jan. 3-4 did not. It appears to have missed, sailing wide of our planet. As a result, NOAA forecasters have downgraded the chance of a geomagnetic storm on Jan. 5th to 25%.
...BUT A STORM IS COMING ANYWAY:A broad hole has opened up in the sun's atmosphere, and it is spewing solar wind toward Earth. This is called a "coronal hole." It is the deep blue-colored region in this extreme UV image from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory:
Coronal holes are places in the sun's atmosphere where the sun's magnetic field opens up and allows solar wind to escape. White arrows indicate solar wind plasma flowing into space.
A stream of solar wind flowing from this coronal hole could reach Earth as early as Jan. 6th. According to NOAA forecasters, there is a 60% chance of G1-classgeomagnetic storms when the solar wind arrives. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras on Jan. 6-7.
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Last night, Jan. 7-8, a display of auroras appeared over Kvaløya, Norway. It was so large, photographer Anne Birgitte Fyhn had to take 8 pictures to capture the whole thing. Click to view the complete panorama:
photographer Anne Birgitte Fyhn
"The coldest day this winter gave us an evening with clear skies and magnificent auroras," says Fyhn. "The show was worth my cold toes."
The display was caused by a high-speed stream of solar wind, now buffeting Earth's magnetic field. Earth will probably remain inside the stream for another ~24 hours, so more auroras are in the offing.
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Last night in Muonio, Finland, Antti Pietikäinen hiked out onto the frozen surface of the River Muonio to get away from glaring city lights. "I was trying to get a better view of the auroras," he says. Turns out, he got a great view of both:
photo: Antti Pietikäinen
"I had a rare shot with auroras and light pillars in the same image," says Pietikäinen.
Light pillars are a common sight around northern cities in winter. Urban lights bounce off ice crystals in the air, producing tall luminous columns sometimes mistaken for auroras.
"The night air was filled with ice crystals as the temperature dropped to -35 C," he says. "This created stunning light pillars on top of the Hotel Harriniva. The funny crater in the foreground is because the ice has frozen unevenly in the river, creating a small pond that overflows water regularly. Water with slush freezes on top heightening the crater walls."
"It's quite nice to live in the aurora zone," says Pietikäinen, "every evening is different."
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Plasma tornado:Solar activity is low, but it is not zero. On Jan. 24th, a curled plume of magnetized plasma near the sun's southeastern limb untwisted itself and exploded. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the tornado action:
The mouth of the twister was wide enough to swallow two planets Earth. As powerful as the storm was, however, it was overcome by the gravity of the sun. Debris from the helical explosion fell back to the stellar surface and did not form a CME
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Magnetic eruption on the sun:A filament of magnetism snaking across the sun's southern hemisphere erupted on Jan. 26th (~1800 UT) and hurled a part of itself into space. Click to play a beautiful movie of the event recorded by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory:
Debris flying away from the blast site ripped through the sun's atmosphere and created a coronal mass ejection (CME). Newly-arriving coronagraph imagery suggests that the CME will not hit Earth. However, this preliminary conclusion could be overturned by further analysis, so stay tuned.
Large ProminenceA large plasma structure known as a prominence is putting on a show for solar observers on Saturday. The prominence is located off the southeast limb and could liftoff during the next several hours. These events can sometimes lead to bright coronal mass ejections, however due to the non geoeffective position, would likely be directed away from Earth. Still a nice looking solar feature on an otherwise quiet day!
Solar activity is very low. Nevertheless, sky watchers around the Arctic Circle are reporting Northern Lights. "I just saw the brightest and fastest-moving aurora I've seen in the past 4 years," says Oliver Wright of Abisko, Sweden. The auroras were so intense, they could be seen through heavy clouds:
photo Oliver Wright
"With solar activity so low, what triggered this amazing display?" asks Wright.
Answer: The interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) near Earth has tipped south, opening a crack in Earth's magnetosphere. Solar wind is pouring in to fuel the display. Arctic sky watchers should remain alert for more auroras on Jan. 31-Feb. 1st.
