Severe Weather Statement

Well, I was going to post this on Tuesday but work hasn't been more crazy. Below is the video of the special weather statement for the Nebraska twin twisters on June 16th. Both of these tornadoes clocked wind speeds of nearly 200 mph making them both EF4's on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The storm chasers in this video who are down the road at the start of the video are Reed Timmer and his team. They were dropping ground probes in front of the tornado. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GOALuziIv4

As the temperatures rise, the potential for more severe storms increases. Higher surface temperatures likely means greater instability which permits violent turning in the atmosphere producing more and more of these supercell thunderstorms. Below is the forecast map and radar for the United States right now.

 Fortunately we don't see more colors on both of these maps at the current time. I am glad that there are no Red Flag Warnings down in the Southwestern United States (which would appear as hot pink on the alert map and splotchy blue on the radar). There is a good-sized system moving across into Illinois and Indiana which has a history of flooding and potential for a few tornadoes as well. Also, be aware of the other storm moving across Oklahoma right now. As temperatures rise, we could see some potentially severe weather produced from that.

Speaking of temperatures rising, the high in Raleigh yesterday was 97 degrees with a heat index of 101. This is an interesting fact because the hottest day of Raleigh's summer last year only reached 96 and that was on July 16th. We are in for a beater here in NC. Make sure you are all drinking plenty of water as the temperatures rise in order to prevent heat exhaustion or heat stroke.

At this time there are no tropical cyclones in the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans.

I hope you all are having a great week! Congratulations to the USA Men's Soccer Team as they defeated Ghana 2-1 last Monday night! I look forward to watching them take on Portugal this Sunday, on my 21st birthday, in hopes to make it out of the group of death and into the elimination round!