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NOAA Safety Tips for Severe Weather
I just posted earlier about spring weather approaching, and that means spring storms. Well those storms came ripping right through Texas today. At 5:00 o’clock during evening rush hour, the Dallas Fort Worth area had the following watches and warnings from the NOAA National Weather Service:
Flash Flood Warning - Flash Flood Watch -
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Flood Safety Awareness Week
With spring right around the corner, we need to be aware when conditions are right for severe weather. Spring storms can move in swiftly and bring dangerous wind, lightning and heavy rain. OK, I admit I’m a weather watcher, or a storm junkie. I’ve foolishly driven around during storms as a youth, [...]
ADVISORY: Flood Watch In Effect Through Friday
At 3:24pm Monday Jan. 5th, the National Weather Service issued the following Flood Watch Advisory: … Flood Watch in effect from Tuesday evening through Friday afternoon… Rain will fall over western Washington beginning Tuesday afternoon and continuing into Thursday. Rain will be heavy at times in the mountains… along the coast… and over the southwest interior and lower Chehalis valley. The Cascades and Olympics will get 5-10 inches with some southwest facing slopes 15-20 inches. Perhaps
Flash Flood Watch
From ABC 33/40 E-Warn: WGUS64 KBMX 052147 FFABMX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 347 PM CST MON JAN 5 2009 …HEAVY RAINFALL POISED TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA… .A STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA…AND AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE…WILL COMBINE TO HELP PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT AND MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY. THE AREA WITH THE POTENTIAL TO RECEI
Flash flood watch issued for New Orleans area
Flash flood watch issued for New Orleans area by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune Monday January 05, 2009, 9:39 AM The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for southeastern Louisiana, including the New Orleans area, through 4 p.m. today.
More heavy snow for Washington Cascades; Snoqualmie Pass closed
More heavy snow for Washington Cascades; Snoqualmie Pass closed The National Weather Service says more heavy snow is falling in the mountains of Washington.
Live blogging: Freezing temps and icy streets threaten Dallas-Fort Worth
Staff writer Dan X. McGraw reports: A freezing rain advisory has been issued for North Texas as temperatures are expected to hover around 32 degrees most of the morning, the National Weather Service said. The advisory is in effect until noon today as temperature drop across the region and storms move into the area, said weather service meteorologist Joe Harris. Temperatures at Dallas Love Field were near freezing this morning. "Some areas will definitely see it," he said. "Others might not
Dense fog advisory in effect until 9 a.m.
Dense fog advisory in effect until 9 a.m. by The Times-Picayune Monday January 05, 2009, 6:25 AM The New Orleans area is under a dense fog advisory this morning until around 9 a.m., when showers and thunderstorms are expected to intensify, according to the National Weather Service.
On Tap For Monday: Cold, Wet Weather
COLD & WET - The National Weather Service is calling for a 50% chance of rain and a high of 46 in Fort Bend County on Monday, with temperatures dropping to 41 and the chance of showers increasing to 80% tonight.
From cool to warm to windy, this week has it all
Rendering of a Catalina Eddy, based on NASA satellite data. You’ll alternately need a coat, scarf, light clothing and some serious sun tan lotion to get through the week ahead as the weather shifts from cool to hot to possibly windy enough to set palms swaying hard in north Orange County. The National Weather Service says that a Catalina eddy will develop in the channel between Catalina Island and the mainland tonight, pushing moisture ashore and causing themarine layer to become about 3,500
Snow advisory issued
The National Weather Service in Seattle issued a Winter Weather Advisory at 3 p.m. that will last until 9 p.m. An approaching Pacific storm has brought light snow to South Sound, and forecasters say as much as 1-3 inches could fall before it changes over to rain. The Weather Service warns drivers to be prepared for slippery roads and limited visibility.
Don't worry, this snow shouldn't last
Snow begun to fall in Tacoma and for most of Western Washington, but don't worry, it will turn to rain shortly. Jeff Michalski of the National Weather Service in Seattle said winds should shift direction, bringing warmer air in, which will turn the snow to rain and whatever accumulates on the ground will melt away by morning. But there is a possibility that the snow will stay, and the Weather Service is waiting to see if they will need to issue a snow advisory. The South Sound could see an in
West Seattle Weather Watch: Snow now, rain (supposedly) later
(CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE NEW OVERNIGHT COVERAGE POST - THIS ONE IS “CLOSED”) (video added 5:13 pm, shot just after 5 o’clock in Upper Fauntleroy) ORIGINAL 3:26 PM POST: Multiple reports from various areas of West Seattle (and, via Twitter, elsewhere in the city). Web/radio weather celebrity Cliff Mass explains what it’s all about. The official National Weather Service “forecast discussion” posted minutes ago alludes to it too - insists it’ll turn to rain by midnight - and warns of a windy n
What was that lonely little cloud above Bolsa Chica?
All by its lonesome ... If you were driving north on Pacific Coast Highway early this afternoon at Bolsa Chica State Beach, you might have noticed the odd sight of this small white cloud floating a few hundred feet above the beach, with not another cloud in the western sky. What was this little anomaly? We asked Steve Vanderburg, a forecaster at the National Weather Service, who said: “The cloud in the photo is either a stratocumulus cloud or a very small cumulus cloud. Either way it’s a typ
First Tornado Warning Of 2009
037 WFUS54 KJAN 042134 TORJAN MSC021-029-042215- /O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0001.090104T2134Z-090104T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 334 PM CST SUN JAN 4 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR… NORTHWESTERN COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI… EAST CENTRAL CLAIBORNE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI… * UNTIL 415 PM CST * AT 335 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