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Green ReindeerLast night, Feb. 5th, not far from Skulsfjord, Norway, the snowy landscape turned green when a bright band of auroras stretched across the sky. "A small reindeer came to investigate me and my camera while I was photographing the beautiful scene," says Terence Murtagh. The reindeer looked a bit green, too:
photo Terence Murtagh
The display was caused by a stream of solar wind pressing against Earth's magnetic field. Earth is expected to exit the stream on Feb. 6th, so the lights should subside later today.
The next outburst of auroras could come on Feb. 8th when Earth crosses through a fold in the heliospheric current sheet--a so-called "solar sector boundary crossing." NOAA estimates a 40% chance of polar geomagnetic storms when the crossing occurs.
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De verwachtte cme is dan toch gearriveerd
Met als resultaat een G2 klasse storm, die weer de volgende beelden geeft:
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Prachtige aurora borealis:Earth is slowly exiting a solar wind stream that has sparked bright auroras around the Arctic Circle for the past three days. "On Feb. 17th, the auroras lasted all night long," reports Sacha Layos of Fairbanks, Alaska. This, she says, was the highlight:
photo Sacha Layos
"The outburst lasted less than 4 minutes," says Layos. "It was magnificent."
What makes this solar wind stream such a prolific producer of auroras? The answer lies in its magnetic field. Forecasters call it a "negative polarity stream." In other words, the magnetic field of the solar wind tends to point in a direction which opposes Earth's magnetic field: North vs. South. This mismatch opens a crack in our planet's magnetosphere. Solar wind pours in to fuel bright Northern Lights.
The odds of auroras are declining as Earth exits the solar wind stream. NOAA forecasters estimate a 50% chance of geomagnetic storms today, declining to 30% on Feb. 20th.
Bron: http://www.spaceweather.com/ | Gewijzigd: 31 januari 2017, 15:29 uur, door Joyce.s
23 en 24 februari wordt de aarde belaagd met zonnedeeltjes: Aurora'sEarth is exiting a stream of solar wind that produced an outburst of auroras on Feb. 16th through 18th. Good news for photographers: The next stream of solar wind is already on the way. It is flowing from this coronal hole, photographed today by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Coronal holes are places in the sun's outer atmosphere (or "corona") where the sun's magnetic field opens up and allows solar wind to escape. The flow of solar wind along "open field lines" is indicated by white arrows in the false-color image above.
Coronal holes are not rare. They open up several times each month. Solar wind flowing from this particular hole could reach Earth on Feb. 23-24. Arctic sky watchers should be alert for auroras on those dates.
Wel aurora's, maar geen cme impact. Dit is de oorzaak:There was no geomagnetic storm last night, but sometimes geomagnetic storms are not required for bright auroras. "On Feb. 23rd we witnessed a mind-glowingly beautiful display," reports aurora tour guide Sarah Skinner of Abisko, Sweden. "At first the auroras were faint. Gradually they increased in intensity until--BOOM!--the sky was filled was rapidly dancing lights."
"The shapes and colours were amazing," continues Skinner. "Guests literally screamed with excitement, as did I!"
The cause of the outburst was not a CME or other solar storm. Instead, the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) near Earth tilted south. This gentle event openeda crack in Earth's magnetosphere. Solar wind poured in to fuel the display.
More auroras are in the offing. A solar wind stream is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field on Feb. 25th. The impact could spark a G1-class geomagnetic storm around the Arctic Circle and--BOOM!--another display
Een uitgebreide uitleg hoe de IMF werkt:The Sun is a big magnet.
During solar minimum the Sun's magnetic field, like Earth's, resembles that of an iron bar magnet, with great closed loops near the equator and open field lines near the poles. Scientists call such a field a "dipole." The Sun's dipolar field is about as strong as a refrigerator magnet, or 50 gauss. Earth's magnetic field is 100 times weaker.
