Computer forecasting models for Thursday resembled those on June 8, 1974, when 39 tornadoes raked the southern Plains and killed 22 people. The National Weather Service on Tuesday took the unusual step of giving advance warning of a possible tornado outbreak based on the conditions.
Our plane ran out of fuel while the tower shut down operations at Reagan International Airport last Thurs. We ended up sitting on the runway at Raleigh-Durham for three hours after refueling before we were cleared to land in DC.
We're expected to get some in Springfield in just a few hours; as if we haven't had enough.
Last August SW Wisconsin and SE Minnesota broke a drought with record flooding. Houston County Minnesota said it was a "1,000 year flood". In Vernon County Wisconsin, it was unimaginable. Driving a mile from my house to my favorite trout stream to check out the damage turned out to be a dangerous drive as the part of the hill literally washed away onto the road. You had to creep your vehicle over to the side where there used to be a shoulder but had washed away leaving you with about a 100 foot straight drop off.
Last winter, Vernon country Wisconsin received 115 inches of snow. Yeah it snows alot in Wisconsin, but not like that. Usually you get a couple of big (8+") snows and maybe 10 smaller events. We kept getting these 8"+ events, one right after another. I mean Tues/Thur/Sat, it was just ridiculous. I've never seen snow piled up like it was there by the end of the winter, and I've been to the ski resorts in Colorado in the height of the season.
And it's not stopping, major flooding again today. Looking at the radar last night was spooky because it looked just like last August. What happened was what I would call a "freight train" effect. The storms lined up in a line directly from east to west. Usually when you see that happen, the storms travel in some northerly or southerly direction. Not last August, and not last night. They moved directly west to east, so the places in line for the heavy storms didn't just get a couple of hours, they got them all day non stop. Several tornados, a few too close for comfort.
Fishing plans definitely scrapped for this coming week, major flooding is occuring although it looks to be not anywhere close to last August.
my power has been off almost as much as its been on over the past week. since last tuesday night its been off at night for at least 8 hours 4 different nights. Also off all day on thursday and some shorter times as well. Ive quit resetting my clocks.
I was just in Soldiers Grove and Gays Mills, WI a couple of weeks ago admiring how they had cleaned up from last August flood. Both of these are just aboslutely picturesque small towns, stately Victorian B&B's, nice parks, well kept homes. Here is last years flood, they say this year is worse.