During the years around solar maximum (2000 and 2001 are good examples) spots pepper the face of the Sun. Sunspots are places where intense magnetic loops -- hundreds of times stronger than the ambient dipole field -- poke through the photosphere. Sunspot magnetic fields overwhelm the underlying dipole; as a result, the Sun's magnetic field near the surface of the star becomes tangled and complicated.
The Sun's magnetic field isn't confined to the immediate vicinity of our star. The solar wind carries it throughout the solar system. Out among the planets we call the Sun's magnetic field the "Interplanetary Magnetic Field" or "IMF." Because the Sun rotates (once every 27 days) the IMF has a spiral shape -- named the "Parker spiral" after the scientist who first described it.
Above: Steve Suess (NASA/MSFC) prepared this figure, which shows the Sun's spiraling magnetic field from a vantage point ~100 AU from the Sun.
Earth has a magnetic field, too. It forms a bubble around our planet called the magnetosphere, which deflects solar wind gusts. (Mars, which does not have a protective magnetosphere, has lost much of its atmosphere as a result of solar wind erosion.) Earth's magnetic field and the IMF come into contact at the magnetopause: a place where the magnetosphere meets the solar wind. Earth's magnetic field points north at the magnetopause. If the IMF points south -- a condition scientists call "southward Bz" -- then the IMF can partially cancel Earth's magnetic field at the point of contact.
"When Bz is south, that is, opposite Earth's magnetic field, the two fields link up," explains Christopher Russell, a Professor of Geophysics and Space Physics at UCLA. "You can then follow a field line from Earth directly into the solar wind" -- or from the solar wind to Earth. South-pointing Bz's open a door through which energy from the solar wind can reach Earth's atmosphere!
Southward Bz's often herald widespread auroras, triggered by solar wind gusts or coronal mass ejections that are able to inject energy into our planet's magnetosphere.
Cir hits earth, sparks aurora's:Pi Day ended with an explosion of color. During the late hours of March 14th (3.14), a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) hit Earth's magnetic field, sparking bright auroras around the Arctic Circle. Sarah Skinner photographed the display from Abisko, Sweden:
After a rainy day, the clouds broke. Nothing could have prepared me for the colors I was then about to witness!!" says Skinner. "As the aurora developed the most intense reds I have ever seen appeared. Reds, purples, greens, so many colors; I could not believe what I was seeing."
CIRs are transition zones between slow- and fast-moving solar wind streams. Solar wind plasma piles up in these regions, producing density gradients and shock waves that tend to ignite auroras when they strike Earth's magnetic field.
The CIR has passed, but more lights are in the offing. Earth is moving into a stream of high-speed solar wind following behind the CIR. In response, NOAA forecasters say there is a 65% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on March 15th.
De afgelopen dagen werd de aarde weer belaagd door zonnedeeltjes, met prachtige aurora's tot gevolg:
SOLAR WIND SPARKS AURORAS:
For the past three days, a stream of solar wind has been buffeting Earth's magnetic field, causing intermittent G1-classgeomagnetic storms around the Arctic Circle. On March 15th, Didier Van Hellemont of Luosto, Finland, looked up at just the right moment and saw this:
photo Didier Van Hellemont
This is called a "corona"--a spray of colorful lights seen by observers who look straight up into the folds of auroral curtains. "There were no less than 6 corona events that night!" says Van Hellemont. "This spectacular specimen showed a lot of movement. It was fantastic."
The stream of solar wind which caused the display has been especially effective at sparking auroras. The reason: Magnetic fields inside the stream have a negative polarity. This means they can link to Earth's magnetic field, opening a crack in our planet's magnetosphere and allowing solar wind inside. Auroras inevitably follow.
NOAA forecasters estimate a 40% chance of additional G1-class geomagnetic storms on March 18th as the solar wind continues to blow.
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Lente aurora'sSPRING IS AURORA SEASON: Northern Spring has arrived. To know this is true, one only has to look at the night sky over Alaska. Why? Because Spring is aurora season. Dirk Obudzinski sends this picture, taken March 19th, from Fox, Alaska:
photo Dirk Obudzinski
"The auroras were brighter than the surrounding moonlit clouds," says Obudzinski. "It was a fantastic display despite most geomagnetic predictions signaling quiet conditions for last night. You just never know!"
Indeed, this is the time of year when you just never know. For reasons that are only partially understood, the weeks around equinoxes favor geomagnetic storms. Even a gentle gust of solar wind can spark a magnificent display. Stay tuned to the photo gallery for more Spring Green.
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Aurora's afgelopen weekendA solar wind stream hit Earth's magnetic field on April 2nd, sparking a G2-class geomagnetic storm and bright auroras around the Arctic Circle. Göran Strand photographed the outburst of lights over Östersund, Sweden:
"This is an all-sky photo showing the entire sky at 23:19 UT on April 2nd," says Strand. "Northern Lights were everywhere!"
In high latitude places like Sweden, spring twilight is beginning to intrude on the midnight sky, making auroras increasingly difficult to see. "Aurora season is quickly running out," laments Strand. " I hope to see some more before the bright nights return."
He may get his wish. Another stream of solar wind is on the way, due to reach Earth on April 5th. Moreover, the incoming stream is filled with "negative polarity" magnetic fields. Such fields can easily link to Earth's magnetic field, opening a crack in our planet's defenses against solar wind. This sets the stage for a new round of Arctic lights early this week.
Geomagnetische storm, met aurora's als gevolg
On April 7th, Earth crossed a fold in the heliospheric current sheet, plunging our planet into a region of space filled with "negative-polarity" magnetic fields. This sparked a G1-class geomagnetic storm and bright auroras around the Arctic Circle. "Suddenly, the sky exploded in color," reports Janne Maj Nagelsen, who took this picture from Stamnes, Vaksdal, Norway:
"I've waited for so many years to take this picture, because the Northern Lights has never been high enough in the sky before," says Nagelsen. "It was amazing."
Many people have never heard of the heliospheric current sheet. It is one of the biggest things in the solar system--a vast undulating system of electrical currents shaped like the skirt of a ballerina: picture. Earth dips in and out of it all the time.
NOAA forecasters estimate a 55% chance of continued storming on April 8th as Earth slowly exits this region of space. High-latitude sky watchers should remain alert for auroras.


ST. LOUIS – Severe storms Thursday left damage across the St. Louis area.
The National Weather Service confirmed that a small tornado, an EF-0, touched down in Kirkwood as severe storms hit the area. The tornado hit the area at about 5:00 p.m. and brought wind speeds of about 80 miles per hour. Where the EF-0 tornado touched down, trees were completely ripped from the ground. One car was completely crushed. The owner said he’s just happy he wasn’t in the car when it happened.
There was a flash flood warning for metropolitan St. Louis. I-55 flooded near Loughborough Avenue. The high water flooded the highway and a number of cars were stuck. Officials want motorists to know that if they see water, they should not drive through it. Their motto is, “turn around, don’t drown.”
Over in Freeburg, Illinois, many residents saw downed trees, power lines, and property damage scattered across their homes. Downed trees and branches seem to be common around town as many homeowners found their yards covered in them around 6:30 p.m. Ameren Illinois activated their Southern Region Emergency Operations Center. Statewide, they’ve recorded almost 10,000 power outages. The majority of those are in St. Clair County.
The storm might be gone but it has left a big cleanup on people’s hands. Fortunately, we did not see any significant damage to homes and there were no reports of any injuries.


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56212 Zip Code Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
The chance of earthquake damage in 56212 Zip Code is about the same as Minnesota average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in 56212 Zip Code is lower than Minnesota average and is lower than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #72
|56212 Zip Code||0.02|
The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.
Volcano Index, #1
|56212 Zip Code||0.0000|
The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.
Tornado Index, #792
|56212 Zip Code||87.17|
The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.
Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 1,720 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of 56212 Zip Code were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
|Dust Storm:||0||Flood:||64||Hail:||870||Heat:||1||Heavy Snow:||12|
|High Surf:||0||Hurricane:||0||Ice Storm:||5||Landslide:||0||Strong Wind:||17|
|Thunderstorm Winds:||636||Tropical Storm:||0||Wildfire:||1||Winter Storm:||18||Winter Weather:||26|
No volcano is found in or near 56212 Zip Code.
Historical Earthquake Events
A total of 1 historical earthquake event that had a recorded magnitude of 3.5 or above found in or near 56212 Zip Code.
|Distance (miles)||Date||Magnitude||Depth (km)||Latitude||Longitude|
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 26 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near 56212 Zip Code.
|Distance (miles)||Date||Magnitude||Start Lat/Log||End Lat/Log||Length||Width||Fatalities||Injuries||Property Damage||Crop Damage||Affected County|
|12.7||1955-08-28||2||45°07'N / 96°35'W||1.50 Miles||33 Yards||0||0||25K||0||Grant|
|19.8||1951-07-20||2||44°54'N / 96°05'W||1.00 Mile||33 Yards||0||4||0K||0||Codington|
|22.5||1979-08-03||2||45°24'N / 96°52'W||45°18'N / 96°28'W||20.50 Miles||33 Yards||0||0||250K||0||Roberts|
|23.8||1996-05-17||3||45°23'N / 96°34'W||45°33'N / 96°18'W||17.00 Miles||200 Yards||0||0||1.5M||0||Big Stone|
|Brief Description: A tornado crossing Big Stone Lake from Roberts County, South Dakota destroyed one cabin at the Meadowbrook Resort, blew the roof off another cabin, and another cabin was demolished when a big tree fell onto it. Several boats on Big Stone Lake were overturned. Approxiamately 150 buildings sustained damage or were destroyed as the tornado moved northeast across Big Stone County through the townships of Prior, Big Stone, Almond, Malta, and Moonshine. Southwest of Clinton, a pontoon boat and a camper were destroyed. East of Clinton, a farm lost all buildings with severe damage to their home. The cupboards fell off the walls and doors would not close, signifying a twisted frame. Northeast of Clinton, another farm suffered damage to all structures. Half of the roof was torn off their home. Two miles south of Johnson, a house (rambler) was completely destroyed and several barns and machine sheds were destroyed, before the tornado lifted. Many trees were uprooted in the path of the tornado across Big Stone County and much of the power was out in the County as power lines were downed.|
|29.6||1951-07-08||2||45°22'N / 96°50'W||0||1||0K||0||Roberts|
|31.4||1956-10-29||2||45°31'N / 96°40'W||0||0||0K||0||Big Stone|
|31.5||1992-06-16||2||45°19'N / 95°44'W||1.50 Miles||13 Yards||0||0||0K||0||Swift|
|35.1||1992-06-16||3||44°47'N / 95°48'W||2.50 Miles||100 Yards||0||6||25.0M||0||Yellow Medicine|
|36.0||1992-06-16||3||44°47'N / 95°51'W||44°47'N / 95°42'W||6.00 Miles||23 Yards||0||0||0K||0||Yellow Medicine|
|39.2||2001-06-11||2||45°19'N / 95°37'W||45°16'N / 95°29'W||8.00 Miles||150 Yards||0||7||10.0M||0||Swift|
|Brief Description: After several brief tornadoes around Danvers, a much larger tornado struck the east side of Benson and travelled southeast along Highway 212. 71 structures were damaged, including 4 homes and 7 businesses that had to be demolished. The tornado lifted off in DeGraff, but not before damaging one last grain bin, taking the roof off a grain elevator, and knocking several sheds down in DeGraff. Seven people were injured when they fled a van just as the tornado was hitting the vehicle on the eastern edge of Benson. One boy was critically injured but survived and was discharged from the hospital two weeks later. Damage listed encompasses damages from all tornadoes and wind events in Swift County.|
|39.7||2000-07-25||4||44°54'N / 95°40'W||44°49'N / 95°33'W||9.00 Miles||167 Yards||1||15||20.0M||0||Yellow Medicine|
|Brief Description: The tornado first touched down in rural Yellow Medicine County, 8 miles west, and 3 miles north of Granite Falls. The tornado lifted before exiting Granite Falls, leaving the most concentrated damage path two miles long, and 500 feet wide, through a primarily residential area of Granite Falls. Most of the damage in Granite Falls was caused by F2 to F3 wind speeds. However, this tornado has been classified as a minimal F4 tornado, based on the twisted wreckage of an overturned railroad car near the intersection of 9th Avenue and 14th street in Granite Falls. M82PH|
|40.0||1953-05-10||2||45°25'N / 95°45'W||45°40'N / 95°44'W||17.00 Miles||440 Yards||0||0||250K||0||Pope|
|40.6||1986-07-18||2||44°34'N / 96°42'W||44°35'N / 96°29'W||17.00 Miles||150 Yards||0||0||25K||0||Deuel|
|41.1||1979-06-19||2||44°54'N / 97°06'W||0||0||2.5M||0||Codington|
|43.9||1962-08-06||2||45°03'N / 97°13'W||0||0||250K||0||Codington|
|44.1||1983-07-18||3||44°54'N / 97°10'W||0.50 Mile||100 Yards||0||0||2.5M||0||Codington|
|44.9||1981-07-22||2||44°47'N / 97°06'W||0||0||250K||0||Hamlin|
|45.1||1955-07-07||4||44°29'N / 96°12'W||30.00 Miles||33 Yards||1||13||2.5M||0||Lyon|
|46.1||1952-06-23||2||45°18'N / 95°30'W||45°21'N / 95°20'W||8.40 Miles||220 Yards||0||0||2.5M||0||Swift|
|46.3||2004-09-23||2||45°42'N / 96°44'W||45°45'N / 96°48'W||2.20 Miles||50 Yards||0||0||0||0||Roberts|
|Brief Description: The storm entered South Dakota from Traverse county, Minnesota where it produced a tornado. The storm produced a second tornado as it crossed Lake Traverse into South Dakota. This tornado was stronger and destroyed a house, a mobile home, and a travel trailer. Another house and travel trailer were damaged and a shed was also ripped apart. The tornado also killed three cattle.|
|46.7||2009-07-14||2||45°22'N / 95°28'W||45°24'N / 95°24'W||4.00 Miles||350 Yards||0||0||250K||50K||Swift|
|Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A National Weather Service storm survey and visual reports confirmed that a tornado moved through portions of Swift and Pope Counties in west central Minnesota where two turkey barns and several outbuildings were destroyed, with extensive tree damage throughout the entire path. Maximum damage was EF-2 with estimated winds of 111-119 mph. In the town of Swift Falls, two residences were damaged along with two garages that were destroyed. The tornado was produced minor crop damage northeast of Swift Falls. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A strong cold front, deep moisture and a high shear environment led to severe weather across portions of central Minnesota late Tuesday afternoon and evening of July 14th. Several individual storms developed across west central Minnesota and moved quickly northeast and spawned three tornadoes near Swift Falls, Elrosa and Spicer, Minnesota. In addition, several strong thunderstorms tracked across northern Todd and far northwestern Morrison County where two to four inches of rain fell in a short period of time. Due to the highly moist environment, and high rainfall rates, several areas of urban flooding was reported. One was in the community of Staples, and another was in St. Cloud.|
|47.2||1971-06-19||2||44°34'N / 96°52'W||0||0||3K||0||Deuel|
|48.4||1954-08-15||2||45°25'N / 95°30'W||45°31'N / 95°24'W||7.90 Miles||33 Yards||0||0||25K||0||Swift|
|48.8||1971-06-19||2||44°38'N / 97°06'W||44°22'N / 96°27'W||36.80 Miles||33 Yards||0||0||0K||0||Hamlin|
|49.2||1984-04-26||2||45°46'N / 95°54'W||45°47'N / 95°53'W||1.00 Mile||800 Yards||0||0||2.5M||0||Stevens|
|49.7||1971-06-19||2||44°27'N / 96°39'W||0||0||0K||0||Brookings|
* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.